Morocco to redirect IMF-World Bank annual meetings equipment to quake-hit areas

Morocco will use the material deployed during the IMF-World Bank meetings to equip schools in the quake-stricken areas, finance ministry official and coordinator of the meeting’s logistics Mohamed Khamoudi said. The event drew 12,000 participants in a covered area of some 23 hectares in Morocco’s tourist hub Marrakech. The education ministry said it was already […]

Sahara: UN Envoy Meets Top Moroccan Officials in Rabat

UN Envoy for the Sahara Horst Köhler, who is currently touring the region, met Wednesday in Rabat with Head of Moroccan Government Saad Eddine El Othmani and with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Köhler, a former German president and ex-director of the International Monetary Fund, arrived in Morocco within the frame of his second regional tour […]

King Salman gives instructions for investment of $1b in cash-trapped Pakistan

King Salman has issued a directive to invest $1 billion dollars into Pakistan, in confirmation of the Kingdom’s support for the country and its people, the kingdom’s state-run news agency indicated Thursday. The directive came during a telephone call between Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Bhutto […]