Moroccan economy

Morocco, USA reiterate shared commitment to 2020-2030 defense cooperation roadmap

Morocco and the United States have reiterated their resolve to deepen their strategic partnership, as set out in the 2020-2030 defense cooperation roadmap inked on October 2, 2020, in Rabat. This came during the separate meetings US Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for African Affairs, Bryan J. Ellis, who is visiting Rabat at the head […]

Sheikh Yassine Passes Away, Visions Unfulfilled, Succession Uncertain

Sheikh Abdesslam Yassine, the founder and spiritual leader of Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane, a Moroccan Islamist association, passed away early Thursday and will be buried Friday after the noon prayers. Abdessalam Yassine was born in 1928 to a poor peasant family originating from the Souss region in southern Morocco. He studied in Marrakesh before […]

First coronavirus case reported in Morocco

The Moroccan Ministry of Health announced Monday evening that a first case of the novel coronavirus was confirmed in the country. The laboratory of l’Institut Pasteur-Maroc confirmed that a Moroccan national residing in Italy was affected by the coronavirus, the Health Ministry said in a statement. The patient, whose condition does not give cause for […]