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The Moroccan government has decided to set up a ministerial commission tasked with drawing up a new strategy aimed at ensuring the country’s water security. The creation of this ad-hoc commission was ordered by King Mohammed VI. Thus, “the issue of water has became a priority and strategic matter for the government”, said Thursday Prime […]
Tourism contribution to Morocco’s GDP stood at 7% with a turnover of 115 billion dirhams in 2016, tourism and air traffic minister Mohamed Sajid said. Speaking at the weekly government meeting, the Minister said that the tourism sector is among the key drivers of employment in Morocco offering 2.5 million direct and indirect jobs. In […]
Two and a half tons of cocaine with a street value of 2.7 billion US dollars were seized by the Moroccan security services, in their largest ever operation, showing the efficiency of the country’s drugs control strategy. This biggest drug bust was announced Wednesday by Morocco’s Central Bureau for Judicial Investigation at a press conference. […]
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) has renewed its firm support to the efforts seeking to achieve a mutually acceptable political solution to the issue of Moroccan Sahara. Speaking before UN 4th Committee, permanent representative of El Salvador Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas said CELAC bloc strongly backs the efforts made by the […]
Morocco has become a popular destination for African students seeking to pursue their academic studies or acquire new skills in a wide variety of highly paid fields. Since 1986, the North African Kingdom has provided free training to over 25 000 Africans from 47 countries. The list of Africans, who graduated from Moroccan Schools, includes […]
The Spanish group Planeta, one of the world’s leaders in publishing and higher education, has decided to open in Rabat, Morocco’s capital city, two schools for students wishing to be trained in the fields of business and tourism. The announcement was made Thursday by the group’s chairman Jose Manuel Garcia. The two schools, to open […]
Morocco has sent humanitarian aid to the people of Caribbean Islands of Antigua & Barbuda as well as Dominica which were struck lately by powerful and devastating hurricanes. The Moroccan aid, ordered by King Mohammed VI as a token of solidarity with these friendly countries, includes vital supplies and materials to support the reconstruction efforts. […]
The Italian car component producer will launch an automotive plant in the city of Tangier for the production of shock-absorbers for car and commercial vehicle. The plant will start production in 2019 and will create up to 500 jobs when in full flesh, by 2025. The project will necessitate a global investment of around 37 […]
The sound cooperation between Moroccan and Spanish security services in the fight against terrorism has led to the arrest of 175 jihadists, said interior minister Juan Ignacio Zoido. In a interview published lately by La Razon, the Spanish official described neighboring Morocco as “a friend, a partner and an ally” of Spain in the war […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa has voiced his country’s full backing for a final solution to the Sahara issue under the Moroccan sovereignty. Addressing the UN General Assembly convening in New York, the top diplomat of the oil-rich Gulf country stressed “the need to support the negotiations aimed […]