France has denied the information from Algerian public radio that it had requested overflights of Algerian territory; as well as its Moroccan neighbor, to attack Niger threatened with military intervention by ECOWAS.
Airlines have been forced to modify the routes of some flights serving Africa by passing through Morocco due to the closure of the airspace of Niger, a few hours before the expiration of the ultimatum set by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore in his functions the elected president overthrown, Mohamed Bazoum.
Morocco has managed to free Abderrahmane Serhani and Driss Fatihi, the two Moroccan cyclists kidnapped more than a month ago in the Sahel region, precisely in the border area between Burkina Faso and Niger.
The Moroccan women’s U17 football team qualified on Friday for the final round of the Women’s World Cup qualifiers, after their clear 7-0 victory against the Niger team in Rabat.
The Moroccan U17 national football team had a field day on Saturday, beating their Nigerien counterparts by a resounding score of eleven goals to zero. This was in the context of the first leg of the third round of qualifications for the World Cup (India 2022).
Algeria and Nigeria exchanged on Tuesday about the construction of a gas pipeline linking the two countries via Niger to the European continent. A way for Algeria to compete with the Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The national airline, Royal Air Maroc , will launch new routes for the summer and winter seasons.