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A decrease in rainfall since 2015 combined with a surge in demand on water triggered a fall in dam filling rate to an average 45% nationwide. Drought has affected in particular this year’s cereals harvest, which was slashed by 49% to 3 million tons, and critically reduced water reserves in some regions. Water reserves fell […]
The Moroccan ministry of the Interior has decided to close down temporarily 514 factories and businesses across the country for violating the health and safety requirements related to covid-19. The move comes after a spike of coronavirus hotbeds in industrial units following the reopening of businesses in the North African Kingdom, which has eased the […]
The department in charge of cyber security, an offshoot of the defense administration, rejected Amnesty’s allegations about a Moroccan journalist being snooped on by an Israeli software saying that Morocco has a national cyber security strategy. In an article on Arabic speaking Al Ahdath daily, the administration recalled that Amnesty fell short of presenting hard […]
The competition council called for putting an end to monopolies that created an oligopolistic situation in Morocco, citing the sectors of fuel distribution, banks, insurance companies and cement producers. In its annual report for 2019, the first since the council’s reactivation the same year, the council recommended for the new development model to break up […]
All activities, festivities and ceremonies planned on the occasion of Throne Day, marking this year the 21st anniversary of the accession of King Mohammed VI to the Throne have been postponed due to the state of health emergency decreed to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came in a statement released Tuesday […]
Amnesty was led astray or rather chose to derail from defending human rights to defending a group that has a political agenda sugar coated in a human rights cover. In 2019, the group has put forward accusations according to which Moroccan authorities used Israeli-made spyware to snoop on self-proclaimed human rights defender Maati Munjib and […]
Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, will receive 6 billion dirhams (623 million dollars) from the government as part of a bailout plan. Speaking to members of the Upper House, Finance Minister Mohamed Benchaaboun said that the aid is part of state assistance to public enterprises in disarray […]
The Moroccan government has underlined the progress made towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a roadmap set by the international community for building a better and more sustainable future for all by 2030. Rabat has pledged to achieve the SDGs, which aim to end poverty, protect the planet, create job opportunity for youth, […]
Amnesty International was dealt a hard blow as an Israeli court dismissed its lawsuit to ban Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group from exporting abroad its technology for “lack of evidence” in the case of Moroccan journalist Omar Radi, several international media reported on Monday. Israeli judge in the Tel Aviv district court, Rachel Lavi […]
Morocco has taken one step ahead to lay the legal foundation for the launch of its domestic military industry after the latest Council of Ministers, chaired by King Mohammed VI, approved a draft decree to that end. The decree enables licenses for the setting up of plants to manufacture weapons, ammunition, and military and security […]