Excessive Speed to Blame for Morocco’s Tragic Train Derailment

Excessive speed of 158 km/h was to blame for the train derailment in Bouknadel, a town near Rabat, which left seven people dead and 125 others injured on October 16, the general prosecutor’s office at Salé first instance court said. The driver was arrested and will be tried on charges of involuntary homicide, the prosecutor […]

Car manufacturing, backbone of Morocco’s industrial development

The official opening of French car manufacturer PSA plant in Kenitra bolsters Morocco’s place as an African industrial hub offering international investors sound infrastructure, macro-economic and political stability, qualified work force and competitive ports. Morocco unseated South Africa last year from the top of the podium of African car producers. The North African country produced […]

Morocco’s King Calls for a New EU-Africa Bi-continental Pact

King Mohammed VI has called for the establishment of a new bi-continental pact between the European Union and Africa to rise, together, to the challenges thrown at them. In a message to the 5th European Union-African Union summit that opened Wednesday in Abidjan, King Mohammed VI pointed out that the EU and the AU are […]