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BCP Group & Huawei Join Forces in Africa

Morocco’s BCP banking Group has partnered with Chinese telecom giant Huawei to provide various e-banking and mobile banking services to their clients in the African continent. A cooperation agreement was inked on Thursday in Casablanca by Kamal Mokdad, BCP Director for international operations, and Cao Jibin, Huawei manager for North Africa. BCP pledges to provide […]

Morocco Officially Offers Mediation in GCC-Qatar Rift

Morocco’s foreign ministry issued a statement expressing the Kingdom’s willingness to mediate in the crisis that has shaken the Gulf after Saudi Arabia and the UAE and their allies in the Arab World and beyond severed ties with Qatar, which they accuse of supporting terrorism and side-lining with Iran. “If the parties wish so, Morocco […]

European tourists stranded in Marrakech airport waiting to be repatriated

Hundreds of European tourists, mostly French, massed in Marrakech airport demanding flights to go home after Morocco banned all flights with 30 countries.   In Agadir, dozen French tourists staged a sit-in in front of their country’s consulate, asking for their repatriation. Morocco halted flights with France, in addition to Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, […]