First Independent Mena Newspaper
In implementation of King Mohammed VI’s instructions to make the banking system conducive to development and to lower the rate of interest on loans within the framework of the integrated program of support and financing of SMEs, it has been decided that the interest rate will not exceed 2%. In response to the wishes of […]
The UK-based SDX energy announced a new discovery in north western Morocco, which, it said, is above pre-drill estimates. The company has encountered commercial quantities of gas in its OYF-2 well and confirmed the extension of its core area to the north, it said in a statement. The well, in which the company has 75% […]
The sixth edition of the CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations kicked off Tuesday in the Southern city of Laayoune with an opening ceremony attended by CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad, President of the Moroccan Royal Football Federation, Faouzi Lekja, and several figures from the world of football. The opening game of this championship opposed Equatorial […]
The largest group in the Tunisian parliament, Ennahda, said this Tuesday the North African country could head towards new legislatives, noting that it will not back the cabinet of Prime Minister-designate Elyes Fakhfakh if he persists to form a government out of four political parties. The party’s spokesman, Imed Khemiri reportedly told local media […]
King Mohammed VI chaired, Monday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, a working session devoted to the situation of Moroccan citizens in the Chinese province of Wuhan, quarantined by the Chinese authorities because of the coronavirus, and ordered their repatriation, said the Royal Office in a statement. About one hundred Moroccan nationals, mainly students, […]
King Mohammed VI presided, on Monday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, over a ceremony on an integrated program destined to support and finance enterprises. The ceremony was also marked by the signing of three agreements related to the program. King Mohammed VI is thus following up on the call he launched last October at […]
Trucks loaded with embezzled humanitarian aid that is supposed to benefit Sahraouis held against their will in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps are now stranded on the Algerian Mauritanian borders. In a move to end embezzlement by the Polisario separatists who have been trading in the suffering of the civilian Sahraouis in Tindouf camps for decades, […]
World football governing body, FIFA, Sunday officially backed the kingdom of Morocco to host the 2020 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) futsal tournament in Laayoune, noting that the city to welcome the championship is Moroccan. FIFA’s endorsement, posted on Twitter, deals a blow to both Algeria and South Africa, which lobbied the African football governing […]
UN Secretary General personal envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salame, highlighted Morocco’s role in pushing for a peaceful solution to the Libyan crisis. Salame had briefed Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bouirta on the latest developments in Libya during a phone conversation. He also commended “the continued interest of the Kingdom of Morocco to support UN actions […]
Although no case of Coronavirus has been reported in Morocco, sanitary monitoring at entry airports and ports has been activated as of this Saturday. The move came after three coronavirus cases were confirmed in France. “In view of the latest developments in the global epidemiological situation, marked by the confirmation of the new virus in […]