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Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) offer an alternative market that may reduce Morocco’s dependence on exports to Europe, the Moroccan finance ministry said in a study. The study highlights the promising prospects for fisheries exports to the GCC countries and shows the rising fisheries consumptions trends in these countries. The study notes that […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has been awarded the Order of La Pléiade, the highest honorary order of the International Organization of la Francophonie, in recognition of his determining role in promoting the values of dialogue and tolerance. The Monarch was handed the decoration on Wednesday by President of the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie, […]
The agreements signed between Morocco and Nigeria to build an offshore gas pipeline has effectively buried plans to achieve the Trans-Saharan Gas Project that was mulled in 2002 to bring Nigerian gas to the Mediterranean through Niger and Algeria. Former Algerian Interior Minister and ex-Ambassador, Abderrahmane Meziane Cherif bemoaned that his country has been outperformed […]
Attijariwafa Bank, la Caisse Centrale de Garantie and le Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc have all won 2017 African Banker Awards in various categories. Attijariwafa Bank has been awarded the trophy of “Best Regional Bank in North Africa”, la Caisse Centrale de Garantie has obtained the “Financial Inclusion Award”, while le Groupe Crédit Agricole du […]
Several Medersas, mostly dating back to the fourteenth century, have been rehabilitated in the frame of the rehabilitation program of the old medina of Fez and will thus play again the role that was theirs in the past as educational institutions, specializing in Islamic religious sciences, Islamic law and Classical Arabic. King Mohammed VI, Commander […]
King Mohammed VI has condemned the Manchester terror attack as a despicable act that targeted several innocent victims and reaffirmed Morocco’s full support for international efforts to confront the phenomenon of terrorism and to dry up its sources. In a message of condolences to the British Prime Minister Theresa May, King Mohammed VI expressed great […]
The population of Morocco is expected to reach 43.6 million by 2050, that is an annual growth of 272,000 people said Morocco’s statistics office (HCP). Morocco’s demographic growth will thus jump from 33.8 million inhabitants in 2014 to 43.6 million in 2050, the HCP said in its latest population forecasts. It explained that the annual […]
The Algerian-sponsored Polisario separatists suffered a severe setback when Panamanian authorities refused to hold a vessel carrying Phosphates from the Moroccan southern provinces heading to Vancouver in Canada. The Panamanian authorities let the ship continue sailing to its Canadian destination carrying 55,000 tons of phosphate after it had been previously held for few days upon […]
The threat of individuals perpetrating terrorist attacks independent of a command chain, known as “lone wolf” terrorists, is on the surge in the region requiring a close cooperation between Morocco and Europe through setting up a pre-emptive strategy, Abdelhak Khiame, head of Morocco’s FBI, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), said. Moroccan security services […]
State-owned giant China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has won the contract to build Africa’s tallest skyscraper in Morocco’s capital Rabat. The Chinese company said in a statement that it will build the 250-meter-tall edifice in cooperation with Morocco’s largest contractor, The General Construction Company of Casablanca (TGCC). CRCC said it will take responsibility for 60% […]