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The ten-member terror cell, featuring a French citizen and a minor, which was dismantled mid-February was planning to perpetrate “biological attacks in the kingdom,” revealed the Moroccan Interior Ministry on Thursday. Some of the substances seized during the arrest operation are classified by international organizations specializing in health issues within the category of dangerous biological […]
Moroccan cement factory CIMAF based in Côte d’Ivoire will double its cement output as it inaugurated earlier this week its second production line expected to yield 500,000 tons. The launch of the new line comes as the West African country is confronted with a shortage of cement due to various ongoing infrastructure projects initiated over […]
Morocco has rightly earned the title of the “jewel of Africa” thanks to its mixed Arabian, European and Berber cultural influences and to the hospitality of Moroccan people, writes International Daily Express. Marrakech, one of its most ancient cities and most popular destinations, is welcoming, friendly and astoundingly beautiful, says the newspaper, partner of the […]
Cooperation between Morocco and France in the fields of security and fight against terrorism is in full swing as evidenced by the regular contacts and continued dialog between the two partner countries. Just a couple of weeks after Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and the French President François Hollande held a meeting at the Elysée during […]
Morocco has decided to suspend all contacts with European institutions and notably with the European Commission and the European Parliament in reaction to a court ruling invalidating the agriculture agreement binding it to the European Union. The decision was announced on Thursday shortly after it was made by the weekly cabinet meeting, which translated thus […]
The United States will send to Morocco, one of its major allies in MENA, a team of instructors from the California Highway Patrol. California Highway Patrol (CHP) are planning to travel to Morocco under a partnership with the US State Department to support international law enforcement and anti-crime efforts, says US SCV TV channel. The […]
A Rabat court Tuesday charged former Moroccan Guantanamo inmate Younes Chekkouri with endangering state security, Chekkouri’s lawyer, Khalil al-Idrissi told media. “The court is charging Chekkouri with the crime of infringement on the internal security of the state and referred the case to the investigating judge. Now the case is in his hands,” Idrissi said. […]
After the first plant of Noor-Ouarzazate solar complex in Morocco started operating few weeks ago, materializing the country’s efforts to boost renewable energy sources, reduce dependence on fossil fuels and become a green-power leader in the region and the world, neighboring Algeria unearthed its own renewable energy program. At a meeting Monday with some members […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Tuesday visited his country’s consulate general in Orly in the Paris neighborhood to assess the work of the consular staff and their performance in meeting the Moroccan expatriates’ needs. The visit translates the King’s keen interest in the situation of Moroccan citizens living abroad and his concern to see […]
An anti-terrorism operation jointly conducted by Moroccan and Spanish intelligence services in the enclave of Sebta and in the town of Nador led Tuesday at dawn to the arrest of four men suspected for recruiting fighters for the Islamic State terrorist group. According to the announcement made in both countries, the four men built up […]