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• Niger-Algeria World Cup Qualifier May Move to Niamey as Stadium Renovations Progress
  13 September 2021, by Ginette

  Morocco was supposed to host on October 10 the Niger-Algeria match, counting for the 4th round of the 2nd round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. But according to the latest news, the renovation of the General Seyni Kountché stadium in Niamey would already be at a level that could allow the match.
  Niger had already requested Morocco during the first round of the World Cup qualifiers. It was for the match that opposed it to Burkina Faso and which was held at the Grand Stadium of Marrakech. (…)

• Morocco Edges Niger 1-0 in Friendly Match Ahead of AFCON Qualifiers
  11 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  The Atlas Lions won 1-0 against the Mena of Niger in a friendly match played on Tuesday at the Grand Stadium in Marrakech. This result is a satisfaction for the Franco-Bosnian coach after the draw conceded against Burkina Faso.
  Held in check by Burkina Faso on Friday with a 1-1 draw, the Moroccan national team achieved the feat on Tuesday by defeating Niger. The only goal of the match was scored by Walid El-Karti in the 21st minute of play.
  These two matches are part of the preparations (…)

• Royal Air Maroc Expands Network with New Casablanca-Antalya Route
  7 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  The national airline, Royal Air Maroc, will launch new routes for the summer and winter seasons.
  A new route between Casablanca and Antalya will be launched from June 16 to September 12, 2020, with three flights per week, operated on a Boeing 737-800 in two-class configuration, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) announced in a press release. This is the second destination the Company offers in Turkey, after Istanbul.
  According to Airlineroute, the departures are scheduled on Tuesdays, Thursdays and (…)

• Morocco’s CHAN Squad Hit by COVID-19: Two Players Test Positive in Niger
  8 November 2020, by Bladi.net

  Two local players present in Niamey with the squad as part of the preparation for the 2021 African Nations Championship in Cameroon have tested positive for the coronavirus.
  Ayoub Kacimi and Ismail Khafi have been immediately taken care of in a Covid-19 treatment center in Niger, under the supervision of the national team doctor for local players, Dr. Abdellah Sabiri, according to a statement from the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF).
  In Niger, the Atlas Lions have won the two (…)

• African Nations Forced to Play World Cup Qualifiers Abroad Due to Substandard Stadiums
  16 August 2021, by Jérôme

  Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Djibouti will play their 2022 World Cup qualification matches from September, not at home, but in Morocco. The CAF has so decided because the stadiums of these countries, like those of four others, do not meet international standards.
  In total, eight African football teams are affected by this decision of the African Football Confederation (CAF). This decision, which also applies to the Central African Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi and Namibia, is taken (…)

• Algeria Protests Moroccan Referee for Key World Cup Qualifier Match
  2 November 2021, by Prince

  Algeria does not approve of the CAF’s choice to appoint a Moroccan referee for the Niger - Burkina Faso match to be held on November 12 at the Marrakech stadium, during the fifth round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. It would even have asked the institution to recuse the Moroccan.
  The Moroccan international referee, Samir Guezzaz, has been appointed by CAF to officiate the Niger-Burkina Faso match, while his South African counterpart, Gomes Victor Miguel De Freitas, will whistle the (…)

• Morocco Names 27-Man Squad for Friendlies Against Burkina Faso and Niger
  28 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The list of 27 Moroccan players for the friendly matches scheduled at the Grand Stadium of Marrakech against Burkina Faso and Niger, respectively, in September 2019, has just been unveiled by national coach Vahid Halilhodzic.
  Here is the list of selected players:
  Goalkeepers:
  Mounir El Kajoui (Malaga, Spain), Yassine Bounou (Girona, Spain), Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (Wydad de Casablanca), Anas Zniti (Raja de Casablanca).
  Defenders:
  Omar Boutaib (Raja de Casablanca), Fouad Chafik (…)

• Moroccan Firm to Invest $3.3 Billion in Niger’s ’Smart City’ Project
  7 July 2021, by Armel

  The Moroccan group Ymmy Finance Holding in partnership with the Nigerien authorities wants to build a "smart city" in the capital for an amount, it is said, of 3.3 billion dollars.
  With a total investment of $3.3 billion, the initiative is part of the Niamey Niala project. The latter aims to position this West African capital as one of the most beautiful on the continent, said Ahmed Lotfi, president of the Moroccan group, in front of the officials of the municipality of Niamey.
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• Morocco Calls Up Injured Talbi and Sahraoui for World Cup Qualifiers
  19 March, by Prince

  Despite his hamstring injury, Chemsdine Talbi should join the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Maâmora for the preparation camp for the matches against Niger and Tanzania, scheduled for March 21 and 25 as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
  According to the site "Kooora", Talbi suffered a hamstring injury during a match with his club, Club Bruges, and is suffering from muscle overload. The coach of the Moroccan national team, Walid Regragui, who summoned the young player for the (…)

• Morocco’s U17 Women’s Team Dominates Niger 11-0 in World Cup Qualifier
  6 February 2024, by Sylvanus

  The national women’s football team (U17) easily defeated their Nigerien counterparts, Monday at the municipal stadium of Berkane, with a very wide score (11-0) in the first leg of the second round of the (African zone) qualifiers for the U17 Women’s World Cup.
  The eleven goals of the Lionesses of the Atlas were scored by Ouafae Bentahri (19th), Salma Senhaji (26th), Awatif El Ghazouani (31st), Lina Jamai Mokhtari (32nd, 34th, 42nd, 45th+1, 90th+4), Ines Aboucharif (51st), Siham Bouhouch (…)