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King Mohammed VI inaugurated, on Tuesday in Marrakesh, a primary healthcare center and an addictology treatment center. The two solidarity-based facilities are part of the refurbishment and upgrading of El Mellah neighborhood and stem from the royal will to reinforce the health offer via community-based and high-quality medical services that meet the needs of citizens, […]
Morocco will take part in the meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS due in Washington on Feb. 6. Delegates of 79 countries of the coalition will discuss the impending territorial defeat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, which is the result of four years of Coalition and partners’ joint efforts, and a significant […]
Few days after the adoption of the Morocco-EU agricultural agreement covering Sahara products, the Spanish government is putting pressure on the EU to forge ahead with the approval of the fisheries agreement. Spanish vessels and fishermen are the main beneficiary of the fisheries agreement pending adoption by the EU Parliament in a plenary this month. […]
Seasonal flu infections in Morocco are at a normal level and there is no source for concern, reassured the World Health Organisation and Morocco’s health ministry. WHO and the ministry issued a joint statement on the matter in response to news reports on the death of a number of citizens due to swine flu (H1N1) […]
Speaker of Niger Parliament Ousseini Tinni has commended the positive contributions made by Morocco in support to the development process in this African country through the presence of several Moroccan banks, telecom firms, public works companies… During a meeting held Monday in Rabat with Head of Moroccan Govt Saad Eddine El Otmani, Mr. Ousseini, who […]
The EU-Morocco joint parliamentary committee will hold its 10th annual meeting in Rabat on March 1st to look into the achievements made by this important body set up by Rabat and the European bloc to bolster their political cooperation and protect their geo-strategic interests. During their 10th annual meeting, Moroccan MPs and their European peers […]
Morocco has invested heavily in ports infrastructure to become a competitor of its European neighbors, Spain and Portugal, in port-related items in international rankings, Jaime Pérez-Seoane de Zunzunegui, regional editor for North Africa for Oxford Business Group told the Wall Street Journal. “Morocco’s ports really shine, ranking 16th globally for liner shipping connectivity, and 28th […]
The Moroccan and Algerian armies will both take part at the US-led Flintlock 2019 military games in Burkina Faso and Mauritania from February 18 to March 1, 2019. The two North African rivals have closed borders since 1994 with Algeria backing a separatist front that waged a war against Morocco until 1991. More than 2,000 […]
British water engineering company Biwater has won a $3.4m contract for the renovation of the Sidi Othmane slaughterhouse wastewater treatment plant in Casablanca, one of Africa’s largest abattoirs. Under the contract, Biwater will revamp the existing slaughterhouse wastewater treatment plant, providing cutting-edge technology to improve the quality of the effluent on site, ensuring the treatment […]
Authorities Sunday put the death toll of people affected by H1N1 virus to 11 spread across six cities. The health ministry said four people died in Casablanca, three in Tangier, while Fez, Rabat, Azilal and Tan-Tan recorded one death each. Morocco reported the first case of H1N1 Monday with the first death case declared Wednesday […]