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King Mohammed VI chairs oath-taking ceremony of graduate officers, pays tribute to his late mother, Moroccan women

King Mohammed VI chaired in Tetouan on Wednesday the oath-taking ceremony of hundreds of newly commissioned officers into the Royal Armed Forces (FAR). During the event, marking the 25th anniversary of Morocco’s Throne Day, the King, as the Supreme Commander and General Chief of Staff of the FAR, emphasized, in an address to the new […]

Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank buys back $290 million of Gabon’s external debt

Attijariwafa Bank has conducted an early buyback of $290 million of Gabon’s external debt, in a transaction that will ease the debt burden in the country and foster its financial stability. The operation represents 50% of Gabon’s Eurobond. It was made by l’Union Gabonaise de Banque (UGB), the local subsidiary of Attijariwafa Bank. The operation […]

Morocco is not a cyber jungle, defense administration tells Amnesty

The department in charge of cyber security, an offshoot of the defense administration, rejected Amnesty’s allegations about a Moroccan journalist being snooped on by an Israeli software saying that Morocco has a national cyber security strategy. In an article on Arabic speaking Al Ahdath daily, the administration recalled that Amnesty fell short of presenting hard […]