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• FIFA Approves Morocco’s Recruitment of Celta Vigo Striker Jones El-Abdellaoui
  15 April, by Said

  It is now official: player Jones El-Abdellaoui has just changed his sporting nationality by joining the Moroccan team. He could have also joined the Norwegian team.
  According to the updated FIFA file on players’ nationality changes, Jones El-Abdellaoui has officially and definitively joined the Moroccan team as his sporting nationality. He will now wear the jersey of the Atlas Lions.
  Jones El-Abdellaoui, striker for the Spanish club Celta Vigo, is expected to make his debut with the (…)

• Moroccan-Italian Model Malika El-Maslouhi Fronts Dundas Fall 2021 Collection
  2 March 2021, by Sylvanus

  Norwegian designer Peter Dundas has chosen Moroccan-Italian model Malika El Maslouhi as the muse for his Dundas Fall 2021 collection.
  The fashion heavyweight has called on the rising star of modeling to present the new glamorous offering, which was unveiled online in a lookbook format, reports Arab News. Fashion photographer Charlotte Wales photographed Malika El-Maslouhi for the lookbook in London. On this occasion, the Moroccan top model wore 31 looks ranging from draped mini-dresses (…)

• Lille Winger Osame Sahraoui Chooses Morocco Over Norway for International Career
  30 August 2024, by Said

  Osame Sahraoui, the promising winger of LOSC Lille, has decided: it is with the Moroccan jersey that he will write the next chapter of his football history. This decision, announced first by the Norwegian media, puts an end to a long suspense about his choice of national team.
  The 23-year-old player personally informed the Norwegian coach, Ståle Solbakken, of his decision. "It is after careful consideration that Osame has chosen to play for Morocco," Solbakken said, visibly disappointed (…)

• Norwegian Mafia Member’s Prison Transfer Compromised by Bribed Moroccan Guards
  16 May 2019, by Kamal

  Six Norwegian nationals were allowed to contact a Norwegian mafia member during his transfer from the Salé prison to the Marrakech international airport for extradition to his country of origin.
  The guards in charge of the transfer were, according to Assabah, intercepted by specialized units for monitoring and control, as they had allowed six strangers to exchange information with the mafia member in a public place, violating professional regulations, and in total disregard of the (…)

• Norway Students Expelled from Morocco Amid Sahrawi Journalist Trial Controversy
  23 May 2019, by Kamal

  The two Norwegian students expelled by Morocco were sent by the NGO Rafto to create controversy and attract the attention and compassion of the Norwegian people. This is how the Moroccan Embassy in Norway expressed itself in a press release.
  Two Norwegian nationals, accompanied by five Spaniards, were expelled by the Moroccan authorities upon arrival at Laayoune airport. They had intended to attend the trial of the Sahrawi journalist Nezha El Khalidi, which was to be held on May 20.
  The (…)

• Gunman Arrested After Shooting at Oslo Mosque, One Injured
  12 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  One person wounded by gunfire. This is the toll of the shooting on Saturday, August 10, 2019, at the "Al-Nour" Islamic Center in Bærum, in the suburbs of Oslo. After the man opened fire on the premises, and the recording of the injured person, the alert was given at 4:46 p.m. local time. The suspect was finally arrested. For the mosque leader, he was wearing a helmet and a uniform at the time of the events. "He started shooting but, fortunately, one of our members managed to overpower him," (…)

• Norwegian Tourist Dies in Apparent Suicide at Tangier Hotel
  2 January 2024, by Prince

  A Norwegian died on Monday in Tangier after jumping from the sixth floor of the hotel where he was staying. An investigation has been opened to determine the circumstances of his death.
  According to the initial elements of the investigation opened under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office, the Norwegian would have jumped out of the window of the 6th floor of the hotel located near the Tangier train station, dying on the spot.
  At the current stage of the (…)

• Morocco’s Regragui Welcomes Lille Striker Sahraoui to National Team
  10 September 2024, by Sylvanus

  Walid Regragui, the coach of the Atlas Lions, is proud of the Lille striker Osame Sahraoui, who has turned his back on Norway and chooses to defend the colors of the Moroccan flag. He could line him up for upcoming matches.
  "Regarding the player Sahraoui, I have been following him for some time," Walid Regragui responded when questioned about the case of the Lille striker during the pre-match press conference against Lesotho. He is delighted with his change of sporting nationality: "He (…)

• Morocco Terror Trial Postponed: Appeal Hearing for Imlil Tourist Murders Delayed
  29 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  Convicted at first instance to heavy sentences, including three death sentences against the perpetrators of this crime described as "terrorist", the 24 criminals involved in the murder of two Scandinavian tourists were again before the Anti-Terrorism Tribunal of Salé on Wednesday, August 28, 2019. The appeal trial of these terrorists was postponed immediately after it opened.
  Prosecuted by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for "forming a criminal gang with a view to committing terrorist (…)

• Morocco Destroys Over 96,000 Landmines in Sahara Region, Ambassador Reports
  2 December 2019, by Ginette

  From 1975 to the present day, Morocco has discovered and destroyed 96,727 landmines in the southern provinces. Moroccan Ambassador to Norway, Lamia Radi, stated this on Wednesday before the Fourth Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines held from November 25 to 29 in Oslo.
  The demining operation has been undertaken by the Royal Armed Forces since 1975 in order to "reduce the impact" of mines and war remnants on the population, the ambassador said in Oslo. She (…)