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Morocco warned Wednesday at the United Nations against “any irresponsible or risky course of action in connection with the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara”. In a speech to the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, King Mohammed VI said the Organization’s work “must not be a destabilizing factor for countries that contribute to […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted Morocco this week a 75 million loan destined to help the North African country carry out projects aimed at increasing the capacity of the water production & distribution and improving sanitation networks. This financing operation backs Morocco’s 2012-2016 national strategy to provide the population with fair access to […]
Morocco, a major ally of Washington and Western powers in North Africa, has laid out in New York its proactive strategy mapped out to fight terrorism which is threatening the peace and stability of the region and of the whole world. Addressing the 6th ministerial meeting of the Global Counter-terrorism Forum (GCTF,) convened over the […]
Morocco will take over the chairmanship of the United Nations Climate Change Conference from France which is hosting the COP21 from November 30 to December 11. The announcement was made by French President François Hollande during his official visit to Morocco earlier this month. “I will receive H.M. King Mohammed VI on the occasion of […]
Moroccan Minister of tourism, Lahcen Haddad, Friday unveiled a three-year strategic plan aiming to attract 100,000 Chinese tourists by 2018. Morocco is seeking to attract a tiny slice of the 100 million Chinese tourists touring the world every year. According to the Tourism Minister, the figure of 100,000 tourists is indeed tiny but is reasonable […]
Moroccan authorities have announced the arrest during the few past days of another six members of the terror Islamic cell they dismantled September 12th, showing the Kingdom’s tireless efforts and firm determination to combat terrorism. According to Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), an FBI-like Bureau of Investigations, the criminal involvement of the newly captured […]
Morocco became Thursday the second North African country, after Tunisia, to introduce innovation into its development in 2015, ranking 78th out of 141 countries around the world. A report by World Intellectual Property Organisation, Cornell University and the European Institute Business Administration announced on Thursday that based on 2015 innovation index, Morocco has made tremendous […]
Burglars sneaked into the office of a renowned Paris-based lawyer, ransacked the place and robbed two computers. The incident, unveiled earlier this week by the French media, could have gone unnoticed were it not for one of the files the lawyer, Eric Dupond-Moretti, is currently in charge of and were it not for the outstanding […]
Moroccan police have nabbed another group of radical militants who were planning to create an Islamic State affiliate in the North African country and undermine its stability. The cell was operating in the southern city of Essaouira and the central town of Sidi Allal Al-Bahraoui, according to the Moroccan Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), […]
The group of young chambers of commerce (RJCCQ) in Quebec-Canada has named on Thursday Moroccan Monsef Derraji as its new head. The RJCCQ, known in French as Regroupement des jeunes chambres de commerce du Québec, is a group of young chambers of commerce including young chambers of China, France, Latin-America, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa […]