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Africa: Eight Moroccans among top 10 African Francophone businesswomen

Eight Moroccans have featured among the top 10 African Francophone leading businesswomen in a ranking established by the renowned Paris-based Jeune Afrique. Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun, leader of the General Confederation of Moroccan Companies (CGEM, employers’ union) tops the ranking.  She received recognition from Jeune Afrique, which reports that the 53-year old woman, who also heads the […]

Morocco: No holidaying abroad in 2020 for cabinet members, senior officials

Head of the Moroccan government Saad Eddine El Otmani asked cabinet members and senior officials to stay in Morocco during the summer holidays and rest of 2020. A notice was issued in this regard with the goal of encouraging state officials to spend their holidays in Morocco to boost domestic tourism hit hard by the […]

UN Security Council Condemns Attack on Moroccan MINUSCA Peacekeepers

The UN Security Council issued a statement strongly denouncing the attack perpetrated by a rebel group against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) which resulted in four Cambodian peacekeepers killed, 10 wounded, including nine Moroccans and one Cambodian. One Moroccan peacekeeper is reported missing in […]