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Morocco Cracks down on Returning IS fighters- official

Morocco is unrelenting on its crackdown on the returning foreign fighters who joined the ranks of the Islamic state, Abdelhak Khiam, head of Morocco’s counter-terrorism agency (BCIJ),  said. “We have arrested and brought to justice more than 200 returnees,” Khiam said in an interview with AFP. He said the suspects were serving sentences ranging from […]

Moroccan government approves 47 new investments worth $5.5 bln

Morocco’s National Investment Commission has approved 47 new investment projects totaling 51 billion dirhams ($5.5 billion), in a major push to stimulate economic growth and job creation across the kingdom. The approvals, announced during the 8th session of the Commission, include 36 new agreements and 11 amendments to existing ones. The projects are expected to […]

Moroccan Government Promises Economic Alternatives to Illegal Mining in Jerada

Head of the Government, Saad Eddine El Otmani, Saturday, visited the eastern town of Jerada, which has witnessed unrest and protest in the wake of the death of three miners in abandoned mines late last year and promised economic alternatives benefiting the locals. During his visit, which came following a study by the mining ministry […]