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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is “impressed” by Morocco’s determination to pursue its structural reforms and endeavors to make its economy more inclusive, said Wednesday in Rabat IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva. She cited as an instance the new development model being elaborated by a special committee and the Integrated Program for Enterprise Support and […]
Morocco and Mauritania are eager to re-activate the spirit of the agreement of fraternity and neighborliness they signed in 1970. This eagerness was stressed at the talks Moroccan Foreign Minister held Wednesday in Nouakchott with the Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, as well as with the Prime Minister Ismail Bedde Cheikh Sidiya, and […]
The means to foster ties between Morocco and Mauritania in a region beset by instability is at the heart of a visit by Morocco’s Foreign Minister to Nouakchott. Foreign minister Nasser Bourita’s visit also comes after a series of meetings between the two countries’ officials focusing on a set of issues including security cooperation. Morocco […]
President of the United States, Donald Trump, has said that Morocco stands out as “one of the most distinguished models” of the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative. “Morocco is one of the most distinguished models of the Women’s Global Development & Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP)”, President Donald Trump said, in a message made public on […]
Côte d’Ivoire has inaugurated this Tuesday a consulate general in the Moroccan Southern city of Laayoune, after it set up a honorary consulate in the city in June last year. The opening ceremony of the consular representation was chaired by the Ivorian Minister for African Integration and Ivorian Expatriates, Ally Coulibaly, in the presence […]
Morocco is hosting 71 Japanese companies operating in the automotive industry and renewable energy. These firms are employing nearly 40,000 people, making Japan the largest foreign private employer in the North African Kingdom. The remarks were made by chairman of the Moroccan employers’ union (CGEM) Chakib Alj during a networking meeting between Moroccan economic […]
Ivanka Trump, adviser to the president of the United States, commended, Sunday in Dubai, Morocco’s efforts in the field of women’s empowerment. Speaking at the opening session of the Global Women’s Forum 2020, Ivanka Trump said Morocco has succeeded in recent years in “introducing important legislative reforms that serve the interests of women and increase […]
The Ennahda movement on Saturday afternoon announced their decision to pull out of the Fakhfakh government formation and not to give it confidence in parliament. Ennahda Saturday refused to back Fakhfaskh’s proposed government on the grounds that it excludes parliament second largest party, Heart of Tunisia of former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui. Prime Minister-designate […]
The parliament of Mauritania has opened a parliamentary inquiry into the regime of ex-president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. The inquiry will probe alleged corruption and mismanagement of the country’s resources. Last December, 30 out of the 157 lawmakers in the National Assembly requested to form the panel after calls from opposition parties to […]
The Polisario last week gave another proof of its totally flawed perception. Faithful to its tactics to proclaim imaginary diplomatic victories in the Sahara issue, declared to great trumpeting and chest beating that a “Western Sahara inter-group” was set up at the European Parliament. The news was of course relayed by the Algerian news agency […]