The African Banker, a quarterly magazine that covers Africa-related financial news, has named Moroccan Minister of Economy and Finance Mohamed Benchaaboun as Africa’s “Finance Minister of the Year.
The winners of the 2021 edition of the African Banker Trophies were celebrated on June 23, 2021, during the prestigious awards ceremony, organized on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank.
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Soufiane El Bakkali recorded the world’s fastest time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase for men this Thursday, June 10th at Rome’s Diamond League.
El Bakkali broke the world’s fastest time record of the season.
The Diamond League is a series of field athletic competitions that take place every year. The first competition took place in 2010 and replaced the IAAF Golden League, organized in 1998.
Soufiane El Bakkali’s timing for the 3,000 meters steeplechase race was 8:08.54, ranking as first in the category.
source/content: moroccoworldnews.com
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Lamia El Aaraje – Politician
On June 6, Sunday – the Moroccan-French Lamia El Aaraje was elected as deputy to Paris’ 15th district. The French National Assembly after the second round of by-elections on Sunday.
The arrondissement, often referred to as Menilmontant, is situated on the right bank of the Seine River. It contains two of the city’s cosmopolitan districts, notably its namesake, Menilmontant, and Belleville.
A Doctor of Pharmacy, she has been previously elected as municipal councilor and counselor of Paris in the 20th arrondissement in 2020.
She holds the Socialist Party’s only seat in the French National Assembly.
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For the second year in a row Morocco wins at the Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad held in Tunisia.
28th Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) hosted virtually in Tunisia on May 23-24.
The PAMO the annual competition consists of two 4.5 hour rounds and participants must answer three questions per round. The event challenged students to answer advanced calculus and trigonometry questions.
Students from 14 countries including Angola, Botswana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Republic of the Congo, and Zimbabwe competed in the event.
Over 60 high school students representing their home countries attended the virtual event with Morocco’s El Ibbaoui Mohamed and Achak Abderrahmane coaching the team to victory.
The organization crowned Beni Mellal’s Aya Akargout the “Queen of African Mathematics 2021” after her gold medal win alongside Marrakech’s Youssef Bouhtouch.
In addition, Morocco’s Mohammed Ayoub, Adam Kharraz, Hiba Benabou, and Asmae Hibat Allah won silver medals.
All of the students are members of Morocco’s national mathematics team operating under the Ministry of Education.
source/content : www.moroccoworldnews.com
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Moroccan actress Naima Lamcharki won the best actress award at Sweden’s 11th annual Malmo International Arab Film Festival (MAFF).
In the film “L’Automne des Pommiers” (Autumn of the Apple Trees), directed by Moroccan director Mohamed Mouftakir, Lamcharki plays the role of a wisdom-filled grandmother, filling a crucial role in the film’s unique dynamic.
Along with the Malmo International Arab Film Festival, the film won awards at the Moroccan Film Festival of Tangier. Namely, the prize for the Best Picture 2020, the Critics Prize 2020, and the Prize for the Federation of Cineclubs 2020.
Naima Lamcharki has accomplished many other great feats throughout her career as an actress. Starring in films like The Garden of Eden (1998) and Bad Faith (2006), her career in the international film industry dates back to 1958.
Two years ago, Moroccan actress Fatima Atif won the best actress award at the ninth edition of the Malmo Arab Film Festival for her role in the film “The Healer”, where the director was Moroccan.
source/content: www.moroccoworldnews.com
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Moroccan scientist Lbachir BenMohamed is making headlines in the US for working on a universal COVID-19 vaccine — a vaccine that would work on all variants of the coronavirus, even those that have not appeared yet.
At the Institute for Immunology affiliated to the University of California, Irvine, BenMohamed is leading a nine-member research team tasked with developing a universal COVID -19 vaccine .
Vaccine on a patch
Another original concept that BenMohamed and his team are working on is the injection method of the vaccine.
While all currently-available COVID-19 vaccines are injected through a syringe, the in-development universal vaccine would be administered through a patch, similarly to the widely-available nicotine patches.
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Nidal Benali is the first Moroccan to represent the UN Major Group for Children and Youth.
The United Nations has appointed Al Akhawayn University Graduate Nidal Benali to represent the UN Major Group for Children and Youth (UN MGCY.)
Benali will serve as one of its Global Focal Points for Peace and Security. The appointment makes him the first Moroccan under the age of 30 to be granted this diplomatic honor.
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Ouahib Timoulali claimed a win in the Global STEM Alliance competition.
Timoulali is an industrial engineer from the National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA) in Kenitra.
He worked within a team of different nationalities. Their idea labeled the “Cybercastle,” won the “Cybersecurity in the Age of IoT” challenge.
First Moroccan national to win the competition in the history of the New York Academy of Sciences.
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Kamal Oudrhiri . Scientist. Physicist.
Kamal Oudrhiri led a successful discovery mission by the American Space Agency (NASA) achieving a breakthrough in the field of Quantum Physics.
The mission was achieved by the participation of two astronauts Christina Koch, Jessica Meir and three Nobel prize winners.
The achievement took place at eh ‘Cold Atom Lab’ on the International Space Station (ISS) which NASA had installed in 2018.
Kamal Oudrhiri has worked on missions related to Mars exploration vehicles including ‘Curiosity’, ‘Rovers’, ‘Spirit’, ‘Opportunity’ as well as ‘Cassini’ for Saturn, ‘Grail’ for the Moon and ‘Juno’ for Jupiter.
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-Mission Manager – Cold Laboratory / -The Group Supervisor – Planetary Radar & Radio Sciences Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Bouchra Karboubi. Professional Football Referee.
Historical moment for Women’s Football in Morocco. Bouchra Karboubi lead as the Central Referee in a ‘ Botola Pro 1’ a Top-tier Professional League game in Morocco.
-2018 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) selected Bouchra Karboubi among the ‘Elite A’ or First Class Category Referees
-2016 -Appointed as International Referee
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