Morocco’s investment fund partners with IFC to boost sustainable infrastructure

Morocco’s Mohammed VI Investment Fund and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, signed a partnership agreement on Tuesday to identify and finance sustainable infrastructure projects in the North African country. The agreement aims to support high-impact infrastructure projects in strategic sectors such as renewable energy, water, transport and logistics, […]

International drug trafficking network dismantled in Kénitra has ramifications near Agadir

Investigations undertaken following the recent dismantling in Kenitra of an international drug trafficking network revealed that the network has ramifications elsewhere in Morocco, precisely in Ait Melloul, near the southern city of Agadir.   Investigation by the judicial police of Kénitra, in coordination with the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), led […]

The Shift to a Multi-polar Global Economy: Are We Prepared to Handle It?

The National Intelligence Council’s (NIC) report ‘Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds’ has outlined three global trajectories, or development in the interactions among world’s states, during the next 15-20 years. Under the ‘Reverse Engines’ scenario, mercantilism and protectionism could lead economic globalization to go into reverse, constraining technological breakthroughs required to manage scarce global resources. The […]