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King Mohammed VI received on Thursday in Marrakesh Pierre Bergé, chairman of Jardin Majorelle Foundation, and decorated him with the prestigious “Grand Cordon of Alaouite Wissam”. M. Bergé received the royal distinction in recognition for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of Moroccan heritage through his cultural projects in Morocco such as the museum of […]
Issam Jaafari has been crowned winner of Pan-Arab program Top Chef Award after several weeks of contests. He brilliantly won the award on December 14 after outclassing his challengers. The program aired in several Arab countries was watched by millions of spectators. Jaafari is not at his first competition. In 2012 he represented Morocco at […]
Despite the confusions created by the terrorist attacks on France and the widespread turmoil in the wider North African region, a survey conducted by Kayak, a travel search engine, showed that Morocco maintains its place as the most popular overseas travel destination for French tourists. Morocco maintains its popularity among French tourists coming ahead of […]
The 16th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival wrapped up with the two main awards going to two Chinese directors. The Festival’s Grand Prix, the Golden Star, was awarded to Zang Qiwu’s “The Donor” while the best director prize went to Wang Xuebo for his film, “Knife in the Clear Water”. “The Donor” sheds […]
Gibraltar organized road shows in major Moroccan cities to attract more tourists to the British enclave that lies less than 15km north of Moroccan northern coasts. In this respect, the Gibraltar Chronicle reports that Gibraltar’s Tourism Minister, Gilbdert Licudi, led a delegation in three tourism roadshows in the cities of Marrakech, Casablanca and Tangier in […]
Morocco and Nigeria signed a partnership agreement to conduct feasibility studies and build a gas pipeline that will stretch along the coast connecting Nigerian gas wells with West African countries all the way up until reaching the Kingdom. The signing ceremony of the agreement was chaired in Abuja by Nigeria’s President Muhammdo Buhari and King […]
Algiers has been helping leaders of separatist movement accused of human right abuses to avoid facing justice as it issues its allies fake Algerian passports, reports say. Algerian authorities have enabled members of separatist movement to escape arrests and justice in countries where they have been convicted for the human right abuses in Tindouf camp, […]
A Moroccan court has postponed to early December decision on the case of two teenage girls found kissing each other in Marrakech in October, reports say. The two girls aged respectively 16 and 17 were charged late October with “licentious or unnatural acts with an individual of the same sex” after being caught kissing and […]
After a fruitful visit to Ethiopia, King Mohammed VI arrived in Madagascar, the land where his grandfather, late King Mohammed V, was exiled by the French protectorate in the early fifties of the past century. The visit is part of Morocco’s Africa foreign policy which aims at establishing a south-south cooperation model underpinned by solidarity […]
Morocco and the World Bank Wednesday agreed during the finance summit of the UN conference on climate change (COP22) in Marrakech to launch the “Green Growth Infrastructure Facility for Africa” tasked to spur green economy on the African continent and pull together environment-friendly private and public investments. GGIF for Africa is first true green economy […]