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The Arab Monetary Fund has extended Morocco a new $211 million loan, within the framework of the Structural Adjustment Facility, to support a reform program in the public finance sector, the Arab financial institution announced in a statement released Friday. The loan agreement was signed on May 23 by Morocco’s Economy and Finance Minister Mohamed […]
King Mohammed VI has set January 2021 as a new deadline for a special committee to submit its proposals for a new development model, which was previously planned to be revealed this month. This delay was approved by the Sovereign in order to facilitate the task of the committee to broaden the scope of its […]
President of the Sahrawi League for Democracy and Human Rights, and former member of the polisario separatist front, Hamada El Baihi, provided a damning account of the appalling living conditions in the Tindouf camps, holding Algeria responsible for the ordeal of the camps populations. Hamada El Baihi, who was participating in a recent debate on […]
European investors and business people are mulling plans to relocate their companies to the kingdom of Morocco, which has emerged an appropriate alternative to the Asian market, French Le Monde daily reports. The kingdom, the media notes, boasts numerous reasons, which position it as the suitable ground for company relocation and investment, after the ongoing […]
Eight NGOs, including the international organization Women’s Link Worldwide, have called on the United Nations to investigate urgently the human rights violations suffered by the Moroccan women seasonal workers and other migrants who work in the strawberry and red fruit harvest in Huelva, Spain. The NGOs warn of the risk that COVID-19 pandemic poses to […]
King Mohammed VI has called on the Moroccan private sector to conduct massive testing to protect the employees and resume activity in a secure environment, as part of the participatory management of the Covid 19 pandemic. The Ministry of Health and the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) said in a joint statement that this […]
Moroccan ministry of health has launched a massive Covid-19 testing campaign in all regions of Morocco, as part of the preparation for the lifting of the containment. The massive screening campaign to last until late July or early August in all regions of Morocco projects to conduct 1,790,000 screening tests and 125,000 early diagnosis tests. […]
Spain’s justice system has inflicted a new blow to the Polisario separatist front by prohibiting the display of its pennant in public buildings. The Spanish Supreme Court, the country’s highest judicial body, has vetoed the use, occasional or permanent, of “unofficial” flags or any political expression inside and outside public buildings. The court’s decision constitutes […]
Lockheed Martin has confirmed the start of the production of fighter jets and attack helicopters ordered by Morocco in an army modernization push that also includes establishing a domestic military industry. The Royal Armed Forces have placed a $9 billion order for the acquisition of 25 F16 jets and 36 Appache helicopters that will help […]
The Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), a Rabat-based research and development institution, has designed the first 100% Moroccan diagnostic kit for COVID-19 testing. The new product was tested and validated by the Royal Armed Forces, the Royal Gendarmerie as well as the Paris Pasteur Institute. With its 10-year experience in the […]