Eight Moroccans have featured among the top 10 African Francophone leading businesswomen in a ranking established by the renowned Paris-based Jeune Afrique. Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun, leader of the General Confederation of Moroccan Companies (CGEM, employers’ union) tops the ranking. She received recognition from Jeune Afrique, which reports that the 53-year old woman, who also heads the […]
Iran has taking a very defensive approach in 2015 as it activates an Iron Dome and also begins mass production of the indigenously developed Saeghe (Thunderbolt) fighter jet. The country has been developing its defense capabilities locally since an arms embargo was imposed by the U.S in 1979. Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabifard, vice speaker of Iran’s […]
Commemorating United Nations Day alongside UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to the sacrifices made by uniformed personnel in the service of peace, including the Moroccan contingent, which lost some of its members in the line of duty. Guterres, who visited the Bangassou local base of the UN Multidimensional […]
