Morocco’s Unemployment Rate Hits 10.7% in Q1 2017

Unemployment rate rose to 10.7% in Morocco in the first quarter of 2017 up from 10.4% the same period last year with job growth staggering in the country’s public sector in light of the post-electoral deadlock and the consequent delay in the adoption of the 2017 appropriation bill. According to data issued by Morocco’s statistics […]

Royal Air Maroc Expands Cool Chain Capacity to Meet Growing Demands of Fresh Produce & Pharmaceutical Professionals

Royal Air Maroc Cargo has announced it is upgrading and expanding its cold storage facilities at Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport to meet increasing demands of fresh produce & flowers growers and pharmaceutical industry. Once complete, the cold storage warehouse will have 5 cooling chambers, including 3 for import and 2 for export totalling 590 […]

Egypt: University Campuses become new political battleground

Between 1,500 and 2,000 university students have taken the Cairo University campus as a venue to express their dissatisfaction with the Interim government. The academic year just got started in Egypt and demonstrations were reported to be held in several cities and universities. The students voiced their anger against political and campus freedoms that they […]