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One cannot continue to play by the same rules and expect different results. Since it put forth an autonomy plan, Morocco has engaged in UN-brokered negotiations with the Polisario to no avail. Before that the referendum option, now considered obsolete and unfeasible, has been discarded in view of irreconcilable differences over who should vote. With […]
The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, Horst Köhler, looks forward to relaunching talks on the Sahara in accordance with Security Council Resolution 2414, say U.S. press reports. The last round of UN-brokered negotiations on the issue was held in 2012. The Former UN envoy for the Sahara failed to settle this […]
The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Moroccan Sahara, Horst Köhler, briefed on Wednesday the UN Security Council on his second tour in the Maghreb region that led him to Algeria, Mauritania and Morocco from June 23 to July 1. While in Morocco, after the talks he held in Rabat on June […]
Tanger Med was ranked as the first container port in Africa and the 45th in the world in a survey by World Top Container Ports. With a capacity of 3 million containers, the Moroccan port has handled 3,312,409 containers in 2017 that is 11% over its capacity, the Port authority said in a statement. This […]
Chief Rabbi of Morocco Rabbi Aharon Monsonego passed away at the age of 90 at the Shaarei Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem early Tuesday August 6, Jewish media reported. Monsonego already in an advanced age and frail health was taken to hospital where he passed away. Born in 1929, Monsonego was the son of Yedidya, the […]
U.S. authorities announced Tuesday that Morocco has agreed to allow commercial imports of U.S. poultry meat and products into the country for the first time. The announcement was made U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. “The Trump Administration continues to prioritize the opening of new markets for U.S. agricultural […]
The dismissal of Mohamed Boussaid, Economy and Finance Minister, by King Mohammed VI came as Morocco is elaborating key economic and financial projects that will leave the upcoming minister with heavy responsibilities. Boussaid was sacked by King Mohammed VI in line with Article 47 of the constitution and in implementation of the principle of linking […]
The decision by King Mohammed VI to fire Economy and Finance Minister Mohamed Boussaid continues to draw the attention of the Moroccan media and analysts who have been trying to find other interpretations of such a decision. The Royal palace said in a statement that Boussaid was dismissed in line with Article 47 of the […]
Morocco loses between 5 to 7% of its GDP due to corruption, head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani said urging action to fight this calamity. Speaking at a recent meeting with his party members, El Othmani stressed the need for achieving the goals of Morocco’s anti-corruption strategy in two years. “There should be […]
Morocco’s unemployment rate eased to 9.1% by June 2018, compared to 9.3 the same period last year, Morocco’s High Planning Commission (HCP) said. Between June 2017 and June 2018, the Moroccan economy created 117,000 jobs, 74,000 of them in cities and 42,000 in rural areas, while a year earlier it only created 74.000 jobs, HCP […]