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Moroccans top list of recipients of Spanish nationality in 2018

In total there were 25,372 Moroccans who received the Spanish nationality in 2018, thus becoming the largest group to have obtained the Spanish passport, the Spanish statistics institute said. Moroccans came far ahead of Bolivians (8157 people) Ecuadorians (7996 people) and Colombians (6846 people), the statistics institute said in a statement. The number of Moroccans […]

Morocco: three men nabbed for attempting to smuggle in 12,000 ecstasy pills

Three men involved in an attempt to smuggle in 12,000 psychotropic tablets were arrested Friday in Casablanca highway, and the illicit substance was seized by the authorities. The pills were found in a truck coming from the Northern region of the country. The driver and two people accompanying him, including one wanted for drugs’ trafficking, […]

Mauritania: Inter-Maghreb investment to be promoted

The economic integration of the Maghreb is being discussed for the fifth time at the regional congress in Nouakchott organized by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Participants at the congress vary from different walks of life ranging from ministers, governors from issuing banks, financial experts, economists […]