Mokhtar Belmokhtar, co-founder of the al-Mourabitoun Islamist group, has denied reports that the extremist group has shifted its allegiance to the Islamic State from al-Qaeda. The information was relayed by Mauritania’s Alakhbar news website that has often received messages from the Sahara desert based jihadist group. An audio message posted on Alakhbar’s website last week […]
Morocco topped the countries of the Maghreb region in terms of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2016, according to a report established by the Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation. The North African kingdom attracted $2.3 billion worth of FDI in 2016, followed by Algeria with 1.5 billion, Tunisia with 958 million, and […]
A special program has been set up to support Moroccan beekeepers affected by the phenomenon known as “Bee Colony Collapse Disorder”, noted recently in some regions of the country, announced Sunday the Ministry of Agriculture. The government has thus earmarked 130 million dirhams to take immediate measures through the support of beekeepers for the reconstruction […]
