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King Mohammed VI received Friday (Nov.3) at the Royal Palace in Rabat, the President of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, said the Royal office in a statement. The President of the AU Commission commended Morocco’s outstanding contribution to the promotion of peace, stability and development of the Continent, especially since its return to […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco stressed the need for a “Green Revolution” in Africa that is based on a large-scale overhaul of technology and production methods suited to the African context and consistent with the requirements of climate change. The call was made in a message to the participants in the 10th edition of the […]
“Little idyll of Jewish-Muslim coexistence,” thus the London-based magazine, The Economist, described Morocco in an article that highlights the longstanding tradition of religious tolerance in the country. The article puts in the spotlight the Atlantic city of Essaouira, which once had a vibrant Jewish community living behind whitewashed synagogues. The echoes of the past history […]
The shooting that took place on Thursday night at a cafe in Morocco’s tourist city of Marrakesh leaving one dead and three injured was linked to international money laundering and international drug trafficking, said the Moroccan police in a statement. The Moroccan police said that six suspects in this crime were arrested in Casablanca and […]
A shootout in a coffee-shop in Marrakesh Thursday evening left one person dead and three others wounded. According to initial accounts, two hooded armed men on a scooter stopped in front of the coffee-shop and shot at a customer who was sitting on the terrace, leaving their target dead and three other customers wounded, before […]
The long awaited 2018 Doing Business report has vindicated Morocco as a shining model in terms of ease of implementing investments in North Africa and controverted Algeria due to its unpropitious business climate. The report invalidates the unfounded statements uttered by Algeria’s foreign minister, Abdelkader Messahel, who claimed that his country ranks first at the […]
The northern Moroccan pearl, Tetouan, has been designated as a UNESCO Creative city for Crafts and Fold Art, joining a network of 64 cities from 44 countries. This designation by UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova will enable the Moroccan city to be part of a Network at the front-line of UNESCO’s efforts to foster innovation […]
Morocco has reinforced its production capacities of industrial lubricants, which are increasingly exported to the African market. Speaking to le360 news portal from Accra, director of oil company, Afrique Petromin Internatoinal, Hicham Bouzoubaa said that Morocco offers massive investment opportunities for the development of the lubricant industry. He said the kingdom is increasingly […]
Morocco was ranked the best North African country for doing business and the third in the MENA region in the annual Doing Business rankings. Morocco has slipped one place, in the report published by the World Bank, taking the 69th position globally out of 190 surveyed countries, far ahead of Tunisia (88th), Egypt (128th) and […]
Morocco is about to make a major stride forward in space technology in the region and in Africa at large as it is readying to launch into orbit, in just a week’s time, a state-of-the-art satellite, dubbed the Mohammed VI-A Satellite. The satellite, which will make of Morocco a space pioneer in Africa, is set […]