UAE’s Etisalat acquires additional stake in Maroc Telecom under a $500 million deal

Etisalat, the UAE’s biggest telecoms operator, increased its ownership in Etisalat Investment North Africa to 100 per cent by acquiring the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development’s 8.7 per cent stake in EINA, Etisalat said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.   The deal increases Etisalat Group’s effective ownership in Maroc Telecom Group to 53 per […]

Morocco: Amazigh New Year Becomes Official National Holiday

King Mohammed VI of Morocco decided to declare the first day of the Amazigh year as a national paid holiday in line with the constitution which gives an official character to the language alongside Arabic, the Royal Household said in a statement on Wednesday. Morocco gave the language an official character in 2011 and the […]

Historic UN Speech: How Morocco’s future King championed China’s global recognition

In October 1960, Morocco’s Crown Prince Moulay Hassan delivered a powerful address at the United Nations, challenging the exclusion of 600 million Chinese people from the international body and calling for the admission of the People’s Republic of China eleven years before it became reality. Speaking at the 886th plenary session of the UN General […]