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Morocco’s second largest telecom operator, Inwi, launched mobile payment services becoming the first in Morocco to offer such facilitation to its subscribers. Dubbed Inwi Money, the new service would help Morocco achieve its financial inclusion goals notably through reaching population in isolated areas. Inwi Money comes less than a year after the Central Bank gave […]
One of Morocco’s largest labor unions, CDT, called for a march to the shared borders with Algeria to demand their reopening after decades of closure. The borders between Morocco and Algeria have been sealed since 1994 after an attack involving Algerian nationals on a hotel in Marrakech. The CDT said the march will take place […]
The newly elected Speaker of Colombia’s House of Representatives Carlos Alberto Cuenca, one of the signatories of the resolution adopted in 2018 by the Colombian parliament backing Morocco’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, has renewed his full support to Morocco’s supreme interests. At a meeting held Monday in Bogota with Moroccan ambassador to Colombia Mrs. Farida […]
The French container transportation and shipping company, CMA CGM, is enhancing its shuttle service in Morocco, offering its clients as of Sept.12 a new stopover in the southern Moroccan port of Dakhla. The global shipping group said it made the move in order to continue developing business opportunities in Morocco and support Moroccan clients with […]
The leadership of the Algerian-backed separatist group, the Polisario, is facing a new challenge to its grip on the Tindouf camps as Sahraouis there stage unprecedented protests in their intensity. The protesters, fed up with the siege they have suffered for decades by the Polisario militias, stormed into the office of the separatist group leader, […]
Three terrorists, including two Algerians, were killed Monday in Hidra, governorate of Kasserine, in a proactive operation involving National Guard and national army units, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said in a press release. Chief of Hidra National Guard district, Lieutenant Néjib Allah Cherni, was killed in the exchange of fire. This proactive operation […]
Turkish writer Mohamed Kaddo Afendi Oglu, an expert in Arab-Turkish relations, has confirmed the connections of the Polisario with terror networks threatening the Sahara-Sahel region’s peace and stability. The Turkish writer reached the same conclusion as many pundits and as the Wall Street Journal, which has sounded lately the alarm bell against the dangers […]
Some 2.765 million Moroccans living abroad, mainly in Europe, entered Morocco this summer according to figures released on August 30. Head of the Government Saad Eddine EL Otmani said in a tweet the number of Moroccans returning to their homeland in the summer increased 3.4% compared to last year’s summer season. “This reflects a growing […]
The end of Haftar could revive Skhirate agreement on a political solution to the crisis in Libya, said Jomaa Al Qamati, personal envoy of the Head of Govt of National Accord, recognized by the international community. “Skhirate agreement is not yet over,” said Al Qamati in an interview with Moroccan daily Akhbar Al youm. The […]
The twenty-six candidates retained for Tunisia’s presidential election of September 15 start campaigning this Monday, while overseas campaigning began on Saturday. The campaign will run from September 2 to 13. The list of presidential candidates includes mainly Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, former president Moncef Marzouki, interim Speaker of Parliament, Abdel fattah Mourou, former Defense Minister […]