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Morocco, US celebrate stronger ties during landmark Sahara visit

US ambassador to Rabat David Fischer and US Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker will go down in history as the first US officials to visit the Moroccan southern provinces in implementation of the landmark proclamation of President Trump. “Last month, president Trump acknowledged the inevitable and stated the obvious: The Sahara is Moroccan and […]

Moroccan Government: Strategic Portfolios Go to Technocrats, RNI Members

King Mohammed VI approved a government where politically non-affiliated ministers took key security, defense, foreign affairs and religious affairs portfolios while Ministers of liberal RNI maintained their positions in Key economic ministries. The composition of the new cabinet drew criticism to the head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani who was blamed for giving […]

Morocco’s BCP Bank Expands in Mauritius & Madagascar

Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP), one of Morocco’s three biggest lenders, continues its expansion in Africa with the acquisition of Banque des Mascareigne in Madagascar and the opening of a subsidiary in Mauritius, thus becoming the first Moroccan bank to operate in the island. With this acquisition, BCP reinforces footprint in the Indian Ocean as part […]