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Teachers’ wage hike to cost government $900 million

The Moroccan government will have to spend 900 million dollars (9 billion dirhams) in 2024 and 2025 on the new deal struck with teachers to end their long strike, education minister Chakib Benmousa said. After negotiations with teachers’ unions, the government had agreed to a wage hike of 1500 dirhams and an increase in other […]

Morocco’s ONEE secures €300 million for grid modernization

Morocco’s National Office of Electricity and Potable Water (ONEE) has secured €300 million in financing from European institutions to modernize the country’s electrical infrastructure, marking a significant step in the kingdom’s renewable energy transition. The funding package combines €170 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB), €130 million from Germany’s KfW development bank, and support […]

Morocco’s King lauds professionalism of Royal Armed Forces

King Mohammed VI praised the performance and values of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR), which celebrates the 63rd anniversary of its creation. The establishment of the Royal Armed Forces is a “watershed” event in Morocco’s centuries-old history, said the king in an Order of the Day, highlighting the attachment of all the constituents of […]