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Morocco: Yasmina Filali Wins Schwab Foundation’s 2016 Social Entrepreneurs Award

Yasmina Filali Head of la Fondation Orient Occident was announced Thursday winner of Swiss-based Schwab Foundation’s 2016 Social Entrepreneur Award for her excellent action in “providing job training to underprivileged Moroccans, sub-Saharan migrants and refugees.” Yasmina Filali features among 11 other laureates crowned by a high profile jury committee chaired by Bangladeshi Mohammad Yunus of […]

Engine Failure Forces EgyptAir Plane to Land

An EgyptAir plane bound for Cairo on its way from Abu Dhabi made a successful landing on Thursday in Sharm al-Sheik airport after one its engines broke down. “The plane signaled a defect on its right engine but made a safe landing and was met by emergency services in line with standard procedure. No passengers […]

Morocco & France agree to step up cooperation in agronomy, forestry, veterinary research

Morocco and France have agreed to enhance cooperation in agronomy, forestry & veterinary research as well as in agriculture vocational training on the sidelines of the ongoing Paris International agricultural show 2024. The agreement, which was inked Friday in Paris, aims to foster cooperation ties between the two countries’ agriculture universities and vocational training centres. […]