Ayoub El Amloud opened the score for WAC in the 52nd minute, before Mohamed Kenno equalized for Al-Hilal on penalty (90th+3).

After extra time ended in a draw, the two teams went to a penalty shootout that turned in favor of Al-Hilal.

In the semi-final, Al-Hilal will cross swords with the Brazilians of CR Flamengo, Tuesday at the Grand Stadium of Tangier.

A total of 24,920,174 people have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while the number of fully vaccinated people (1st and 2nd doses) has reached 23,421,427, the ministry pointed out in its daily COVID-19 bulletin, noting that 6,876,730 people have received the third dose of the vaccine, while 59,935 people have got the fourth shot.

According to the same source, the number of COVID-19 cases reported since the start of the outbreak of the virus rose to 1,272,276, while recoveries increased to 1,255,910, i.e. a recovery rate of 98.7%.

The new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the regions of Rabat-Salé-Kenitra (06), Fez-Meknes (01), Souss-Massa (01) and Casablanca-Settat (01).

As for coronavirus-related fatalities, their number remained at 16,296, with no case recorded in the last 24 hours.

The number of active cases stands at 70, with no severe or critical case reported in the past 24 hours.

In an editorial to be published in Saturday's edition of the Arabic-language daily ''Al Itihad Al Ichtiraki'', he noted that this ambition is clearly displayed through the will of HM King Mohammed VI in His call to inaugurate ''a new unprecedented stage'' and also that of King Felipe VI of Spain calling to weave relations of partnership for the 21st century.

He underlined that the High Level Meeting held last Thursday in Rabat is a source of strategic partnerships between countries concerned with a perfect understanding of their common interests and also sharing the same conception of the interactions of international action, in the present as in the future.

While stressing that the two Kingdoms have set a living example of the priority of the conciliatory diplomatic approach and its supremacy in the settlement of disputes, he said that the agreements signed during this High Level Meeting focus on key targeted sectors, in support of a common appreciation of priorities.

The editorialist pointed out that these are partnership projects with strategic objectives that are not limited only to strengthening the current cooperation which is beneficial to both parties, but well beyond the present, encompassing in the future the areas, among others, of culture, security, renewable energy or ties with the European Union.

He noted, in this regard, that the Spanish side has particularly insisted on the necessary consideration of an institutional twinning between Morocco and the European Union, a condition almost unavoidable for Spain to successfully implement its partnership with Morocco.

Another sign of this strategic partnership raised by Abdelhamid Jmahri, the determination expressed in the joint statement from this High Level Meeting to preserve relations between Morocco and the European Union and to strengthen them further, an intelligent option that represents, in his view, the best response to the overbidding of the European Parliament.

After emphasizing the holistic nature of this strategic partnership between the two countries, encompassing in an unprecedented approach all areas including cultural and linguistic fields, he stressed that the accelerated achievement at the current stage of the objectives set in their entirety is the only way to achieve very quickly the realization of this strategic twinning, thus consolidating the major role of Morocco and Spain in the Mediterranean in support of geographical proximity and in the name of history and geostrategy, at a time of perfect communion conducive to the initiation of a decisive turn in the Mediterranean region.

He underlined that this strategic twinning also blocks the road to other pernicious projects in the region whose carriers know only the language of arms and seek by all means to stir up tensions in the Mediterranean region and afterwards in the sub-Saharan region.

Chairman of the Social Commission of the CGEM, Zouanat becomes the first Moroccan to be appointed to this position, said the Association.

In addition to this post, Zouanat is the former president of the African Human Resource Confederation (AHRC) and of the AGEF (National Association of Managers and Trainers of Human Resources Morocco).

This development is due to the simultaneous increase in sales of food industry (+19.9%) and those of agriculture, forestry and hunting (+11.4%), said the Office, which has published its monthly indicators of foreign trade for 2022.

For their part, exports of textiles and leather have increased by 20.7% in 2022, a development attributable mainly to the increase in sales of ready-made garments (+21.9%), hosiery (+12.5%) and footwear (+32%).

This increase concerns sales of the construction segment (+40%), those of the wiring one (+28.9%) and, to a lesser extent, those of the segment of vehicle interiors and seats (+3.7%), says the Office, which has published its monthly indicators of foreign trade in the year 2022.

At the end of 2022, the automotive sector is positioned as the second best export sector behind phosphates and derivatives, notes the Office.

Speaking at a press briefing held after the Government Council, Baïtas said that "control is intensified to limit all practices that hamper the normal functioning of markets."

In addition, the customs duties applied to imports of soft and hard wheat, and cotton, in high demand during the month of Ramadan, will continue to be suspended, while a ninth tranche of exceptional support for transport professionals will be granted, he said.

Regarding red meat, the Minister said that the import duties applicable to this substance have been respected, in addition to the suspension of value added tax, "to quickly supply the market, which could be reflected in prices.”

Job creation in this sector comes mainly from the branch of accommodation and catering (+46,000), trade (+36,000), administrative and support services (+34,000) and transport and storage (+25,000), said the High Commission for Planning, which has published a briefing note on the situation of the labor market in 2022.

The sector of "Industry including handicrafts" has, for its part, created 28,000 jobs (16,000 in urban areas and 12,000 in rural areas). These jobs created are mainly from craft activities (26,000 jobs).

The sector of "agriculture, forestry and fisheries" has, for its part, lost 215,000 jobs at national level, 205,000 in rural areas and 10,000 in urban areas.

As for the building and public works sector, it has lost 1,000 jobs, resulting in a creation of 8,000 jobs in urban areas and a loss of 9,000 in rural areas.

This multidimensional approach is able to address the challenges of peace and security in Africa, the diplomat told MAP after the adoption by the AU PSC of the "Tangier Declaration".

The AU PSC which adopted the Declaration of the AU Conference on the promotion of the link between peace, security and development in Africa, entitled ''Tangier Declaration'', decided to submit it for consideration and adoption by the 36th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government scheduled for mid-February in Addis Ababa.

Morocco hosted, on October 25-27, 2022, the first AU Political Conference on Promoting the Link between Peace, Security and Development in Africa in Tangier, recalled Arrouchi, noting that this inaugural conference, organized in partnership with the Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union, with the assistance of other partners, provided a platform to explore the interdependencies between peace, security and development.

The Kingdom, as part of its chairmanship of the AU PSC in September 2019, has, in fact, distinguished itself by organizing a ministerial meeting on the theme "Interdependence between Peace, Security and Development: Towards a collective commitment to action", on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, which had been chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates Nasser Bourita, stressed the Moroccan diplomat.

This situation results from a creation of 150,000 jobs in urban areas and a loss of 174,000 in rural areas, said the High Commission for Planning, which has published an information note on the situation of the labor market in 2022.

By type of employment, 136,000 paid jobs have been created, resulting in a creation of 161,000 jobs in urban areas and a loss of 25,000 in rural areas, the same source said.

The unpaid employment has, for its part, experienced a decline of 160,000 positions, due mainly to the decline of this type of employment in rural areas of 150,000 positions.

Regarding the activity rate, it fell between 2021 and 2022 by 0.8 point to 44.3%. This decline is the result of an increase in the population of working age (15 years and over) of 1.4% and a decrease in the working population of 1%.