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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Sunday handed the Moroccan U20 team the victory in their fix with South Africa by forfeit after the Bafana Bafana reportedly turned out late. The match scheduled Friday did not go ahead and the African football body gave a 3-0 walkover to Morocco. CAF according to Nigeria-based Brila.net, […]
Manchester City manager’s decision to keep back Algeria’s captain Riyad Mahrez on Sunday for the Community Shield over fears of failing doping test for some medicine he took while playing the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) with the Fennecs, has thrown into question the victory of the Algerian team. Pep Guardiola chose Sunday to keep […]
King Mohammed VI urged the government to carry out regulatory reforms and opening up some economic sectors in order to attract more foreign investments. “Openness is a catalyst for investment and for the transfer of foreign expertise and know-how,” said the king in a speech on the twentieth anniversary of the Throne Day. He said […]
The Moroccan embassy in Tunis has cancelled the function planned for July 30 to celebrate Throne Day following the passing away of President Béji Caïd Essebsi. The move was made at the instructions of King Mohammed VI in compassion with brotherly Tunisia, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. King Mohammed VI, who has been […]
Morocco enjoys political stability, robust infrastructure, and a strategic location, which have contributed to its emergence as a regional manufacturing and export base for international companies, says the State Department in its 2019 Climate Investment Statements. Morocco is actively encouraging and facilitating foreign investment, particularly in export sectors like manufacturing, through macro-economic policies, trade […]
The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, a Caribbean country, has expressed support to Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara, saying this plan offers “a credible, serious and realistic” solution to this regional dispute. “We are for the resolution of the regional conflict over the Sahara under the sovereignty and the territorial and national integrity […]
Tunisia’s powerful workers union, UGTT, Thursday said it will take part neither in the legislative nor in the presidential elections planned for next fall. Noureddine Taboubi, Secretary General of the powerful union, told a local radio that the union decided it will not field or back any party or independent candidacy for the legislative elections […]
The Algerian army has mobilized six military aircraft to fly 870 Algerians to Egypt as the national soccer team lock horns with Senegal Friday at the final of the African Cup of Nations, AFCON. The army Monday said it added three additional aircraft to fly 270 more supporters. Algeria joined Senegal Sunday for the AFCON […]
In Nigeria, a court has ordered the imminent seizure of $40 million worth of jewellery and a customized gold iPhone belonging to former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, the country’s anti-graft agency said. The items, including hundreds of bangles, rings, earrings, necklaces and watches, were found at a property owned by Alison-Madueke, the Economic and Financial […]
The United States has officially welcomed a provisional power-sharing agreement forged by Sudan’s ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups. The U.S. State Department said in a statement that special envoy for Sudan Donald Booth will return to the region soon. The agreement between the Forces for Freedom and Change and […]