Morocco plans trains assembly plant- minister

Morocco plans to set up a train assembly plant that will be geared for exports as well as for domestic use as the country expands its rail network, the transport minister Abdessamad Kayouh said. Briefing MPs on the latest developments on the rail sector, the minister said rail operator ONCF will add an additional 1300 […]

Morocco: Islamist PJD party suffers crushing defeat in legislative elections

The September 8 elections in Morocco were propitious to the liberal RNI party, chaired by Aziz Akhannouch, as it won 102 seats in the 395-member House of Representatives. Such was not the case for the Islamist PJD party, which led the government for two successive terms, since 2011. The PJD actually suffered a crushing defeat, […]

Moroccan Banks Respond to Algerian FM’s Defamatory Statements

Following the verbal blunders uttered by Algerian Foreign Minister, Abdelkader Messahel, who blatantly accused Moroccan banks of laundering cannabis money in Africa, the Professional Grouping of Moroccan Banks (GPBM) released a statement rejecting such accusations as “hateful and irresponsible”. The diatribe against Morocco that the Algerian Foreign Minister shamefully made during a meeting at the […]