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Moroccan Government Formation, Back to Square One

Stalemate is the word that describes the best the sterile negotiations over government formation in Morocco. Three months after the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) won Morocco’s legislative elections with a narrow margin against its arch rival liberal Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), Morocco remains without a government. Abdelilah Benkirane, Secretary General of the […]

Moroccan railways transport 26.4 million passengers in h1

Some 26.4 million people used Moroccan trains to travel in the first six months this year, up 7% from the same period last year, rail operator ONCF said. Revenue grew 8% to 1.26 billion dirhams as more people use the fastest train in Africa Al Bouraq connecting Casablanca to Tangier. In total Al Boraq passengers […]

Morocco: King Mohammed VI chairs over religious ceremony commemorating 25th anniversary of passing away of late King Hassan II

King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, flanked by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid, and Prince Moulay Ahmed, chaired this Wednesday afternoon a religious ceremony at the Mohammed V Mausoleum in Rabat, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the passing away of the late King Hassan II. The ceremony was marked […]