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The Moroccan government Council decided on Thursday to extend the state of health emergency until January 31, 2022 to preserve the progress achieved in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and reduce the risks of contamination by the new variants, namely the fast-spreading Omicron. The decision was announced by the Govt. spokesperson Mustapha Baitas at […]
The Moroccan city of Marrakech has been selected to host 10th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks scheduled for September 2023. The decision was made by the Executive Board of the Global Geoparks Network during its held in Jeju island, South Korea, Dec.12-16. Brazil, Mexico and France were also bidding for the 10th international conference […]
New consecration for Sofia Alaoui. The French-Moroccan director has just won the César for best short film for her “What if the Goats Die?” The award was handed to Sofia Alaoui at France’s 46th César ceremony, held Friday night. Sofia Alaoui was thus ahead of “L’Aventure atomique” by Loïc Barché, “Baltringue” by Josza Anjembe, “I […]
US hip-hop star Akon has finally signed the agreement for Akon City to be built in Senegal, the artist said in a tweet. In 2018, the 42-year-old singer has announced plans to build a “real-life Wakanda” — a reference to the fictional land of Wakanda in Marvel’s Black Panther –, on the back of his […]
Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita told his Dutch counterpart Stef Blok that freedom of speech and protest in Al Hoceima is a domestic issue and should not be part of any diplomatic agenda between the two countries. Blok, who paid a visit to Rabat last week, had made in a joint press conference with Bourita […]
Morocco’s Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane topped the ranking of Maghreb universities for the third year in a row. The ranking, established by QS Arab Region University Ranking, includes 100 institutions from different countries in the MENA region. The study found that graduates of Al Akhawayn University have better employment prospects with more chances to […]
The GENIE program, developed by Morocco’s education ministry, won the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for Innovation in Education. Launched in 2005, GENIE is a large-scale, long-term national policy and initiative developed and implemented by the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research of Morocco, the prize organizers […]
Two years after his much-heralded prostitute drama “Much Loved” was banned in his home country, Moroccan auteur Nabil Ayouch made it to the pre-selection of Oscar 2018 in the Best Foreign Movie with his most ambitious film to date, Razzia, a kaleidoscopic portrait of five lives touched by a single tumultuous event on the streets […]
The film commissions of Andalucia and Tangiers, Italy’s Rome Lazio Film Commission, Spain’s Film Commission, France’s Ile-de-France and the Carthage Film Festival have agreed to foster film industry ties among Mediterranean countries. They have agreed to set up a Euro-Mediterranean Audiovisual Centre. The pact was spearheaded by Lazio Film Commission president Luciano Sovena who has […]
Turkish authorities will launch new Turkish schools in Morocco by next year after they pushed for the shutdown of Gülen schools in January this year, a source close to the Turkish government says. The new schools will open next year, Moroccan daily Al Massae reported Tuesday, quoting Mustapha Ghoukous, a member of Wakef Fund. According […]