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Morocco’s soft wheat subsidies to soar to 3.84 billion dirhams ($410 million)

Morocco’s braces for a surge in the bill of subsidies to keep bread prices stable from 1.3 billion dirhams in a normal year to 3.844 billion dirhams expected this year, Delegate Minister in charge of the budget Fouzi Lekjaa said. Speaking to reporters following the weekly government council, Lekjaa deplored the difficult conditions in the […]

FOSSILS FOUND IN MOROCCO REVISE THEORIES ON EARLY HUMAN EVOLUTION

The fossils discovered in a Moroccan cave are about 773,000 years old, filling a critical gap in the understanding how human beings came to be. The finding upends theories on early human evolution, said new research published in scientific journal “Nature”. The Moroccan fossils, a mandible, or lower jawbone and other remains, of a hominin […]

Morocco: WB supports Casablanca’s rail projects with $350 Mln funding

The World Bank has approved a $350 million financing package for the Greater Casablanca Mobility & Logistics Hub, which aims to improve services for passenger railways in the Greater Casablanca area. The funding will also support Morocco’s national railway operator – Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF) – in managing and expanding railway infrastructure. […]