Hakim Benchamach of the opposition PAM party retained his post as Speaker of the Upper House after taking 63 of the votes to 19 for his Islamist PJD rival Nabil Chikhi. The election was marked by the abstention of another opposition party, the Istiqlal Party, whose 28 Upper House members judged the vote as “non-democratic”. […]
Morocco’s direct investments abroad recorded in 2021 the highest level over the past five years, reaching 17.9 billion dirhams. According to the latest data of the exchange office, this figure represents an increase of 10.17 billion dirhams compared to 2020, when these investments amounted to 7.7 billion dirhams. In 2019, Morocco’s investments abroad amounted to […]
The United Nations Wednesday deplored refusal by forces aligned with renegade Khalifa Haftar to allow UN flights land in Tripoli noting that the move impedes the UN humanitarian and peace efforts in the crisis-hit North African country. “The UN in Libya regrets that its regular flights that transport our staff to and from Libya have […]
