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The management of Al-Makassed Charity Hospital in Al-Quds, the largest hospital in Palestine, commended Morocco for its support for the health sector in Al Quds city. The hospital management expressed, in a statement released Wednesday, its thanks and gratitude to Morocco for its generous and continuous support to al-Makassed hospital, through the Bayt Mal Al […]
Thanks to its successful development journey and deep insights into Africa, Morocco can play now the strategically critical role of bridge between U.S. business and Africa, says Global Policy Institute. Commenting the latest U.S.-Africa Summit hosted by Marrakesh on July 19-22, Paolo von Schirach, President of the Washington-based Think thank, said the selection of Morocco […]
Morocco is set to reach its goals in renewable energy, meet its own demands and become a regional exporter of clean energy to North Africa and Europe, writes Forbes magazine in its latest edition. The North African Kingdom has a total installed generating capacity of about 11,000 MW, 4,030 MW of which is renewables. An […]
A team from the UK Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) visited lately Morocco looking for export opportunities for UK wheat and barley crops. The announcement was made Wednesday by AHDB, a levy board funded by farmers and growers. The visit comes as Morocco experienced in 2022 a tough year due to water shortage, affecting […]
The Libya Presidential Council (PC) decided Wednesday to dissolve 15 military operation rooms that were established years ago, Al Wasat news outlet reports citing a military source. The decision comes on the heel of a Monday meeting between the PC, the Supreme Commander of the Army and the Military Prosecutor, Major General Massoud Arhouma, in […]
Saudi Arabia has submitted an official bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games in NEOM’s futuristic sport city of Trojena, the kingdom’s state-run press agency SPA reported on Wednesday. The bid includes a letter of interest to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and a summary of the Saudi Vision 2030 which will support […]
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is considering listing three companies on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) by the end of the year, Chairman of the SCA Osama Rabie said. Rabie, in an interview with Al-Arabiya, said that studies are underway with the finance and investment ministries and that the chosen companies are those that achieve the […]
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not willing to attend the Francophonie summit slated for November in Tunisia and has been lobbying for the event to be postponed citing lack of democracy in the North African country. Canadian media, La Press, revealed that Trudeau has been campaigning for weeks now to have the Nov. 19-20 […]
Moroccan women victims of sexual assault filed a lawsuit against Human Rights Watch which issued recently a report that denied their right to seek justice while whitewashing their agressors as “dissidents” targeted by the state. Human Rights Watch has recycled old anti-Moroccan allegations by a group of dissidents, including some who are facing the judiciary […]
Morocco’s unemployment rate dropped to 11.2% in the first half this year, compared with 12.8% a year earlier, the high commission for planning said. From June 2021 to June 2022, the Moroccan economy created 133,000 jobs as the country shakes off dust left by the pandemic which hit most productive sectors. The new jobs were […]