Moroccan Women will soon Pass Nationality to Foreign Spouses `

Morocco is working on new legislation enabling Moroccan women to pass nationality to their foreign spouses, said family minister Bassima Hakkaoui. “Borders should never deprive people from enjoying nationality rights,” Hakkaoui said in a recent statement to the press on the sidelines of a visit to UN Women in New York. It has been 11 […]

Libya holds municipal elections in seven towns after security-related delays

Libya has successfully conducted over the weekend long-delayed municipal elections in seven north-western municipalities—Zawiya Markaz, Zawiya Wassat, Zawya Gharb, Zawya Chamal, Sabrata, Sormane, and Bir Ghnam—following a week-long postponement triggered by an attack on election commission facilities in Zawiya. The High National Election Commission confirmed the polls took place on Saturday, building on earlier phases […]

Sweet Outlook for Morocco’s Date Palm Cultivation

Morocco has recorded a significant harvest of 112,000 tons of all sorts of dates in 2017 as part of achieving the goal of reaching an annual production of 160,000 tons by 2020, up from 90,000 in 2010. To reach that goal, Morocco has integrated developing date palm cultivation in the green Morocco plan. The country […]