World Bank, Morocco strengthen partnership with focus on women’s economic participation

Morocco and the World Bank maintain a robust strategic partnership dedicated to advancing the kingdom’s development objectives, World Bank Vice President for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (MENAAP) region Ousmane Dione emphasized during a Tuesday conference in Rabat. Speaking at the launch of the MENAAP economic bulletin titled “Jobs and Women: Untapped […]

Mali’s new mining code ends tax exemptions for mining companies

The Malian Mines Ministry announced on Wednesday a new mining code, under which mining companies operating in the west African nation will no longer be exempt from VAT during production and will have a shorter period of protection from fiscal changes.   The government said the new code seeks to redress the “shortcomings” of a […]

Morocco’s Nuclear-Physicist Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli among world’s top 200 scientists on AD Scientific Index 2023

Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli, a Natural Sciences and Physics professor at Université Mohammed V de Rabat, has featured among the world’s 200 most influential scientists on AD (Alper-Doger) Scientific Index 2023. The 68-year old woman who is also laureate of L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science for her work on the Higgs Boson, stands on […]