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Morocco: WB backs reform program targeting poor, vulnerable layers with $500 million loan

The World Bank (WB) has just approved a $500 million loan to improve protection against health risks, childhood human capital losses, old-age poverty and climate change in Morocco. This is the first in a series of three grants for a government reform program that is concurrently receiving support from other development partners, the Washington-based organization […]

Terrorism: Moroccan-Spanish Cooperation Leads To Arrest of 175 Jihadists

The sound cooperation between Moroccan and Spanish security services in the fight against terrorism has led to the arrest of 175 jihadists, said interior minister Juan Ignacio Zoido. In a interview published lately by La Razon, the Spanish official described neighboring Morocco as “a friend, a partner and an ally” of Spain in the war […]

Morocco Improves Drinking Water Supply Rate to 96% in Rural Areas

Morocco improves the access rate to drinking water in rural areas to 96.5% by the end of 2017, thanks to investments exceeding 1 billion dirhams annually. The information was disclosed by Morocco’s secretary of state in charge of water Charafat Afilal who was briefing MPs at a parliamentary session on the progress in terms of […]