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  • Morocco Ranks 8th in EU Clothing Imports, Leading African Exporters
    2 January 2020, by Bladi.net

    Morocco ranks 8th on the list of clothing supplier countries to the European Union (EU) with 2.35 billion euros, up 1.1% compared to the same period in 2018.
    The Kingdom, Africa’s leading exporter to Europe in clothing, is in the top 10. The country thus accounts for 3% of EU clothing imports at the end of October, according to the latest Eurostat statistics.
    With this export volume, the Kingdom notably outpaces Tunisia (1.69 billion), and far outpaces Egypt (384.90 million euros) and (…)

  • FIFA President to Visit Morocco for African Football Development Summit
    21 January 2020, by Bladi.net

    The President of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, will make a working visit to Morocco on February 1st.
    According to the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), which announced the visit on its Facebook page, the FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, will travel to Morocco on February 1, 2020 to participate in the work of a study day in Salé on the development of football infrastructure.
    Co-organized by FIFA and the Confederation of African (…)

  • Psychiatric Evaluation Deems Amiens Student’s Killer Unfit for Trial
    27 October 2021, by Sylvanus

    The psychiatric re-evaluation concluded in the "irresponsibility" of Mike Razafimahatratra, a young Reunionese student of Malagasy origin accused of having coldly murdered his girlfriend, Salma Laaziri, a student of Moroccan origin in an apartment in the Picardy city, on April 9, 2020. Consequently, he will not be tried.
    According to the experts, Mike Razafimahatratra suffered "from a mental or neuropsychic disorder that abolished his discernment within the meaning of Article 122-1 of the (…)

  • Former Moroccan Diplomat Sentenced for $560,000 Rice Aid Embezzlement
    5 October 2022, by Prince

    The former Moroccan ambassador to Madagascar, Mohamed Amar, was sentenced on Tuesday by the Rabat Court of Appeal to two years in prison with a suspended sentence for embezzlement.
    The diplomat is being prosecuted for embezzling the sum of 5.6 million dirhams earmarked for the purchase of 550 tons of rice offered in 2016 to the Malagasy people, reports the daily Al Akhbar. He was recalled and replaced by another diplomat, after the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent an inspection (…)

  • Morocco’s King Mohammed VI to Make Official Visit to Madagascar Next Week
    10 March 2023, by Sylvanus

    After Senegal, it is Madagascar’s turn to welcome King Mohammed VI on an official visit scheduled for next week.
    King Mohammed VI will travel to Madagascar after his visit to Senegal, Africa Intelligence reports. He will certainly meet with the highest authorities of the country, namely Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina and Prime Minister Christian Ntsay. The strengthening of bilateral cooperation through the signing of several agreements will certainly be on the agenda of this visit. (…)

  • Moroccan Judoka Asmaa Niang Clinches Fifth African Championship Title
    21 December 2020, by Ginette

    Moroccan judoka Asmaa Niang adds to her record the fifth African judo champion title. This was last Friday, during the African championship of the discipline, which was held in Antananarivo.
    Asmaa Niang continues to surprise every time she steps onto the tatami. The Moroccan, who is proudly part of the world’s top 14 high-level athletes, won her fight against the Cameroonian champion in the final of the -70kg category. Technically and physically, the Moroccan was more skillful than her (…)