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EBRD Supports Moroccan Women Entrepreneurs with Initial €35 million

Moroccan women entrepreneurs have received a huge boost from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which has just launched a program to help them unleash their potential and contribute to their country’s economy. Dubbed EBRD’s “Women in business program”, this initiative is supported by European Union and Moroccan banks: BMCE Bank of Africa […]

Moroccan football federation parts ways with coach Halilhodzic

The Moroccan football federation announced having made a clean break with coach of the national squad Vahid Halilhodzic of Bosnia. The federation said the separation was on good terms with Halilhodzic, three months ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. “Given the differences and divergent visions between the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and national coach […]

Iraq: US-led coalition hands Qayyarah airbase to army

The US-led coalition combating the Islamic state group (ISIS) and other terror groups in Iraq have surrendered Qayyarah in southern Mosul to the army, Turkish news agency Anadolu has learned. A military source who asked not to be named because of restrictions, told the news agency that the handover took place after French troops left […]