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Mounting calls for strengthening Morocco-South Africa economic partnerships

South African Businessmen and economic stakeholders have joined their voices to those of politicians and activists to call for consolidating economic partnerships between their country and Morocco, a rising economic power in Africa. In this context, the CEO of Gauteng Tourism Authority (GTA), the government agency of the Gauteng province in South Africa, Stembiso Dlamini, […]

COVID-19: Facemasks wearing compulsory outside home, Interior Ministry reiterates

Morocco’s Ministry of the Interior reiterated that it is compulsory for all individuals to wear protective facemasks anywhere outside home and threatened violators of the law with prison sentences and fines. The ministry specified, in a communiqué released this Saturday July 25, that the regulation is in line with “a constant and continuous concern to […]

Is Morocco planning to restart its sole refinery?

The recent decision by the Moroccan state to rent the storage platforms of Samir refinery was seen by staff and analysts as a first step towards finding a solution to the plant that would lead to relaunching the refining activity in the country. Morocco’s only refiner Samir in Mohammedia has been shut down since 2015 […]