Morocco and the USA, which are determined to reinforce their cooperation in security matters, have discussed at a meeting in Rabat Monday ways to bolster the fight against crime under all its forms. The meeting between Head of Morocco’s public prosecutor office Mohamed Abdelnabaoui and a delegation of US attorneys general discussed best practices in […]
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Sahara: Gambia Opens General Consulate in Dakhla
Just few weeks after the Comoros Islands opened a consulate in the Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune, Gambia opened this Tuesday Jan.7 its General Consulate in Dakhla. The Moroccand and Gambian Foreign Ministers Nasser Bourita and Mamadou Tangara chaired the opening ceremony of the consulate in the presence of several officials from both Rabat and […]
US Backs Morocco’s Education & Training Efforts to Help Job Seekers
Morocco and the United States launched on Monday a cooperation program destined to improve teachers’ training, the quality of learning and training to facilitate the integration of job seekers into the labor market. Dubbed “Higher Education Partners-Morocco program”, this 5-year initiative is backed by the US Agency for International development and seeks to bolster the […]
Morocco’s Tax Authority to Use Big Data to Catch Cheaters
To detect tax fraud and counter tax evasion or avoidance, Moroccan Tax Administration (Direction Générale des Impôts or DGI) will use big data analytics for an efficient, transparent and accountable management. The DGI, equivalent of the US IRS, has launched lately a tender for the deployment of this computing system of artificial intelligence and machine […]
Turkish defense company BMC to supply Tunisia with nine 4×4 armored military vehicles
Turkey’s defense company BMC won an international tender to manufacture for the Tunisian interior ministry nine 4×4 Medium Class Multi-Purpose Armored Vehicles (MPAVs). The value of the contract has not been revealed but the North African country will become the first country in the world to use the military vehicles aside the Turkish military. The […]
Morocco: New Highway Between Rabat & Casablanca to Alleviate Congestion
In order to improve traffic flow between Rabat and Casablanca, the Moroccan National Motorway Company (ADM) has announced the construction of a new highway starting this year between these two cities. The 60-km long motorway will connect the Rabat (Tamesna) highway bypass to Casablanca southern outskirt (Tit Mellil). The project, to cost about €467 million, […]
Survey Draws Up Profile of Moroccan Migrant
Why some Moroccans want to emigrate? What is their civil status, lifestyle, socio-demographic characteristics, level of education… These are the main questions addressed by a survey carried out by Morocco’s High Planning Commission (HCP) among over 15,000 households. The survey results showed that the 23.3 pc of Moroccans wishing to emigrate are young men, (aged […]
Libya’s Proxy War Takes New Turn with Turkish Boots on Ground
Turkey started deploying troops in support of the UN-backed government in Tripoli under attack from renegade general Khalifa Haftar openly backed by UAE and Egypt. The deployment of Turkish soldiers has been announced on Sunday by president Erdogan in an interview saying the measure aims to ensure the stability of the internationally-recognized government of National […]
Morocco’s GDP to double by 2034- UK Think Tank
Morocco’s gross domestic product is set to grow two-fold to 222 billion dollars in the upcoming 14 years boosted by a growth rate exceeding 4%, the UK’s Center for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) said in a recent study. Over the next five years, the annual rate of GDP growth is set to accelerate […]
UN, Others, Condemn Bombing of Military Academy in southern Tripoli
The United nations, the US and Turkey have condemned the death of 30 military trainees who were killed Saturday in an airstrike, reportedly perpetrated by forces of east-based military commander Khalifa Haftar. Saturday’s bombing reportedly took place as cadets were gathering on a parade ground at the Hadaba academy in a southern district of capital […]