Tunisian politicians Nabil Karoui coming out of Prison

Moroccan, US national intelligence leaders discuss bilateral cooperation

Head of Morocco’s national security and domestic intelligence agency Abdellatif El Hammouchi and Avril Haines head of the US national intelligence discussed in Rabat the means to further bolster bilateral cooperation to counter mounting security challenges, including threats emerging from the nexus between terrorist and organized crime groups. The meeting was a follow up of […]

Paris wants to draw on Morocco’s Imam training experience

Paris is looking forward to learning from Morocco’s extensive Imam training experience as it plans to stop hiring religious preachers from abroad, French interior minister Gerald Darmanin said. Darmanin visited Rabat on April 22 and met both interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit and Morocco’s religious affairs minister Ahmed Taoufiq. Following talks with Taoufiq, Darmanin said “the […]

Mauritania: Authorities pleased with ranking in 2015 Doing Business report

Mauritanian Minister of economy and development Tuesday hailed the progress made by the country on the 2015 Doing Business Group report which places Mauritania at the 168th spot out of 189 countries. 2015 Doing Business Group’s report published last week ranks Mauritania 168th, revealing a jump of 8 spots in two years after the country […]