Morocco: Italian Magneti Marelli to open shop in Tangier

The Italian car component producer will launch an automotive plant in the city of Tangier for the production of shock-absorbers for car and commercial vehicle. The plant will start production in 2019 and will create up to 500 jobs when in full flesh, by 2025. The project will necessitate a global investment of around 37 […]

Morocco: Outcry after Two Brothers Died in Abandoned Mine

Protests have been building up in the eastern town of Jerada after two brothers drowned, last Friday, at an abandoned coal mine. The two illegal miners, aged 23 and 30, lost their lives after a flood flushed through the disused mine. The protesters denounced the delay by authorities in extracting the bodies from the well […]

Mauritania forms new government under re-elected president Ould El Ghazouani

Following the re-election of Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, Mauritania unveiled the line-up of a new cabinet, led by Prime minister Mokhtar Ould Diay. The new government has 29 ministers, many of whom are Morocco-educated. Prime Minister Diay is a graduate of Morocco’s data and statistics postgraduate school in 1997. Defense minister Hanana Ould Sidi […]