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Morocco’s automotive exports reached $8.8 billion between January and August this year, a jump of 35.6% year on year, says “FDI Intelligence” in its latest report on the investment opportunities offered in the North African Kingdom. This impressive growth highlights the sector’s leading position in the country’s overall exportation, as it outperforms the sectors of […]
Morocco is preparing to host the 2025 African Cup of Nations and the 2030 World Cup by building a new stadium worth 500 million dollars and renovating six other stadiums. In implementation of King’s instructions, head of the government Aziz Akhannouch chaired a signing ceremony with CDG investment fund which will finance the projects. In […]
The Moroccan police found 1.370 tonnes of cocaine in a fish distribution company in Casablanca, in one of the major catches in the country. The banned substance was found when a fish distribution company alerted the police to the existence of the white powder, the police said in a statement. The Moroccan police […]
President of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH), Amina Bouayach, called from Accra, Ghana, for developing a “common vision” and “an ambitious roadmap” to protect human rights in the commercial transactions of businesses, corporations and multinationals on the African continent. The CNDH president was addressing the 14th Biennial Conference of Network of African National Human […]
King Mohammed VI has appointed at the Ministers’ Council he chaired Thursday in Rabat six ambassadors, namely to the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt, France, China, and the United States of America. This diplomatic movement, described by analysts of the news website Le360 as “qualitative”, concerned six strategic countries, with which Morocco maintains historical ties, […]
Morocco and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to strengthen cooperation in cyber-security to reduce the risk of cyber-attack and protect online services and personal digital data from theft or damage. An agreement was inked Thursday in Dubai on the sidelines of “GITEX GLOBAL-2023” Tech show between General Directorate of Information Systems Security of Morocco’s […]
The Moroccan government expects an economic growth of 3.7% and a narrowing of the fiscal deficit to 4% next year, according to a draft buddget that was approved by a ministerial council chaired this Thursdau by King Mohammed VI. The earthquake that struck on Sept 8 had no impact on the macro-economic assumptions of the […]
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI chaired on Thursday at the Royal Palace in Rabat a Council of Ministers devoted to examining the general guidelines of the 2024 Finance Bill and approving a bill and a draft decree relating to the military field, three international conventions and a number of appointments to high office, said a press […]
Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, has added housing assistance to a list of ambitious projects that aim to strengthen the foundations of the social state in Morocco. The new housing assistance aims to help the poor and the middle classes access decent housing. The new measures, announced by the Royal Office following […]
Works are underway to deliver the Dakhla Port, in Morocco’s Sahara territory, by 2028, Moroccan media le360 reported. The $1 bln port will span over an area of 1650 hectares and would serve as a maritime transport hub for southern Morocco and West Africa. This major infrastructure would also serve as a fishing and import-export […]