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Morocco to respond to HRW’s 2019 Erroneous report

The Moroccan Inter-ministerial Delegation for Human Rights (DIDH) said it will get in touch with Human Rights Watch to denounce its politically-motivated positions and deflate its allegations and erroneous conclusions regarding the situation of human rights in the Kingdom. A detailed answer will be sent to HRW in the weeks to come, said the DIDH, […]

Mauritania, Qatar poised to thaw ties

Mauritania and Qatar Sunday contemplated ways to resume diplomatic ties nearly four years after the African country cut off relations in support of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt that had severed ties with the Gulf country.   Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani held talks Sunday in Doha with his Mauritanian counterpart Ismail […]

Morocco’s spending on subsidies more than halved in first quarter this year

Spending as part of the compensation fund subsidizing the prices of fuel, wheat, sugar, and butane gas more than halved to 4.5 billion dirhams in the first quarter this year, auguring well for state finances, according to the finance ministry. Subsidies including cash handouts to transport professionals stood at 44 billion dirhams last year due […]