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Spain has returned to Morocco dozen migrants who forced their way on Sunday to the Spanish occupied enclave of Melilla in the Northern African kingdom. A total of 208 migrants entered Melilla on Sunday after climbing over two barbed wire fences which separate the tiny territory from northern Morocco. One migrant died in the crossing. […]
Excessive speed of 158 km/h was to blame for the train derailment in Bouknadel, a town near Rabat, which left seven people dead and 125 others injured on October 16, the general prosecutor’s office at Salé first instance court said. The driver was arrested and will be tried on charges of involuntary homicide, the prosecutor […]
The Moroccan government will support young entrepreneurs by canceling their debts owed to the State provided the overall or the remaining amount is less than $5000. The move was unveiled on Monday by Economy and Finance Minister Mohamed Benchaaboun while presenting the 2019 draft finance bill to the Parliament. It seeks to help young entrepreneurs […]
Morocco allocated 2.35 billion dirhams to upgrade five of its centuries-old towns and help develop handicrafts and revenue generating activities. At a ceremony chaired by King Mohammed VI in Marrakesh Monday, measures were introduced to develop the medinas (old towns) of Marrakech, Salé, Meknes, Tetouan and Essaouira. In Marrakech, the project to rehabilitate an old […]
The French Alten Group, specializing in engineering and technology consulting, inaugurated a center dedicated to automotive engineering in Rabat last week. This new phase of its development in Morocco will include two training programs and professional integration. After the opening of the “Automotive and Aeronautical Embedded Systems” branch in Fez in May 2017, the Alten […]
Pressure is mounting on social media on the government to identify the causes of the train derailment that took place last Tuesday causing 7 deaths and 125 injuries. So far, no one resigned on the backdrop of the accident. Some MPs criticized Morocco’s rail operator (ONCF) and held it responsible for the accident that took […]
Moroccan authorities have decided to deport to their countries of origin all sub-Saharan migrants who participated in the assault of a fence separating the Spanish occupied city of Melilla from Morocco Sunday Morning. The decision was announced Monday by the Ministry of the Interior, which said the move is made in accordance with the laws […]
Morocco has made of diversifying partners at the international level a pillar of its active diplomacy as it continues winning allies in Latin America, with Paraguay joining the list of Morocco’s friends in the region. At the end of the first session of Morocco-Paraguay political consultations in Asuncion, attended by Morocco’s state secretary to the […]
Migration topped the agenda of a meeting between Interior ministers of Morocco and Spain Abdelouafi Laftit and Fernando Grande-Marlaska who both stressed on Saturday in Madrid the need for promoting legal migration as Spain became the main gate for illegal crossings to Europe. The Spanish minister told the press following the meeting that both countries […]
Morocco is taking measures to develop agriculture as one of the levers of consolidating the rural middle class, creating revenue-generating activities, and promoting youth employment. King Mohammed VI called, in a speech marking the opening of the Parliament’s fall session on October 12, for building up on the achievements in the agriculture sector to create […]