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Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) arrested a 24-year-old ISIS supporter in Sale, Rabat’s twin city, Thursday. The suspect was plotting terror acts across Morocco and had connections with another ISIS member, the BCIJ said in a statement released Friday evening. This arrest is the result of bilateral cooperation relations and close coordination between […]
The Netherlands and Morocco are looking into the possibility of signing an extradition treaty, according to Dutch daily NRC which cites a letter sent by Foreign minister Ben Knapen to the Lower House of the European country’s parliament. The treaty is part of a broader action plan agreed last July between the two countries to […]
The Moroccan city of Marrakech has been selected to host 10th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks scheduled for September 2023. The decision was made by the Executive Board of the Global Geoparks Network during its held in Jeju island, South Korea, Dec.12-16. Brazil, Mexico and France were also bidding for the 10th international conference […]
The US State Department has praised Morocco’s counterterrorism strategy and stressed that “the United States and Morocco have a long history of strong counterterrorism cooperation.” This came in the 2020 Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT) released Thursday by the State Department. The annual report welcomed the Kingdom’s efforts in the fight against terrorism, noting that […]
Abdeltif Loudyi, Minister Delegate, in charge of the National Defense Administration, took part, pursuant to the high royal instructions, in the 17th meeting of the Ministers of Defense of the “5+5 Defense” Initiative, which is held this year under the Mauritanian Presidency. This meeting, held Thursday by videoconference, was an opportunity to review the cooperation […]
Moroccan banks have shown resilience to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis maintaining enough provisions to face the surge of the cost of risk due to a rise in impaired loans, analysts and the central bank say. The IMF has urged the Central Bank to keep ensuring that the Banks had enough provisions to deal […]
Morocco’s flag carrier, Royal Air Maroc, has been voted the best airline in the African continent by the Global Traveler magazine following its 2021 GT Tested Reader Survey, asking travelers to name the best airline, airport, hotel, and travel services. The trophy was handed over to the Moroccan airline at a ceremony organized lately by […]
A powerful militia group in the Libyan capital Tripoli seized power on Wednesday night and cancelled the scheduled Dec. 24 elections, reports say. Forces belonging to Al-Samud brigade have taken control of the headquarters of the ministry of defense and the Presidential Council (PC), Tunisie Numerique reports citing local TV Al Ghad. “Presidential elections will […]
The World Bank approved on Wednesday a $450 million loan for Morocco which is deploying sustained efforts to modernize its public sector through the implementation of an ambitious governance reform program . Over the past few years, Morocco has embarked on long-term and wide-ranging reforms to improve the overall performance of the public sector and […]
UNESCO integrated, this Wednesday, the Moroccan equestrian art of Tbourida to its intangible cultural heritage, a status allowing to preserve this ancient equestrian practice that is very popular in Morocco. The inscription of Tbourida on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was announced by UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee, which is […]