King Mohammed VI

Morocco’s Central Bank maintains accommodative policy to promote growth

Morocco’s central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at an all-time low of 1.5%, in a sign that it is more concerned about promoting growth, than curbing a high inflation caused by exogenous factors. The Bank said inflation would soar to 5% in 2022 and drop to 2% next year. Central Bank governor had […]

African Lion 2023: Exercise in Agadir to test FAR rescue & salvage unit’s responsiveness to WMD attack

As part of Moroccan-US cooperation in disaster management, a synthetic exercise on the fight against weapons of mass destruction (WMD) took place on Thursday in Agadir to assess the responsiveness of the Royal Armed Forces’ Rescue and Salvage Unit (USS-FAR) to deal with a crisis situation involving nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical (NRBC) risks. This […]

AQIM leader and Algeria’s ally Iyad Ag Ghali wanted by ICC

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against terrorist leader Iyad Ag Ghaly and urged states to cooperate to bring him before justice, in a clear allusion to Algeria. Ghaly is wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in northern Mali between January 2012 and January 2013. A Tuareg descendant of […]