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Some 30 Moroccan Customs officers are currently benefiting from an American training against the smuggling of dangerous chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials. The announcement was made Friday by the U.S. embassy in Rabat on its facebook page. The training is conducted at Morocco’s Customs Institute in Benslimane by four U.S. specialists – including a […]
Former UK Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox, member of the ruling conservative party, has described the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for a lasting resolution of the Sahara regional conflict as “the only serious and viable proposition”. In a statement to local news website le 360.ma on the sidelines of his ongoing work […]
Renault Group will buy Moroccan cobalt from Managem starting from 2025 as it seeks to bolster battery production for its electric vehicles. A memorandum of understanding was signed between the two companies amid higher demand for low carbon cobalt from carmakers. Under this deal, Managem will supply 5000 tons of sulfate cobalt annually for a […]
Morocco is among countries which have made last year “notable progress” in religious freedom, said on Thursday U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Commenting the “2021 International Religious Freedom Report”, released by the State Department, Mr. Blinken said this year’s report includes several countries where we see notable progress, thanks to the work of governments, […]
Morocco has canceled customs duty on oilseeds and other ingredients used for table oil in order to deal with skyrocketing prices. The decision was announced by the government spokesman Mustapha Baitas following the weekly cabinet meeting Thursday. The decision aims to alleviate the financial burden on households as the price of cooking oil is set […]
Preparations for the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund were at the focus of talks, held Thursday in Rabat, between Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah, Central Bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri, WB Vice-President and Corporate Secretary, Diariétou Gaye, and IMF Secretary-General, Ceda Ogada. The meeting was held part […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) under the Nigerian Presidency has authorized the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to enter into an agreement with ECOWAS for the construction of the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, informed State House officials of the decision after the FEC meeting, chaired by Vice President […]
The first confirmed case of monkeypox has been recorded in Morocco, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection announced Thursday. “The case, coming from a European country, was identified under the protocol established by our country since the launch of the global health alert,” the ministry said in a statement. The patient’s health condition is […]
Remittances by Moroccan expatriates exceeded 30.56 billion dirhams at the end of April 2022, against MAD 29.03 billion a year earlier, according to the Office des Changes (exchange office). These transfers are up 5.3% or 1.52 billion dirhams, said the Office in its monthly bulletin of foreign trade indicators for April 2022. The Office also […]
Morocco mulls building nuclear power plants to enhance further its low-carbon energy mix and speed up its green economy transition by adopting smart technologies to maximize efficiency, reduce costs and CO2 emissions. These projects have been unveiled by minister of Energy Transition & Sustainable Development, Leïla Benali at the House of Advisors (Parliament upper house). […]