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Morocco’s Islamic affairs ministry said it will open 10,000 mosques for the five daily prayers, including the Friday prayer, while strictly applying protective measures to prevent contagion among worshipers. Morocco reopened a number of mosques on July 15 for the five daily prayers except the Fri-day Prayer after the lifting of the lockdown. […]
The killing of a 21-old farmer in Free State province, last week, has ignited protests and raised fears about the risk of new racial tensions in South Africa, one of the most violent and unequal countries in the world. Several hundred angry farmers took to the streets in capital Pretoria to denounce the killing of […]
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, Monday invited his Tunisian counterpart Hichem Mechichi to pay a state visit to Italy to discuss ways of strengthening bilateral relations and exchange views on issues of common interest, TAP news agency reports. Conte’s invitation came during a telephone conversation between the two men, indicated the Prime Minister’s office in […]
The French Minister for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness reiterated from Casablanca France’s strong desire to raise its economic relations with Morocco to an even higher level and to exploit the many existing opportunities. “Despite the health crisis and travel difficulties, my presence here shows how much the French government wishes to consolidate and increase […]
Moroccan textile operators lauded the government’s approval of the amendment of the FTA with Turkey saying such a move would help restore balance to the domestic market and save local industry and jobs. Morocco and Turkey agreed to reintroduce customs duty amounting to 90% on 1200 Turkish industrial goods to help curb the chronic deficit […]
Governor of Bank Al-Maghrib Abdellatif Jouahri was named among the top ten central bank governors in the world in 2020 for the fourth consecutive year. Jouahri got an “A”, the maximum grade awarded by New York magazine Global Finance in its ranking “Central Banker Report Cards 2020”, bringing together 94 governors of central banks. The […]
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker is expected in Morocco in the few coming days for talks with Moroccan officials on ways of enhancing economic and security cooperation ties between the two countries within the frame of their strategic partnership. The announcement was made this Monday by the US […]
Morocco is heading towards a profound and balanced reform of the public sector, to improve the services to citizens and accompany the implementation of the economic stimulus plan, designed to address the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as announced by King Mohammed VI. The Monarch deems the reform of the public sector of […]
King Mohammed VI addressed a speech to the members of Parliament, on Friday October 9, at the opening of the first session of the fifth legislative year. As was expected, the king’s speech reaffirmed the right to health and explicitly called to continue supporting health protection and safety of citizens, to face the unprecedented global […]
The accumulation of ethical practices and the conflation of far-left political agendas with human rights has triggered a spate of criticism targeting one of Morocco’s largest rights groups, the Moroccan Association for Human rights (known by its French acronym AMDH) No less than 17 members of the AMDH’s administrative board threatened to leave the NGO […]