CHAN 2018

Africa stands to benefit from Morocco-US defense deal- Pentagon chief

The 2020-2030 defense cooperation deal between Morocco and the US will benefit friendly African countries, said US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Speaking at the signing ceremony of the landmark agreement, Esper highlighted the longstanding partnership between the US and Morocco citing a convergence of views regarding a range of security threats. “Morocco is a […]

Sweet Outlook for Morocco’s Date Palm Cultivation

Morocco has recorded a significant harvest of 112,000 tons of all sorts of dates in 2017 as part of achieving the goal of reaching an annual production of 160,000 tons by 2020, up from 90,000 in 2010. To reach that goal, Morocco has integrated developing date palm cultivation in the green Morocco plan. The country […]

Robust remittances from Moroccans abroad offset tourism losses

The restrictive measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic have dealt a blow to the inflow of hard currency from the tourism business in Morocco that has been offset so far by a surge in remittances from Moroccans abroad. In the first ten months this year Morocco’s foreign exchange regulator has reported a record 80 billion […]