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The poor performance of the "Atlas Lions", who were eliminated in the round of 16 at the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) in Egypt, seems to have definitively sealed the future of Hervé Renard as head of the Moroccan national team. The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) is said to have planned a meeting this week to make his departure official.
While they have been sentenced to heavy sentences for drug trafficking, the two Ferman brothers appealed, last Friday, July 5, before the Specialized Inter-Regional Court (JIRS) of Rennes, bringing new evidence to the hearing to prove their innocence.
An agreement was signed this week in Rabat between Mohamed Benchaaboun, Minister of Economy and Finance, and Brooke Isham, Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Morocco. This protocol agreement specifies the donation, by the American structure, of $94 million, or about 846 million dirhams, to Morocco, to "finance the inclusive socio-economic development program".
A significant drop is observed in 2019 in the remittances of Moroccans residing abroad (MRE). These transfers, which reached 25.86 billion dirhams in the first five months of this current year, could be justified by the return to the country of a significant part of the Moroccan diaspora for the summer holidays, notes a report from the Office des Changes.
An investigation jointly conducted by Moroccan and Spanish police led, on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in Béziers, in the Hérault, to the seizure of 1.6 tons of cannabis resin and the arrest of 6 people, all members of the same family clan.
The National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) of Marrakech yesterday, Thursday, July 4, arrested the Director of the Urban Agency of Marrakech, Khalid Ouaya , for a flagrant act of corruption.
The Criminal Court of Oran has handed down its verdict: 15 years in prison for the raï singer, Cheb Hicham, for trafficking in hard drugs (cocaine). Placed under surveillance, his co-defendants, including a Moroccan, eventually fell in flagrante delicto of concluding a transaction involving the acquisition of 1 kg of cocaine and 10,000 Ecstasy tablets, to be delivered to the singer.
This summer, the heat wave observed in Spain has already caused huge damage, going beyond 40 degrees. Several recipes are suggested to television viewers by the Spanish television channel "La Sexta", including hot Moroccan tea.
A new tragedy shook the Azilal region yesterday. Indeed, a thirty-year-old man drowned in the Ouzoud waterfalls, known for their dangerousness.
A septuagenarian was sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Tetouan last Tuesday. The old man was sexually abusing his 13-year-old daughter.
For having composed a song in favor of the Moroccan national team, in the context of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) football tournament, which is being played in Egypt, the star of Algerian music, Cheb Khaled, is the subject of sustained criticism from his fellow citizens.
Collecting donations for the repatriation of deceased Moroccans abroad is now prohibited by the Kingdom of Morocco, which fully assumes this operation, hammered Abdelkrim Benatiq, Minister of Moroccans Residing Abroad and Migration Affairs.