New development model should end oligopoly and foster fair competition – regulator says

The competition council called for putting an end to monopolies that created an oligopolistic situation in Morocco, citing the sectors of fuel distribution, banks, insurance companies and cement producers. In its annual report for 2019, the first since the council’s reactivation the same year, the council recommended for the new development model to break up […]

King assures new AU Commission Chairperson of Morocco’s support for all his initiatives defending Africa’s development, peace, security

King Mohammed VI has addressed a message of congratulations to Djibouti’s Mahmoud Ali Youssouf following his election as Chairperson of the African Union Commission, wherein he assured him of Morocco’s support for all his initiatives seeking to defend Africa’s development, peace, and security. “We are totally convinced that the African Union Commission will find in […]

RSF Denounces Tunisia’s Crack-down on Journalists Covering Social Protests

Reporters without Borders (RSF) accused Tunisian authorities of harassing journalists covering the anti-austerity protests that have been simmering across Tunisia. In a statement, RSF condemned the Tunisian police for brief detention and interrogation of one reporter and the confisca-tion of another’s phone. Mathieu Galtier, a French reporter for the Paris-based daily Libération, received an unexpected […]