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An 11-year old Kenyan child has sent a moving letter of thanks to King Mohammed VI for his decision to help the East African country with fertilizers. In a letter addressed to the Moroccan embassy in Nairobi, Jayden Dixon Kaburu, a young pupil in 5th grade, who is living in Karatina, a small village in […]
Morocco’s state-owned phosphate OCP group has pledged to dedicate 4 million tons of fertilizers for African farmers in 2023 in a solidarity move with African countries. The announcement was made by OCP Chairman & CEO Mostafa Terrab at the ongoing 2022 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings held in Washington-DC 10-16. Over 44 million farmers across 35 […]
The Spanish Council of Ministers approved, on Wednesday, an agreement to grant a loan of up to 20 million euros to the Fund for the financing of microfinance organizations in Morocco, Jaïda. The loan, granted through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), aims to finance the expansion of the Jaïda Fund portfolio. ”The […]
Morocco and Luxembourg have both expressed resolve to promote their partnership and develop further their economic cooperation. This came during the meetings Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, held Tuesday in Rabat with several members of the Moroccan cabinet, including Head of the Government Aziz Akhannouch and Economy and Finance Minister Nadia Fettah. During […]
Morocco’s economic growth is expected to slow down to 0.8% in 2022 due to adverse international juncture and rebound to 3.1% the following year, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest World economic outlook. Inflation is expected to reach in the country 6.2% this year before decreasing to 4.1% in 2023, adds the […]
The French shipping company CMA CGM announced that it intends to launch a new maritime Shuttle, from November 10, 2022, which will connect Morocco, France and Spain, on a weekly basis. The French shipping company CMA CGM announced, in a press release, the launch of the new Morocco Shuttle service, departing from the port of […]
King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, has chaired this Saturday at the Hassan Mosque in Rabat, a religious ceremony marking Aid Al-Mawlid Annabawi Asharif which commemorates the birth of Prophet Sidna Mohammed. The Sovereign was accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid and his son Prince Moulay Ahmed and Prince Moulay […]
National Security and Territorial Surveillance Director General Abdellatif Hammouchi on Friday received the Commander-in-Chief of the Abu Dhabi Police, Major General Faris Khalaf Al Mazrouei, currently visiting Morocco at the head of a large security delegation. This meeting was an opportunity to review the levels of security cooperation and areas of police coordination on various […]
Morocco has sounded the alarm over the proliferation of terrorist acts in Africa, which counts 19 separatist movements, and which is the second region of the world where terrorism strikes most often and, above all, indiscriminately. This came in the address delivered Friday by Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, during the ministerial meeting of the […]
GMD Métal Tanger, a subsidiary of GMD Group, a leader in the field of subcontracting for the automotive sector, has inaugurated a new unit in Tangier Automotive City, located in the industrial platform of Tanger Med. The construction of the new industrial building, covering 30,000 m2 on a plot of land of 45,000 m2, required […]