Tag: Morocco

Migrants stuck in Spain’s Canary Islands say camps are unfit

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SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain — While Spain has criticized Europe for not sharing responsibilities on migration, the country is finding itself under...

Morocco: 4 arrested for links to alleged IS attack plot

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RABAT, Morocco — Special agents in eastern Morocco on Thursday arrested four suspected Islamic State-linked extremists who were allegedly assigned to attack a military...

Billionaire Motsepe elected president of African soccer

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RABAT, Morocco — South African mining billionaire Patrice Motsepe was elected president of the African soccer confederation on Friday without the need for a...

Morocco moves toward legalizing medical marijuana

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RABAT, Morocco — Morocco’s government on Thursday approved a landmark bill that would legalize nonrecreational uses of marijuana. ...

African soccer leader’s ban cut, but ruled out of election

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The president of the African soccer confederation had his FIFA ban cut to two years on appeal Monday but he will...

FIFA brokers deal to decide next African soccer president

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — FIFA president Gianni Infantino brokered a deal to give politically connected South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe a clear run...

Churchill painting owned by Angelina Jolie sells for $11.5M

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LONDON — A Moroccan landscape painted by Winston Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie sold at auction on Monday for more than $11.5 million,...