Category: Profile

PAM, Morocco’s Largest Opposition Party Elects New SG

May 28, 2018

The Authenticity and Modernity party (PAM), the largest opposition group in parliament, elected Hakim Benchamach new secretary general, succeeding Ilyas El Omari. Benchamach was elected ... Read More

Morocco’s Federation of Employers Elects Salah Eddine Mezouar new President

May 23, 2018

Former Finance and former Foreign Minister Salah Eddine Mezouar was elected new President of the Federation of Morocco’s employers (CGEM) succeeding Meriem Bensaleh. Mezouar won ... Read More

ICANN Empowers Youths to Expand their Commitment

May 9, 2018

The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in its quest to reach out to larger segments of internet users and populations has chosen ... Read More

Akhannouch Tops Podium of Richest Men in Morocco

March 11, 2018

Aziz Akhannouch, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister and head of the RNI party, was ranked Morocco’s wealthiest man in Forbes 2018 ranking of World’s Billionaires. Akhannouch, ... Read More

Souad Mekhennet Rewarded With Daniel Pearl Prize

October 19, 2017

The Washington Post security correspondent and author Souad Mekhennet, a German national of Moroccan origin, will receive Daniel Pearl award 2017 in recognition for her ... Read More

Istiqlal Party Picks Nizar Baraka as New Secretary General

October 8, 2017

With a landslide victory, Nizar Baraka was elected new Secretary General of the Istiqlal Party, succeeding his archrival Hamid Chabat. Nizar Baraka, current head of ... Read More

Meriem Chaqroun Bensaleh Promotes Women Entrepreneurship at G20

July 11, 2017

Leading Moroccan businesswoman and president of the Moroccan Confederation of Businesses (CGEM), Meriem Chaqroun Bensaleh, took the stage at the G20 Summit in Hambourg along ... Read More

Morocco’s Aicha Chenna Wins Monte Carlo Woman of the Year Award

June 14, 2017

Aicha Chenna, a Moroccan civil society activist defending for more than five decades the rights of unwed mothers and their babies to a decent life, ... Read More

Morocco Green Lights Appointment of Kohler, new UNSG Envoy for Sahara

May 31, 2017

Morocco has given its green light for the appointment of Horst Kohler, former German President (2004-2010), as new Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General ... Read More

Sheikh Zayed Book Award Names Abdallah Laroui “Cultural Personality of the Year”

April 8, 2017

  The Moroccan historian and scholar, Abdallah Laroui, has been named “Cultural Personality of the Year” by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award and will be ... Read More