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Morocco’s King bestows decoration on Olympic Champion Soufiane El Bakkali

King Mohammed VI received this Wednesday at the Royal Palace in Tetouan the athlete Soufiane El Bakkali, gold medallist in the men’s 3,000 m steeplechase at the Summer Olympic Games (Paris 2024). On this occasion, the Sovereign decorated Soufiane El Bakkali with the Al Arch Wissam of the Commander’s Order. This audience reflects the King’s […]

Morocco’s OCP more than triples profit, doubles revenue

Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers producer OCP posted an all-time-high profit of 1.6 billion dirhams in 2021, up 272% as the company benefits from the surge in prices of phosphates and derivatives and the high demand on fertilizers. OCP’s total earnings nearly doubled to 84.3 billion dirhams the same year, a boon to public finances hit […]

COVID-19: Trump officially appoints Moroccan Moncef Slaoui head of Operation Warp Speed

US President Donald Trump officially appointed on Friday Morocco-born immunology expert Moncef Slaoui as head of the White House’s COVID-19 vaccine development team. Trump announced the appointment during a press briefing in the White House’s Rose Garden. The White House initiative aims to quickly develop and distribute coronavirus vaccines. Dr. Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive, […]