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The Senegalese soccer star and international Sadio Mane has acquired National 2 club Bourges Foot 18, a fourth-tier French club. The French side made the announcement Wednesday October 25 during a press conference, explaining that the deal had been in the pipeline for three years. “I can confirm the official arrival of Sadio Mane as […]
Morocco and Belgium have discussed this Wednesday in Brussels ways of upgrading their partnership and meeting current and future shared challenges. This came at a meeting between Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, and Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo. The two sides expressed satisfaction at the partnership linking the two kingdoms, and examined ways of […]
The British Sound Energy company announced on Wednesday the extension of its “Gas Sales Agreement” (GSA) sealed with ONEE (Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable) and Attijariwafa bank funding deal until 31st December 2023. Executive Chairman of the company Graham Lyon) said: “various elements within the GSA are being amended to meet the […]
Morocco reaffirmed, its determination to effectively address the world drug problem in a particular context where the world drug situation is experiencing rapid and profound changes, making the challenges to combat the global drug problem even more complex. “This challenging situation calls on us to reinforce the international consensus and to reaffirm our determination to […]
Almost 1,500 African migrants have reached Spain’s Canary Islands over the past weekend only, prompting an urgent €50 million aid package from the Spanish government along with a pledge to organize their prompt transfer to the mainland. The record influx of African migrants arriving at the shores of the Canary Islands via various precarious vessels […]
King Felipe VI of Spain highlighted, Monday in Bilbao, the importance of his country’s relations with Morocco and underlined that Morocco has “economic sectors with high potential.” “Morocco is a country with high potential economic sectors,” King Felipe VI said in an address delivered at the opening of the 26th National Congress of Family Business, […]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has joined other Western officials in warning that the risk of regional “spillover” from the Israel-Hamas war was “real” after US and other international forces in the region faced increasing threat of attacks. “We have seen the Arab streets fill with rage all across the region. So, the […]
King Mohammed VI has appointed at the Ministers’ Council he chaired Thursday in Rabat six ambassadors, namely to the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt, France, China, and the United States of America. This diplomatic movement, described by analysts of the news website Le360 as “qualitative”, concerned six strategic countries, with which Morocco maintains historical ties, […]
Jet2 Airline Company has announced new flights from Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Manchester and London-Stansted airports to Agadir and Marrakesh. The newly added sunshine destinations will start operating in October 2024. Flights to the Moroccan popular tourist destinations will start from £79 each way, while package holidays will come in from £366 per person. […]
The presidents of the federations of Morocco, Portugal and Spain met Wednesday morning in Lisbon as part of the joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup. The leaders’ summit brought together Fernando Gomes (Portuguese Football Federation), Fouzi Lekjaa (Royal Moroccan Football Federation) and Pedro Rocha (Royal Spanish Football Federation) and made it possible to […]