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Chelsea star Hakim Ziyech quits Morocco in swipe at manager over "all the lying"

Chelsea forward Hakim Ziyech has retired from international football amid an ongoing feud with Morocco boss Vahid Halilhodzic after being dropped from the squad prior to AFCON

Daily Mirror

A brief history of African nations at the Olympic Winter Games

A record number of eight African countries competed at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. At the 2022 Beijing winter games, currently underway, Africa is represented by six athletes from five countries: Eritrea, Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco and Nigeria. Five are competing in Alpine (downhill) skiing and one…

The Conversation

Chelsea Forward Ziyech Quits Morocco National Team

Chelsea forward Hakim Ziyech says he has no plans to return to the Morocco national team even if they qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, suggesting he has quit international football for good after a fallout with coach Vahid Halilhodzic. Ziyech has been involved in a war of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Hakim Ziyech makes shock major decision on future with strong Chelsea announcement

The Chelsea winger was not granted a place in Morocco’s AFCON squad and has now made a major call on his future with the national side

Football London

Father’s prayers as mourners say goodbye to Moroccan boy who was trapped in well

Mourners have paid respects to five-year-old Rayan who became trapped in a well near the city of Chefchaouen in northern Morocco.

The New Daily

Morocco Buries Little Rayan Who Died Trapped in Well

Moroccans on Monday attended the funeral of Rayan, a five-year-old boy who spent five days trapped down a well, sparking a vast rescue operation that gripped the world but ended in tragedy. The boy had fallen down a narrow, 32-meter (100-foot) dry well last Tuesday, sparking a complex earth-moving operation…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Morocco reopens to British tourists in boost to holidays before February half-term

Morocco’s tourism chief said they are ‘very excited to welcome back people from around the world, especially the UK’

Evening Standard

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‘The son of us all’: Morocco holds funeral for Rayan, 5, who died trapped in a well

Hundreds of mourners gathered to pay respects to a boy whose fate had gripped the nation

The Independent UK

Morocco united in sorrow as 'little Rayan' is laid to rest

Rayan Oram, the five-year-old boy who died on Saturday after being trapped in a well for five days, has been buried near his village of Ighrane in the Rif Valley. The vast rescue operation showed an outpouring of solidarity in the country and drew praise from around the world.

Radio France Internationale

Moroccans prepare funeral for boy, 5, who died in deep well

Preparations are underway in Morocco for the funeral of five-year-old Rayan, who was pulled out from a 32-meter (105-foot) deep dry well where he had been trapped for five days

The Independent UK

‘The son of us all’: Morocco says farewell to Rayan, 5, who died in well as hundreds attend boy’s funeral

One villager said: ‘I am over 50-years-old and never seen as many people in a funeral.’

Evening Standard

Greece, Portugal and Morocco to cut restrictions for British travellers

Countries across Europe are relaxing rules for tourists ahead of half-term

The Independent UK

Morocco lifts flight ban, welcomes back tourists and travellers

Morocco reopened its borders on Monday, lifting a two-month ban on passenger flights entering the kingdom due to the spread of Covid-19. It hopes to save a tourist season devastated by the health crisis.

Radio France Internationale

Morocco travel rules: Everything you need to know as borders reopen for international tourists

UK travellers are welcome in the North African country from 7 February

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Death of Moroccan boy in well draws sympathy from around world

Rayan Oram, five, was found dead after four-day operation to rescue him from shaft 32 metres deep

Reuters

Moroccan boy's death sparks an outpouring of sympathy

The death of 5-year-old Rayan Awram despite a massive effort to rescue him from a deep well sparked an outpouring of sympathy on Sunday, from his village in northern Morocco to the Vatican, from King Mohammed to international football clubs.

The Independent UK

Moroccans in mourning after trapped boy's death

An eerie silence has fallen on a Moroccan village after a 5-year-old boy who had been trapped in a well for four days was reached, but too late

Reuters

Pope praises Moroccans for showing unity over boy trapped in well

Pope Francis on Sunday praised the people of Morocco for coming together to try to rescue a small boy trapped in a well and said he was saddened that their efforts were not successful.

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The Independent UK

Pope praises how Morocco's people tried to save boy in well

Pope Francis has described as “beautiful” how people rallied around efforts to try to save a boy trapped in a well for days in a village in Morocco

Manchester Evening News

First picture of tragic five-year-old boy who died in well in Morocco

The boy had been trapped for several days

Wales Online

Five-year-old boy rescued from well has died, says Morocco’s king

Rayan fell into a 105ft well outside his home in the village of Ighran in Morocco’s mountainous northern Chefchaouen province on Tuesday

Manchester Evening News

Boy who was rescued from deep well in Morocco has died, says King

The boy had been trapped for several days

Evening Standard

‘My heart is aching’: Tragedy as five-year-old Rayan trapped in well in Morocco for four days dies

Rayan’s aunt Atiqua Awram said: ‘My heart is aching for him, too much’

Evening Standard

Five-year-old boy rescued after spending days trapped in well in Morocco

A five-year-old boy who spent four days trapped in a 32m (105ft) deep well in northern Morocco has been rescued.

Daily Mirror

Race to save boy, 5, trapped in 100ft well for four days as rescuers 'a metre away'

Rayan Awram, five, has been trapped at the bottom of a well in northern Morocco for the past five days. Rescue teams have been working around the clock to free the young lad, and are now said to be just one-metre (3.2ft) away from him

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