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AfDB Lends Morocco Over $200 Mln for Social & Health Services

The African Development Bank approved on Wednesday a $204 million loan to Morocco to help the North African country upgrade social and medical services provided to disabled persons, poor women and children. The funding will finance the building of two hospitals in the southern cities of Guelmim and Ouarzazate, set up 144 units for special […]

Mauritania: Eight People Killed in Alms Distribution Event

At least eight elderly women died Wednesday in a stampede at a charity event in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott. “At least eight people were killed, all elderly women, and two dozen others were injured,” a medical source said. The dreadful incident reportedly occurred in the compound of a rich Muslim man where people were invited […]

Forbes Magazine Ranks Morocco Best Maghreb Country for Business in 2016

The Kingdom of Morocco has emerged as the best business-friendly country in the Maghreb and the second in Africa in the US Forbes Magazine’s 2016 ranking of Best countries for Business. The new ranking highlights the North African country’s key investment areas. For the famous magazine, Morocco owes its remarkable progress and attracting potential to […]