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French carmaker PSA and Morocco’s car technology industry center (CETIEV) joined efforts to boost research and development in the country, a move that would result in technology transfer. Key to Morocco’s industrial strategy is technology transfer through attracting large-scale investments that spur the growth of local suppliers in order to increase the rate of locally […]
Chinese Citic Dicastal group, the largest producer of aluminum wheels in the world, launched a second factory worth €350 million in Morocco’s Kenitra, one year after opening a plant in the same area. Part of a project dubbed, Citic Dicastal Africa, the new plant stretches over a surface area of 30,000 square meters and will […]
The African Airlines Association (AfRAA) awarded two of its prestigious awards to Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc, which was celebrated as “African Airlines of the Year.” The Moroccan flag carrier received two awards in the categories of “global operations” and “best improved results in 2018.” It is worth mentioning that RAM received this awards despite the […]
Morocco’s FBI, the central Bureau of judicial investigations (BCIJ), arrested an extremist, suspected of supporting ISIS ideology, in Salé, Rabat’s twin-city, this Tuesday, who was preparing to carry out a suicide attack. Preliminary investigations showed that the 33-year old suspect knows how to manufacture explosives and was promoting and glorifying the extremist ideology of ISIS […]
The vigilance of the Moroccan border security services is paying off. During the past couple of weeks, the police and customs agents of the North African country have foiled several major drug smuggling operations worth millions of dollars. Last week, the Moroccan authorities seized 476 kg of cocaine at an apartment in Harhoura, on the […]
Morocco has renewed its unwavering support for the Palestinian cause and for the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to establish an independent and viable State. This came during an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Arab Foreign Ministers, held to discuss the US government’s new stand on Israel’s West Bank settlements that it no […]
Moroccan rapper Mohamed Mounir, known as Gnawi, was sentenced to one year in jail on the charge of insulting the Police institution in a live video on instagram on October 24. Gnawi confessed before a court in Sale to his wrongdoings saying he was under the impact of alcohol when he was stopped by the […]
Marrakech is hosting INTERPOL’s fourth meeting for Chiefs of Police from the Middle East and North Africa, with ways of tackling organized crime and terrorism high on the agenda. With the MENA region being one of the fastest growing regions for information exchange via INTERPOL, senior law enforcement officials are meeting to identify ways for […]
A demonstration in solidarity with the victims of the serious violations of human rights committed by the polisario against Sahrawi populations sequestered in the Tindouf camps in the Algerian territory, was held on Saturday at the Constitution Plaza in Vitoria Gasteiz, in the Basque Country. The demonstration was organized as part of a series of […]
The prospects and huge business opportunities offered by the blue economy in Africa were at the center of the first international seafarers forum held Feb.23-24 in the Southern Moroccan city of Dakhla with the participation professional mariners from 27 African and European countries. During the event, maritime experts, seamen and representatives of civil society stressed […]