King Mohammed VI instructed the Interior Minister to ensure that appointments in senior positions should be merit-based in order to boost efficiency and rationalize human resources. The King reiterated that the constitutional principles of equal opportunities and accountability should be upheld. In a message in February to participants in the National Forum on the Senior […]
Morocco’s unemployment rate fell to 10.5% in the first quarter of 2018 as Moroccan economy managed to create 116,000 jobs in a year. Last year, unemployment rate stood at 10.7%, the High Commission for Planning (HCP) said in its latest statistics. Services, agriculture and construction created 50,000, 43,000 and 32,000 jobs respectively. Manufacturing lost 9,000 […]
Morocco and the Maldives signed four cooperation agreements to foster their ties during a visit to Rabat by Maldives’ foreign minister Abulla Shahid. The two countries signed agreements on visa exemption and cooperation in the religious field as well as diplomatic training. Shahid, who met Morocco’s foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, is paying a first visit […]
