2019 Index of Economic Freedom

Morocco’s special earthquake reconstruction fund hits $2 bln milestone

The special fund launched to finance reconstruction efforts in quake-hit areas is about to hit the $2 billion milestone or 20 billion dirhams, central bank governor said. The earthquake that hit on September 8 claimed 3000 lives and shattered many villages in the western High Atlas. Up to Dec 15, the fund had 19 billion […]

Morocco Redrawing Regional Energy Map

Morocco is poised to become a gas producer with the start of the initial gas commissioning activities at Tendrara Production Concession, shifting the regional energy order and landscape. The North African Kingdom has launched lately two major international bids worth nearly $1 billion for the development of a first phase of a Liquefied Natural Gas […]

Morocco, Fifth Largest Buyer of French Arms

Morocco was ranked fifth largest customer of French arms industry and the third in the Arab world after Egypt and the UAE, a report of the French defense ministry said. The report, covering the 2007-2016 period, said that Morocco was placed fifth in the list of France’ largest customers after China, Singapore, Egypt and the […]