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The Moroccan Government approved on Thursday an amendment of the Morocco-Turkey Free Trade Agreement, increasing tariffs by up to 90 pc on 1200 Turkish goods for a five-year period. The amendment falls under Bill No 54.20, which Morocco and Turkey signed on August 24 after the two countries reviewed their Free Trade Agreement. The bill […]
Luxembourg announced on Wednesday the opening of a Trade and Investment Office (LTIO) in Casablanca, the ninth in the world and the first in Africa. The opening of the office comes as part of the strengthening of economic and trade relations between Morocco and Luxembourg. A statement from LTIO Casablanca announced that the […]
Protesters staged sit-ins in different Algerian towns to mourn the rape and abhorrent murder of a 19 year-old girl in the country where the feminist movement is struggling against a patriarchal society to assert their rights. The charred body of Chaïma was found in a deserted petrol station in Thenia, 80 km (50 miles) […]
The Moroccan government Council, held Thursday in Rabat, has decided to extend the state of health emergency until November 10, 2020, as part of efforts aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Council adopted the draft decree extending the state of health emergency throughout the national territory from Saturday, October 10 […]
German development bank KfW offered a €30 million loan to Morocco’s water and electricity agency (ONEE) to finance water supply projects in rural areas. The new funds will be directed in particular to implement water supply projects in the northern regions of Tangier and Chefchaouen. Some 150 small villages and 112,000 people stand to benefit […]
The Italian government reaffirmed on Wednesday its firm supportive stand to the “serious and credible” efforts made by Morocco for a lasting resolution of the Sahara regional conflict. In a Joint press release issued following the visit paid by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita to Rome, Italy reiterates its position on the Sahara as stated […]
Moroccan royal navy has rescued during the past two days a total of 231 illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who were trying to reach Europe using inflatable dinghies, kayaks, jet skis and other makeshift boats. The migrants, who were intercepted by patrolling units in the Mediterranean, were brought back safely to various ports across Morocco […]
Morocco has green-lighted a trip by 900 seasonal workers to Corsica to help French farmers there save the clementine season among a shortage of labor. An agreement to this end was reached between Morocco and France. The Moroccan workers will test for Covid-19 in departure and upon arrival. Corsican farmers have booked five flights to […]
The military who seized power on August 18 in Mali before embarking on a transition supposed to bring civilians back to power announced Wednesday the release of the twelve civilian and military personalities arrested in their coup d’état. The first to return home was Boubou Cissé, the former Prime Minister of Mali. He was […]
The United Nations on Wednesday expressed “appreciation” for Morocco’s efforts to bring Libyans around the negotiating table for a political solution to the crisis in Libya, and welcomed the understandings reached by the 2nd round of the inter-Libyan dialogue in Bouznika. Delegations from the Libyan High Council of State and the House of Representatives […]