Morocco: Arab Monetary Fund forecasts 1% annual economic growth in 2022; 4% in 2023

The Arab Monetary Fund said that the expected economic growth in Morocco by the end of 2022 will not exceed 1%, after last year’s 7.9%, and that 2023 growth will reach 4%. The fund stated in its recently-issued Arab Economic Outlook Report that the yield of the main cereal crops will not exceed 32 million […]

Morocco, most peaceful North African country-Australian Think Tank

The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), an Australian think tank based in Sydney, ranked Morocco as the safest country in Africa in a benchmark index measuring peace in 172 independent states and territories. Morocco was ranked 83rd globally ahead of Tunisia 92nd and Algeria 117 and the sixth in the Arab region where it […]

A Free zone to end smuggling in Morocco’s north

Morocco is unrelenting in its fight against contraband. The North African country has taken a series of measures to crackdown on smuggling while offering alternatives to the locals, basically trough a free economic zone. Works are already in progress to build the zone, which shall offer retailers in the cities near the occupied enclave of […]