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Morocco Elected Vice-President of 14th UN Congress on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice

Morocco was elected on Sunday as vice-president of the 14th Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, which kicked off in Kyoto, Japan. Participants in the meeting, held in hybrid format, elected, by acclamation, the Japanese minister of Justice, Yoko Kamikawa, as president of this 14th congress, in addition to 21 vice-presidents including Morocco in […]

Morocco: WB supports Casablanca’s rail projects with $350 Mln funding

The World Bank has approved a $350 million financing package for the Greater Casablanca Mobility & Logistics Hub, which aims to improve services for passenger railways in the Greater Casablanca area. The funding will also support Morocco’s national railway operator – Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF) – in managing and expanding railway infrastructure. […]

Is Morocco about to face a third coronavirus wave?

Morocco has taken the painful decision of extending the night curfew in Ramadan due to fears of a surge in infections as new virus variants emerge in the country. Moroccan health professors have warned that local variants have emerged although the health ministry down played the phenomenon, saying that these new virus strains are a […]