AGOA Forum August 2019

Morocco’s domestic spy agency helps FBI foil terror attack in NY

Morocco’s General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST), equivalent of UK’s MI5, has tipped off the FBI about a terrorist plot hatched by a US soldier who was nabbed by US authorities on January 19, said on Tuesday Mr. Haboub Cherkaoui, Head of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ). The case of US Army private […]

French Culture Minister starts visit to Morocco’s Sahara

French Culture Minister Rachida Dari became on Monday the first French minister to visit the Moroccan Sahara where she will open a French Institute. Speaking to the media in Tarfaya, a city in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region, Rachid Dati said her visit is part of the momentum ushered by the French recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty […]

Commercial court fine deepens Maroc Telecom’s debt

Maroc Telecom reported a soaring debt to 23 billion dirhams, up 32.1% as a result of the compensation it was asked to pay to its competitor Inwi for violating fair competition rules. In July, a commercial court in Casablanca upheld a first instance verdict that found Maroc Telecom guilty of violating free competition rules and […]