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Tourist Arrivals in Morocco up 8% in First Eight Months of 2018

The number of tourists visiting Morocco between January and August 2018 increased 8% to 8.7 million compared with the same period last year. International tourist arrivals rose 14% while Moroccans living abroad visiting their homeland rose 2%, the tourism ministry said in its latest statistics. Arrivals from main tourist emitting markets showed a 14% increase […]

Algeria: Court upholds prison sentences against former Prime Ministers charged with corruption

An appeals court in capital Algiers Wednesday confirmed the jail term sentences against former Premiers charged with corruption. Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal were sentenced respectively to 15 and 12 years in prison last December after they were charged with misappropriation of public funds, abuse of power and granting undue privileges. Both were Prime Ministers […]

Moroccan diplomat re-elected president of the ECOSOC humanitarian segment

The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) re-elected Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, Vice-President of the Council and President of its humanitarian segment for the 2020 cycle. This re-election for a second consecutive term, a first in the annals of ECOSOC, is an illustration of the credibility and trust enjoyed by […]