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Morocco: Police Nab Four ISIS Operatives

Moroccan authorities announced on Monday the arrest of four members of the terror group ISIS who were operating in the cities of Casablanca, Nador, Tangier and Tiznit. The arrests were made by Morocco’s counterterrorism bureau, Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ). The captured agents of the Jihadist group, aged between 19 and 24, were seeking […]

Morocco to dedicate 1 million additional hectares to cereals

Morocco is set to enhance its food sovereignty by making available an additional million hectares dedicated to cereals, agriculture minister Mohamed Sadiki said. Morocco imports between 3 and 5 million tons of soft wheat depending on its own drought-affected output. This year, Morocco had a below average cereals harvest and is expected to import up […]

IMF highlights Morocco’s sound economic fundamentals

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Morocco’s economic fundamentals and policy frameworks are sound as the government remains committed to reforms amid a positive macroeconomic outlook. Morocco’s policy priorities “include continued fiscal prudence and progress toward exchange rate flexibility, and reforms of taxation, governance, oversight of state owned enterprises, fiscal decentralization, and the business environment,” […]