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Russia Asks Morocco to Help Secure World Cup 2018

Russian security services asked Moroccan counter-terrorism body, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations, to contribute to efforts aiming to reinforce the security of the 2018 World Cup. The request is indicative of the growing expertise amassed by different Moroccan security services, which kept the country at bay in a region beset by turmoil and the […]

Morocco’s King Appoints Commissions to Supervise Planned Privatizations

King Mohammed VI has appointed members of the two commissions, the “Transfer Commission” and the “Evaluation Body” that will supervise the planned privatization of a number of public institutions that will bring in some 10 billion Dirhams. The Transfer Commission includes Zouhair Chorfi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance; Fouzia Zaaboul, Director of the […]

Maersk unveils plans to invest $500m in Egypt’s Suez Canal

Danish shipping company Maersk is planning to inject around $500 million worth of investments into the Suez Canal Container Terminal in East Port Said, statement issued by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) indicated Thursday. The money will go into the development of a new container dock with a length of 1,000 meters beside the current […]