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The Royal Navy coast guard assisted between Wednesday (July 29) and Saturday (August 1) 183 would-be immigrants, including 12 women and two minors, all of them sub-Saharans, a military source said Saturday. The would-be immigrants were in difficulty on board makeshift boats in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. The Sub-Saharans, some of whom were in […]
The EU deemed Morocco a safe country to fly to in view of its efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Morocco maintained its status following a regular two-week review of the list from which the US, Serbia and Montenegro were chalked off earlier this month. Algeria was the latest country the EU scrapped from the […]
Fewer job opportunities meant that many people had to seek jobs at Morocco’s large informal economy leaving many young people in vulnerable conditions, the central bank said in its annual report. The coronavirus pandemic has revealed the scale of the underground economy, which showed that 5 million households, representing more than half the Moroccan population, […]
The current Ivorian Minister of Defense was appointed head of government by President Alassane Ouattara on Thursday. He succeeds Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who died suddenly on July 8. Since the disappearance of Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Hamed Bakayoko was acting head of government. He now officially takes over the post of Prime Minister while keeping his […]
King Mohammed VI said Morocco will inject 120 billion dirhams (12.8 billion dollars) as a post-coronavirus crisis stimulus package to offer incentives and come up with solidarity measures to support businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises. The package represents 11% of Morocco’s GDP, “a proportion that will place Morocco at the forefront of the most […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco urged the government to step up reforms to foster social and territorial justice with a particular focus on expanding social welfare protection to cover all Moroccans. “I call on the Government and on economic and social actors to be effectively engaged in this endeavor, and to show a sense of […]
Egypt has sent around 150 soldiers to Syria to support forces of President Bashar al Assad, Anadolu news agency reports, citing military sources. The soldiers had been sent to Aleppo countryside, Idlib area, in coordination with Iranian Revolutionary Guards via Hama Military Airport, the agency notes. They were subsequently deployed in the Khan al-Asal area […]
The Security Council, expressing concern about security and humanitarian challenges in West Africa — as well as the potential of the COVID-19 pandemic to exacerbate existing fragilities —adopted a presidential statement calling for national, regional and international support for countries of the region. In a statement issued by Christoph Heusgen (Germany), Council President for July, […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco delivered Thursday evening a speech on the state of the nation wherein he drew a roadmap for economic revival and social integration amidst the COVID-19 pandemic that dealt a serious blow to the economy and to the income of households. The Monarch announced a number of initiatives to revive the […]
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah was on a visit Wednesday in Rabat where he held talks with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita on bilateral relations and means to develop them. At a joint press conference after the meeting, Prince Faisal said his talks with his Moroccan counterpart “focused on various aspects […]