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In just one week, President Barack Obama has recognized on two occasions Morocco’s role in spreading tolerant Islam and fostering inter-faith dialog, the latest occasion was on Wednesday during his first visit to a mosque in America. In remarks he made during his visit to a mosque in Baltimore, Maryland, on Wednesday, President Obama recalled […]
Moroccan security authorities Tuesday succeeded in disrupting plans of seven extremists to join IS in Libya. The seven alleged militants, from Marrakech, Laayoune and Boujdour, were arrested as they were attempting to go to Libya through the Moroccan-Mauritanian border. According to a statement released by the Interior Ministry, the alleged terrorists were trying to cross […]
Morocco has set up the steering committee for the 22nd United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP22) scheduled in Marrakech next November 7-18. This steering committee, chaired by foreign minister Salaheddine Mezouar, includes ten members. Its formation shows Morocco’s firm determination to ensure success to this landmark international event. The holding of COP22 in the […]
Morocco took a number of measures worth over $5 million to help farmers and mitigate the impact of the current drought on the rural world. The measures were announced on the morrow of the meeting King Mohammed VI convened on Thursday with the Head of Government Abdelilah Benkirane and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Aziz […]
US President Barack Obama praised Wednesday the initiatives made worldwide to enhance the protection of religious minorities, giving as an instance the conference on religious minorities’ rights in Muslim countries that just concluded its proceedings in Marrakech the same day. In remarks he made at Righteous among Nations Award Ceremony held in Washington on the […]
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed its 3rd and last review of Morocco’s economic performance under a program supported by a two-year Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL) arrangement, and reaffirmed Morocco’s continued qualification to access PLL resources. The current two-year PLL arrangement in an amount equivalent to SDR 3.2351 billion […]
Morocco’s railway authority received Wednesday a $112.3 million loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) earmarked for doubling train tracks on the Settat-Marrakech route. The new deal signed in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, will enable Morocco’s National Railway Authority (ONCF) to double train tracks on the 142 km-long Settat-Marrakech route; a project which will help boost […]
Morocco and Germany are about to settle the issue of the nearly 3,000 undocumented Moroccan migrants, some of whom claiming refugee status on groundless basis. The issue was discussed on Wednesday during a phone conversation between King Mohammed VI and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. During their phone talk, the two leaders hailed the positive development […]
Maroc Telecom, the partly state-owned telecommunications operator in Morocco, which is the third mobile operator in Côte d’Ivoire under its local branch Moov, announced it is increasing its investments in the West African country. The announcement was made by the company’s CEO Abdeslam Ahizoune at a meeting with Ivorian President during a visit to Abidjan. […]
A French appeal court has turned down the pleas submitted by two French blackmailers, journalists Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet, requesting the magistrates to discard the audio and video recordings showing them in full extortion acts. The case of the two French journalists who attempted to blackmail Morocco and King Mohammed VI broke out last […]