The mayor of the Libyan coastal city of Misrata Mohammed Eshtewi has been kidnapped and killed by gunmen shortly after his return from a visit to Turkey Sunday, and Misrata has begun this Monday three days of mourning. The local municipal council expressed its “deep sorrow and grief” at the killing. Its condemnation was swiftly […]
Morocco’s unemployment rate fell to 10.5% in the first quarter of 2018 as Moroccan economy managed to create 116,000 jobs in a year. Last year, unemployment rate stood at 10.7%, the High Commission for Planning (HCP) said in its latest statistics. Services, agriculture and construction created 50,000, 43,000 and 32,000 jobs respectively. Manufacturing lost 9,000 […]
Morocco’s long-awaited housing program for the middle class is about to be launched. The country’s housing minister, Nabil Benabdallah, announce that the new program wouuld give thousands of Moroccan families an access to affordable and decent housing. The official plan is to build about 20,000 houses by the end of 2016, and the government has […]
