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African Parliaments: Morocco joins Executive Committee of Association of Secretaries-General

Morocco was elected member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Secretaries-General of African Parliaments (ASGAP) on the sidelines of the ongoing proceedings of the standing committees of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), held in Midrand, South Africa. With this election, which took place on the eve of the 11th Conference of Presiding Officers of […]

Morocco votes in favor of removing cannabis from UN list of dangerous drugs

The UN has removed cannabis from the list of the most dangerous drugs in a move that acknowledges the medical benefits of the plant and that can be followed by less restrictive measures. Morocco, one of the main sources of cannabis in the world, was the only country in the MENA region that voted in […]

Will Morocco’s central bank end accommodative monetary policy to curb inflation?

Morocco’s central bank will hold its second meeting this year on June 21 to take key monetary policy decisions with analysts predicting the bank to increase key borrowing rates to mitigate the impact of imported inflation. Morocco has maintained the key interest rate at an all-time low of 1.5% since June 2020 to spur the […]