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“We had a difficult start, conceding an early goal, but I told the players at half-time to keep playing the same way, not get confused,” Ivory Coast interim coach Emerse Fae told reporters after the match. “There was a lot of pressure before the match, and match day was too long for me,” he said. Former Ivory Coast coach Jean-Louis Gasset was remarkably sacked during the tournament after that 4-0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea, as the team stood on the brink of an early elimination on home soil. “We must not stop here; we must continue working, maintain this morale, and keep playing match by match,” the coach asserted. Ivory Coast will now play either Mali or Burkina Faso in the quarterfinals.
Persons: Charles Konan, , Emerse Fae, Fae, , Habib Diallo, Pierre Atcho, Edouard Mendy, Kenzo Tribouillard, Atcho, Franck Kessié, Senegal’s Moussa Niakhaté, Kessié, Jean, Louis Gasset, Morocco’s Organizations: CNN, Africa, of Nations, Ivory, Elephants, Senegal, Arsenal, Pepe, AFCON, Former Ivory Coast Locations: Senegal, Ivory, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, AFP, Zambia, Mali, Burkina Faso
MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — International movie stars arrive in Morocco on Friday to kick off one of the Arab world's largest film festivals amid a shadow cast by Israel’s latest war with Hamas and protests that have swept the region for almost two months. The Marrakech International Film Festival, along with Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival that is scheduled to open next week, are taking place despite war in Gaza. That’s in contrast to the Cairo International Film Festival and Tunisia’s Carthage Film Festival, both of which were canceled due to the war. Scorsese will preside over the festival's Atlas Workshops — an initiative designed to screen films or films in progress by emerging Arab and Moroccan filmmakers. The festival is scheduled to run through Dec. 2.
Persons: Israel’s, Martin Scorsese, Richard Linklater, Jessica Chastain, Mads Mikkelsen, Prince Moulay Rachid, , Michel Franco's, Chastain, Matteo Garrone's, Mikkelsen, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Scorsese Organizations: , Saudi, Cairo, Film Locations: MARRAKECH, Morocco, Marrakech, Gaza, Carthage, , Moroccan
Gruelling African World Cup qualifying gets under way
  + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Mark Gleeson | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
The New York/New Jersey's FIFA World Cup 2026 logo is revealed during the kickoff event in Times Square in New York City, U.S., May 18, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCAPE TOWN, Nov 14 (Reuters) - More places for Africa at the next World Cup finals has not lessened the intensity of the qualifying process, often described as the toughest in world football, and which kicks off this week. Carlos Queiroz, who coached Colombia, Egypt, Iran, Portugal, South Africa and now Qatar, once described the African preliminaries as "a nightmare". For the 2026 World Cup, the 54 African entrants were divided into nine groups with only the winners assured of a place at the finals. A total of 13 African countries, starting with Egypt in 1934, have played at the World Cup finals.
Persons: Brendan McDermid, Carlos Queiroz, Ed Osmond Organizations: New, FIFA, REUTERS, U.S, Mauritius, D, Eritrea, January’s Africa, Nations, Rwanda, Wednesday’s, Central African, Thomson Locations: York, New York City, U.S, Africa, Asia, South America, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Egypt, Iran, Portugal, South Africa, Qatar, Cameroon, Douala, Libya, Morocco, Tanzania, January’s, Ivory Coast . Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Lesotho, Namibia, Niger, Sao Tome e Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan
CNN —More than 700 migrants traveling on four different boats were rescued near the shores of Spain’s Canary Islands, Spanish officials said Saturday. Some 247 people were aboard one boat, 238 on another, and 254 on the other two, according to a post on “X,” formerly Twitter, by the Canary Islands’ official emergency services account on Saturday. Of those aboard, two people were dead when found and two others died in a hospital, while 12 others are being treated in hospitals, officials said. On Thursday, Spain’s Interior Ministry said that 30,075 migrants had arrived to the Canary Islands by water from January 1 to October 31, more than double the number who arrived over the same period in 2022. The Canaries archipelago lies off Morocco’s west coast.
Persons: Organizations: CNN, Spain’s, Ministry Locations: Canary Islands
The fortified necropolis and surrounding settlements were built near the Atlantic Ocean along the banks of the Bou Regreg river. The main excavation site has been closed for renovations since the pandemic and archaeologists have worked on expanding it since March. The footprint — including the extended site presented on Friday — is larger than that of Volubilis, widely visited ruins 111 miles (179 kilometers) east of Rabat. El Khayari and his team of archaeologists said the new discoveries further from the center of Chellah have never been subject to study. We are aiming for 1 million by developing this site, bringing it to life, setting up marketing, communications and everything.”
Persons: Abdelaziz El Khayari, El Khayari, , Mehdi Ben Said, Ben Said, Organizations: , Morocco’s National, of Archaeological Sciences, Heritage, UNESCO Locations: RABAT, Morocco, Bou, Rabat
Stella Terra could change that. The khaki-green SUV uses solar panels on its sloping roof to charge its electric battery, meaning it can drive long distances powered entirely by the sun. Stella Terra making an impression in Morocco. At just 2,645 pounds (1,200 kilograms), Stella Terra weighs around 25% less than the average mid-sized SUV. The Stella Terra team said their Morocco trip allowed them to test the car on a huge range of landscapes.
Persons: Stella Terra, Thieme Bosman, , Bosman, Bart van, Bob van Ginkel, ” van Ginkel, van Ginkel, Bart van Overbeek, Lightyear, Organizations: CNN, Eindhoven University of Technology, , Ford Locations: Morocco, “ Morocco, Tangier, Fes, STE
Morocco Calls for Emergency Session of Arab League
  + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Morocco, the current chair of the Arab League, has called for an emergency session for the group’s foreign ministers to discuss the security situation in the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants launched Saturday's surprise attack on Israel. Over 20 nations are in the group, which was formed in Cairo in 1945 to coordinate the policy responses of Arab nations, often serving as a forum to limit regional conflicts. Historically, it has had relatively little impact. Morocco’s Foreign Ministry said discussions are under way for the meeting to be held in the coming days at its Cairo headquarters.
Organizations: Arab League, Palestinian Locations: Morocco, Gaza, Israel, Cairo
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference at the U.S. embassy in Beijing, China, July 9, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File PhotoNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that she trusts the leaders of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to adjust their Oct. 9-15 annual meetings in Morocco in an appropriate way given the country’s devastating earthquake. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, World Bank President Ajay Banga and Moroccan Economy Minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui announced on Monday that the meetings in Marrakech would proceed despite the Sept. 8 earthquake that killed over 2,900 people in the nearby High Atlas Mountains. In their statement, they said they would make some changes to their meeting plans to adapt content “to the circumstances,” of the disaster. It wants the meetings to go on and feels it’s able to do what’s necessary,” she said.
Persons: Janet Yellen, Thomas Peter, Kristalina Georgieva, Ajay Banga, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, Yellen, , who’ve, , ” Georgieva Organizations: Treasury, U.S, REUTERS, . Treasury, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, IMF, World, Friday, Reuters Locations: Beijing, China, Morocco, Moroccan, Marrakech, New York
In many areas hit by the quake, there were complaints that the government was slow to rescue and bring relief supplies to stricken villages. Driving along the road to the Tizi N’Test pass, the challenges faced by relief workers getting through became clear. Upon seeing the blocked road, they begged Mr. Id Lahcen and his colleague, Mustapha Sekkouti, to help get their bags of supplies to the other side. “This reality, we want it to be a memory in our history,” said Mr. Sekkouti, 50. Helping clear the road to save lives.”The efforts by Mr. Id Lahcen and Mr. Sekkouti opened a gap near the top of the road on Sept. 11, allowing some aid to get through.
Persons: Lahcen, Mustapha Sekkouti, , Sekkouti, Organizations: New York Times Locations: Rabat
Atlas Mountains, Morocco CNN —Khadija Ait Si Ali was just starting to rebuild her life when the earthquake struck. He told CNN he was determined to rebuild a home for his family. He told CNN the financial assistance would be a significant help for people living in the mountains. Back in Tinzert, Khadija Ait Si Ali said that for now, she was just trying to focus on her baby and get through each day. Ait Si Ali said she felt lost with nobody to turn to.
Persons: Morocco CNN —, Ait Si Ali, , , Amal Zniber, Amis Des Écoles, ” Zniber, Abdu Brahim, Hanan Ait Brahim, Ivana Kottasová, ” Hanan Ait, Hanan Ait, Abdelkarim Ait, Adil Akanour, ” Akanour, Akia, Akia Nayet, Fatme, CNN Mariam Maroi, Mariam Maroi, Brahim Organizations: Morocco CNN, CNN, Amis, Moroccan, United Nations Locations: Morocco, Tinzert, Tafeghaghte, Marrakech, Abdelkarim Ait Amkhaine’s, Ouirgane, Akanour, Asni, Turkey, Syria
Strange ‘earthquake lights’ explained
  + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
CNN —I once felt the immense force unleashed by an earthquake in 1999 when I was living in Taipei, Taiwan. It was a feeling I was reminded of again this week when writing about a mysterious seismic phenomenon witnessed during Morocco’s recent devastating earthquake. Force of natureReports of multicolor “earthquake lights,” such as the ones seen in videos captured before Morocco’s 6.8 magnitude quake on September 8, go back centuries to ancient Greece. Researchers are beginning to understand the different forms the lights take and where they might appear. One 2014 study found the mystery lights could result from certain rocks when put under stress, but there is still no consensus on exactly what causes these outbursts.
Persons: CNN —, James Webb, Rhea Seddon, Anna Fisher, Judy Resnik, Shannon Lucid, Sally Ride, Kathy Sullivan, dryly, Arabella, Anita, Miss Baker, wasn’t, Jesse Rorabaugh, , Mattia Menchetti, Frank Rubio, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, NASA, United, of Evolutionary, CNN Space, Science Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, Greece, Mexico City, Thailand, Africa, Guam, North America, United Nations, Europe, Italy, Spain
As fate would have it, he had quit his job three days before the earthquake to be closer to his family. So he was there on Friday night, when a big family dinner was held in his childhood home, which he and his father had built. Two relatives had helped her out, including her uncle Lahcen, one of the few residents who, drawn by calls for help, dismissed the aftershocks to venture back into the wreckage. He saved eight neighbors, and collected some blankets for his family so they wouldn’t freeze in the cold nights. They have been using it to make tea, which they offer to visitors along with fruit on a rare unbroken plate.
Persons: Boukdir, couldn’t, , Brahim, Ilham, Lahcen Locations: Agadir
Before the tourists came to marvel at the valley cradled in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, with its arid red slopes splashed with lush green and its deep-blue lake, the only living to be made was in olive farming, and not much of a living at that. Then came the modest little hiking lodge and the luxury resort, and the quasi-palace owned by Richard Branson and the inns set up by the people of the Ouirgane Valley, many of whom are members of the Amazigh ethnic group, more commonly known as Berbers. As more and more tourists discovered over the last few decades that the area was only an hour’s drive from the city of Marrakesh, the residents of villages like Ouirgane got jobs as guides for mule riding and hiking, drivers, waiters, hoteliers, restaurateurs and more. Many were able to move back home from Moroccan cities like Marrakesh and Essaouira, where they had taken jobs to support families in their villages.
Persons: Richard Branson, Ouirgane Locations: Atlas, Marrakesh, Moroccan, Essaouira
“It’s not the holiday I planned,” the 26-year old French woman told CNN on Tuesday. These people have nothing.”Halimi was vacationing in Morocco when the earthquake hit last week. The government has been there from day one,” she told CNN. Morocco accepts help from a handful of countriesWhen the devastation of the earthquake became clear, several countries offered to send help. “All the neighbors brought something,” he told CNN in the village of Ouirgane, where 600 people lost their homes and were camping in a nearby grove.
Persons: Atlas Mountains CNN —, Halimi, It’s, ” Halimi, ” Sami Sensis, Moulay Brahim, Ibrahim Goodman, AbdelHaq Edabdelah, Amal Zniber, Amis Des Écoles, Ivana Kottasova, CNN AbdelHaq Edabdelah, CNN “, hasn’t, , , Antony Blinken, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Morocco hadn’t, Abdelali Amzil, Zniber, We’ve Organizations: Atlas Mountains CNN, CNN, El, Amis, Morocco’s, Ministry, United, Interior Ministry Locations: Atlas, Tafeghaghte, Moroccan, Morocco, Moulay, Asni, Ifghan, Spain, Qatar, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Paris, France, Government, Casablanca, Ouirgane
Split between two rival administrations since 2014 and having failed to hold presidential elections, Libya faces an uphill battle when it comes to severe natural disasters. Planet Labs PBC/AP Planet Labs PBC/AP Satellite images show Derna, Libya on September 2, before the flooding, left, and after the dams collapsed, right. Responding to criticism regarding lack of preparedness by the LNA, Al-Mismari said that in such situations, 50% of the responsibility falls on authorities (LNA) and 50% falls on citizens. Turkey, which backs the Tripoli government, also said it is mobilizing personnel and supplies to assist authorities in eastern Libya. Tamer Ramadan, head of international Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Libya, told CNN Tuesday that the issue of rival governments in Libya does not affect their operation.
Persons: Storm Daniel, Khalifa Haftar –, , Anas El Gomati, Moammar Gadhafi, Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, Haftar, Jalel Harchaoui, , , Harchaoui, Gomati, Osama Hamad, Osama Aly, ” Aly, , Al Hurra, Jamal Alkomaty, ” Harchaoui, Ahmed al, Mismari, Al, ” Gomati, there’s, Ramadan, ” Ramadan Organizations: CNN, Planet Labs PBC, AP Planet Labs PBC, AP, ISIS, Libya –, Sadeq Institute, NATO, Libyan National Army, Royal United Services Institute, Emergency, Ambulance Service, Twitter, Analysts, United Nations, United, United Arab Emirates, Civil Protection Department, Federation of Red, Red Crescent Societies Locations: Libya, Split, Libyan, Derna, Greece, Morocco, , Tripoli, Benghazi, “ Libya, London, Cyrenaica, tatters, Derna’s, Al, Italy, Egypt, Russia, United Arab, Algeria, Turkey
Podcast: Deadly floods rip through Libyan city of Derna
  + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Thousands are feared dead after devastating floods in Libya. North Korea’s leader arrives in Russia with Washington warning Kim Jong Un and Putin against an arms deal. Apple prepares to unveil its latest iPhone as problems brew for the company in China. Plus, auto workers brace for strike action in Detroit and Morocco’s desperate search for survivors. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices.
Persons: Kim Jong Un, Putin, Kim Jong Organizations: Apple, Google, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Libya, North, Russia, Washington, China, Detroit, Korea, Morocco
Hopes were fading of finding survivors alive in the rubble of a powerful earthquake that struck Morocco, as rescue efforts entered a fourth day on Tuesday with the death toll creeping up to nearly 2,900 people. The quake on Friday night with a magnitude of at least 6.8 was centered in the High Atlas Mountains, not far from the major city of Marrakesh. It was the most powerful to strike that area in at least a century, flattening fragile mud brick houses in the poor, rural villages that were the hardest hit. Morocco’s government has drawn some criticism for what has been seen as a sluggish response and a seeming reluctance to accept a deluge of offers to send in expert international teams and aid. But a government spokesman pushed back against that criticism late on Sunday, saying the authorities “were working to intervene quickly, effectively and successfully.”But King Mohammad VI, who calls the shots on all the most important matters of state in Morocco, and other authorities have released little information since the earthquake struck, updating casualty figures infrequently and making few public statements.
Persons: King Mohammad VI Locations: Morocco, Marrakesh
Just before sunrise on Monday, a satellite peered down on regions of Morocco that had been damaged by an earthquake Friday night. The data it gathered from 430 miles above Earth is offering scientists critical clues that will help unravel the mechanics behind the quake, including pinning down the specific fault that ruptured. Key data came from Sentinel-1a, one of a group of satellites launched by the European Space Agency that pass around the Earth every 12 days, mapping out the surface. The satellite relies on radar to measure tiny shifts in the ground toward or away from the orbiting craft, said Tim Wright, a geophysicist at the University of Leeds in England. The technique is known as InSAR and allows scientists to compare the data collected before and after the quake to assess the three dimensional movement of the land around a fault with almost millimeter accuracy.
Persons: Tim Wright, Judith Hubbard, Kyle Bradley Organizations: Sentinel, European Space Agency, University of Leeds, Cornell University Locations: Morocco, England
REUTERS/Hannah McKay Acquire Licensing RightsTINMEL, Morocco, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Said Hartattouch was at work in Marrakech when the 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck. "Man, it is something that I cannot explain,” Hartattouch said, who is among many across the High Atlas Mountains who have lost their loved ones and their homes. With nowhere to go, the villagers have slept out in the open since the earthquake struck on Friday. “The problem for Atlas Mountains is that it is big,” he said. “It’s not possible to help everyone.”Reporting by Alexander Cornwell; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Said Hartattouch, Hannah McKay, , ” Hartattouch, Hartattouch, “ It’s, Alexander Cornwell, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Marrakech, Tinmel, Morocco, Hartattouch
When a devastating earthquake hit Morocco on Friday night, killing more than 2,900 people, King Mohammed VI was in Paris, where he spends a great deal of his time. It took him most of a day to return to his country and make his only public statement so far — a terse communiqué. Later on Saturday, television showed him presiding over a cabinet meeting, but there was no sound. But his low visibility and silence, coupled with the government’s response to the earthquake, have been criticized, with some saying officials are paralyzed because they are awaiting authorization for action from the king. Moroccan officials argue that they are on top of the crisis and will ask for help as they need it, adding that the king was guiding the response from the beginning.
Persons: King Mohammed VI Locations: Morocco, Paris
CNN —Nearly 3,000 people are dead, towns and villages are decimated and rescuers are trawling for survivors after a massive earthquake ripped through Morocco. The quake is the worst the country has suffered in decades and the full scale of its damage is yet to be understood. Friday’s disaster is the deadliest quake to hit Morocco in more than 60 years, according to EM-DAT, an international disaster database. In 1960, a 5.8 magnitude quake in Morocco with an epicenter in Adagir led to at least 12,000 deaths and 25,000 injuries. And in 1980, a 7.1 magnitude ground movement in Algeria followed by a tsunami caused more than 2,600 deaths and huge damage.
Persons: Fadel Senna, Ian, Paula Solloway Organizations: CNN, Getty Images, Kyodo, Getty, Authorities Locations: Morocco, Marrakech, Casablanca, North Africa, Adagir, Algeria, Medina district, Mosa’ab
Podcast: Morocco’s wait for aid
  + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Moroccans are left sleeping out in the open as aid struggles to reach those hit by the deadliest quake in decades. US President Joe Biden woos Vietnam – and catalogues China’s economic woes. Plus, Armenia angers Russia by holding military drills with the United States as tensions rise over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising.
Persons: Joe Biden woos, Biden Organizations: Apple, Google, Reuters, Joe Biden woos Vietnam, Thomson, Boeing Locations: Armenia, Russia, United States, Nagorno, Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, Morocco
Political Cartoons View All 1148 ImagesThe region is largely rural, made up of red-rock mountains, picturesque gorges and glistening streams and lakes. The earthquake shook most of Morocco and caused injury and death in other provinces, including Marrakech, Taroudant and Chichaoua. Morocco has deployed ambulances, rescue crews and soldiers to the region to help assist with emergency response efforts. Northern Morocco experiences earthquakes more often, including tremors of magnitude 6.4 in 2004 and magnitude 6.3 in 2016. Emergency response efforts are likely to continue as teams traverse mountain roads to reach villages hit hardest by the earthquake.
Persons: , Hamid Idsalah, Idsalah, I’m, , Haouz, Abdelkadir Smana, Emmanuel Macron, Joe Biden, , Biden, El, King Mohammed VI, Jesse Bedayn, Angela Charlton, Will Weissert Organizations: Moroccan, WHO, Interior Ministry, United Arab, UNESCO, . Geological Survey, Associated Press Locations: Morocco, Marrakech, Al Haouz province, Toubkal, North, Taroudant, Al Haouz, North Africa, Amizmiz, Spain, Qatar, Britain, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, MARRAKECH, Koutoubia, Agadir, Northern Morocco, Syria, Turkey, Nepal, China, Moroccan, Denver, Paris, Washington
The Trump Indictments: Analyzing His Legal and 2024 Campaign Strategy Former president Donald Trump is facing four separate indictments at both state and federal levels. WSJ breaks down each of the indictments and what they mean for his 2024 presidential campaign. Photo Illustration: Annie Zhao
Persons: Donald Trump, Annie Zhao Organizations: Trump
Moulay Brahim, Morocco CNN —Moulay Brahim was once a happy place for Sami Sensis. The building partially collapsed after a powerful earthquake struck Moulay Brahim late on Friday night. Nacho Doce/Reuters Women watch the funeral of two victims of the deadly earthquake in Moulay Brahim, on September 10. Piero Cruciatti/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images A woman looks on as people inspect damaged buildings in Moulay Brahim, Morocco, on September 10. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images People mourn earthquake victims in Moulay Brahim, Morocco, on September 9.
Persons: Moulay, Morocco CNN — Moulay Brahim, Sami Sensis, Moulay Brahim, Sensis, , , , ” Sensis, Idsaleh Mahjoub, Mahjoub, Alejandro Martinez Velez, Hannah McKay, Nacho Doce, Piero Cruciatti, Carl Court, Reuters Mohamed, Fadel Senna, Said Echarif, Abdelhak Balhaki, Mosa'ab, Ivana Kottasová, Leila Idabdelah, Idabdelah, khobz Organizations: Morocco CNN, CNN, Sensis, Locals, United Arab Emirates, , Anadolu Agency, Getty, People, Reuters, Reuters Moroccan Royal Armed Forces, AP Locations: Moulay Brahim, Morocco, Moroccan, Marrakech, Spain, Qatar, United Kingdom, Moulay, Brahim, Amizmiz, Al Haouz, Tafeghaghte, AFP, Al Haouz province, Asni,
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