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  • World Economic Forum Ranks Morocco Safer for Tourists Than France, UK, and Germany
    29 October 2019, by Sylvanus

    Morocco is safer for tourists than France, Germany and the United Kingdom, according to the ranking on tourism competitiveness by the World Economic Forum and the World Bank.
    In this ranking, Morocco ranks 28th internationally in terms of security and safety, far ahead of France (51st), Germany (41st) and the United Kingdom (45th).
    In terms of tourism and air transport, Spain is at the top of the ranking, followed by France (2nd), Germany (3rd) and the United Kingdom (6th). Morocco (…)

  • Schalke 04 Demotes Moroccan Defender Mendyl to U23 Squad Amid Performance Concerns
    5 April 2019, by Amine

    Hamza Mendyl will have to be content with training with the U23s of his club, if we are to believe certain German media. The Moroccan international would have disappointed his coach.
    Engaged since the summer of 2018 with the German team of Schalke 04, coming from Lille OSC, and with a contract running until 2023, the young Moroccan player (also having Ivorian nationality) Hamza Mendyl is not really shining in the Bundesliga. To the point that he has just been excluded from the first team. (…)

  • UFC Newcomer Ottman Azaïtar Stuns with Devastating Knockout in Debut Fight
    8 September 2019, by Bladi.net

    A great start for the undefeated Moroccan, Ottman Azaïtar, at the UFC. Against Finn Teemu Packalen, whose last fight dates back to 2017, the Moroccan bulldozer gave him no chance.
    Like his brother and role model, Abu Azaïtar, Ottman relentlessly chained offensive after offensive, before "landing a good blow". Supported by an admiring audience who pushed him to victory, Packalen was stunned by Ottman Azaïtar’s powerful and chained strikes.
    Confident in his superiority, the MMA (…)

  • Moroccan Defender Mendyl Aims for National Team Return After Bundesliga Struggles
    1 October 2019, by Bladi.net

    After his failed stint in Germany with Schalke 04, the Moroccan international has returned to Ligue 1, at Dijon. Determined to make people forget his failure in the Bundesliga, the Atlas Lion also wants to regain his place in the national team and play the next Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2021, after missing the 2019 edition.
    In an interview with France Football, Hamza Mendyl, 21, says it all about his career. The young Dijon player did not fail to take stock of his disastrous stint in (…)

  • Zidane Eyes Hakimi’s Return to Real Madrid from Dortmund Loan
    23 November 2019, by Bladi.net

    Zinédine Zidane is demanding the return to Madrid, for next summer, of the Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi, on loan to Dortmund for two years. His good performances since the start of this season are arousing the interest of his former coach, eager to make him a key player for the Merengues.
    On loan from Real Madrid to Dortmund, Achraf Hakimi will join the squad of Florentino Perez’s club next summer, as soon as his loan to the German giant ends. His days are now numbered in the (…)

  • Germany Reportedly Pushed to Remove Morocco from EU Safe Travel List Amid COVID-19 Surge
    13 September 2020, by Sylvanus

    The deputy of the ninth constituency of French citizens living abroad, M’jid El Guerrab, claims that Germany is behind the decision to remove Morocco from the list of safe countries of the European Union (EU).
    "I was told that it was a European decision, we could even say a German one. Because if France had decided to put Morocco on the green list for travel, Germany had refused to put it on the list of risk countries, and it was followed by the other countries," he said in an interview (…)

  • Morocco Launches Africa’s First Automotive Test Center, Boosting Industry Growth
    6 December 2020, by Bladi.net

    Morocco is about to welcome the first automotive test center in Africa. This initiative was born from the union of two independent private companies UTAC CERAM and FEV Group, partners of the automotive industry.
    These two Franco-German companies are specialized in specific fields, reports La Map. The French company UTA CERAM with 580 employees and 82 million euros in turnover in 2019 is specialized in development and validation testing in environment, homologation, regulation, training, (…)

  • German TV Host Sparks Controversy with Comparison of Moroccan Soccer Celebrations to ISIS Gestures
    14 December 2022, by Sylvanus

    The celebrations by the Atlas Lions for their successes at the 2022 Qatar World Cup are not to the liking of the German media. They compare them to members of the Islamic State.
    In a report, a television presenter from the popular German channel Welt reproaches Moroccan players Zakaria Abouklal, Abdelhamid Sabiri and Ilias Chair for celebrating their victory over Portugal (1-0) by posing with a Moroccan flag and raising their index finger, a "salute" similar to that used by members of the (…)

  • German News Channel Apologizes for Falsely Linking Moroccan Soccer Players to ISIS
    15 December 2022, by Armel

    Following its defamatory report on Moroccan players, the private German news channel Welt has finally apologized.
    The media accused Moroccan players Ilias Chair, Zakaria Aboukhlal and Abdelhamid Sabiri of being linked to the terrorist group Islamic State. On an image that went viral on social media, we see the three Moroccan players, each with a finger raised, celebrating Morocco’s victory.
    This gesture was interpreted by the television as a trademark of Daesh, noting that it is carried (…)

  • Borussia Dortmund Scouts Moroccan World Cup Star Anass Zaroury at Burnley Match
    10 April 2023, by Sylvanus

    Moroccan international Anass Zaroury is on the radar of the German club Dortmund. The Burnley winger who is shining in the UK is one of the architects of the historic and exceptional journey of the Moroccan team at the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
    Dortmund has sent its recruiter Benjamin Frank to observe the Burnley winger, Anass Zaroury, during a recent match at Turf Moor, reports The Sun. In addition to the German club, the French clubs of Monaco and Marseille were also present. Standard Liège (…)