Moroccan filmmaker Ali Essafi finds himself stuck in Senegal, where he has taken an active part in the Dakar Art Biennale. And for good reason, he has lost his residence card. He is asking the French authorities to provide him with the necessary documents to allow him to return to France.
Carlos Sainz will complete this week an extensive test program in Morocco at the wheel of the RS Q e-tron, the electric off-road vehicle with which the German firm Audi aims to win the Dakar desert race in 2022. However, the vehicle will not participate in the Rally of Morocco which will take place in October.
As of April 19, Binter will resume its flights to Morocco and Senegal. These two new destinations on the African continent will be added to the connection with Mauritania launched in November.
Morocco wants to make the Sahara a strategic link to sub-Saharan Africa. This is in line with the vision of King Mohammed VI who, on November 7, 2020, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Green March, reaffirmed his objectives of economic development "of the great Moroccan South".
Money transfers from Moroccans living abroad to Morocco will see a sharp decline in the coming months due to the covid-19 and the economic crisis in the countries of residence, said consultant Fatima Lahnait.
Morocco won first place in the medal table of the pre-Olympic boxing tournament in Dakar, with 8 medals, including 4 gold and 4 bronze.