Mauritania, others welcomes royal decision to dispatch medical aid to African countries

Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ismaël ould Cheikh Ahmed has welcomed the decision made by King Mohammed VI to dispatch medical aid to 15 African countries, including Mauritania, to help them in their fight against the coronavirus health crisis, saying the royal decision responds perfectly to the national and regional context. The Foreign Minister’s remarks came after […]

Morocco, Second Trade Friendly Country in Africa

Morocco has gained three places in the Global Enabling Trade Report ranking as the second most trade friendly country in Africa. Morocco jumped in the report, issued by the World Economic Forum, from the 52nd place in 2014 to the 49th in 2016 coming ahead of South Africa (55th), Tunisia (91st), Egypt (116th), Algeria (121st) […]

Catalonia Attacks: Taking the Blame off Morocco

The Moroccan origins of the perpetrators of the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks offered an easy scapegoat for pundits and media outlets in their attempts to ascribe terrorism to an external factor. By doing so, they further stigmatize a community of 800,000 Moroccan expatriates in Spain and fail to consider the deep causes of Europe’s residual […]