Youssef Chahid

IMF congratulates Morocco for COVID-19 vaccination performance

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has congratulated Morocco for the progress made in COVID-19 vaccination, as well as for its anticipatory strategy aimed at mitigating the effects of the health crisis and ensuring economic recovery.   At a virtual meeting held on Friday with Minister of Economy & Finance […]

World’s oldest-known starfish fossil unearthed in Morocco.

A group of researchers from Cambridge University and the University of Western Australia has unearthed a fossil starship in Morocco that dates back 480 million years. The fossil specimen is the world’s oldest-known starfish ever discovered, providing an insight into the evolution of starfish and other echinoderms. Headed by Aaron W. Hunter from the department […]

Morocco hopes domestic tourism will offset loss of international arrivals due to Covid-19

Morocco’s tourism promotion office ONMT has launched a promotional campaign to encourage domestic tourism to save a key sector hit by coronavirus restrictive measures. The campaign, dubbed Ntla9awfbladna or let’s meet in our country, was launched on social media platforms and national media outlets in response to calls by tourism professionals to promote internal tourism. […]