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Morocco was ranked 12 in a list of countries with the most advanced high-speed rail network published by rail website Omio. The ranking analyzed the leading high-speed rail infrastructure worldwide and identified the top 20 countries with the most advanced network. The factors considered included: trains’ operational and record speeds, miles of existing railway, and […]
Hotspots continue to complicate Morocco’s efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus with 393 cases on Saturday, most of which at a Sardine canning factory in the coastal city of Safi. After the strawberry fields and packaging plants north of Kenitra, a new cluster in Safi’s fish canning factories recorded 203 in a single […]
The outstanding socioeconomic development achieved by Morocco in its southern provinces is visible, tangible and undeniable. This irreversible momentum will not be affected by the orchestrated hostile campaign carried out by Algeria and its polisario puppet. The remarks were made by participants at a meeting held lately via videoconference by “Sahara and Africa Center for […]
Morocco rejected the response sent by Amnesty International’s regional director for MENA region Heba Morayef after the head of the government requested the NGO to provide material proof for its allegations that authorities spied on journalist Omar Radi. Amnesty’s response relayed the same argument included in its June 22 report assuming that authorities spied on […]
Morocco’s flag carrier RAM saw its revenues drop to zero because of a domestic and international flight ban following the coronavirus outbreak leaving the company struggling to pay salaries and expenses. The company has requested state aid and plans layoffs as well as canceling some routes it has opened recently, Moroccan media reported, noting that […]
The World Bank, the second largest international economic institution with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has officially downgraded Algeria to lower middle-income status, a category of countries where income is considered “lower middle”. This new World Bank ranking is very bad news for Algeria, which is beginning to worry the international community because of its […]
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has finger pointed Algeria and the Polisario for the abuses and violations of freedoms and human rights in the Tindouf camps. The group’s condemnation came following a complaint lodged by Sahrawi dissident El Fadel Mohamed Breica against the Algerian state for kidnapping, torture, forcible confinement and illegal […]
The European commission congratulated Morocco on its coronavirus response, which spared the country thousands of deaths and protected its health infrastructure through a mix of lockdown measures and social and economic support. “Morocco is not only a close neighbor, the country is also a stable and trusted partner that has acted rapidly to contain the […]
Two representatives from the Moroccan Sahara have rejected the false allegations made by Algeria and the Polisario on the human right situation in the southern provinces, saying that the Algerian regime and the polisario resort to lies to divert the attention from the embezzlement of foreign aid and the sufferings of Sahrawis in Tindouf camps. […]
Spain said that it will only open borders with Morocco if the latter allows people from Spain enter its territories. The condition, which was also imposed on Algeria and China, comes after the EU listed Morocco among 15 countries whose nationals can access Schengen space. The Spanish insistence on reciprocity means that the millions of […]