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Late Prime Minister Youssoufi asked to turn apartment into museum, donate money to foundation

Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Morocco’s first socialist prime minister who passed away last May, proved to be an illustrious leader both in his life and after his death by leaving a will to turn his apartment into a museum and donate his money to Morocco’s museum foundation. Youssoufi engaged at an early age in political life during […]

Morocco: Brasilian football legend Rivaldo to join Chabab Mohammedia as technical director

Former star of FC Barcelona, AC Milan and the Brazilian selection, Ronaldinho Rivaldo, is on course to become the technical director of Chabab Mohammedia, a club of Morocco’s second division football league, the local club has said. “Rivaldo will sign his contract as technical director on June 9, during Ahmad Faras’s jubilee. Several former Barcelona […]

Morocco: Social, economic impacts of Khemisset potash project unveiled

The planned potash project in Khemisset (Northern Morocco) will create 2,385 direct and indirect jobs, and will increase the local GDP per capita by an estimated 40 pc. The figures were revealed by the UK fertilizer group Emmerson Plc, the Moroccan focused potash development company, when unveiling the findings of a socio-economic study of the […]