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Fifty children from Al-Quds are expected in Morocco this week to take part in the yearly summer camps organized by Bayt Mal Al-Quds Asharif Agency. This year’s edition will be held August 15-28 in the cities of Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier and Tetouan. The 50 Palestinian children, accompanied by 5 supervisors, will have a heavy schedule […]
Kuwait’s private airline Jazeera Airways will launch from October 27 its direct flights to London, one year after agreement to allow private jets to fly passengers between the two countries. The low-cost airline will operate flights with A320neo aircraft with cabin configuration in three classes: business class, a new premium economy class and economy […]
The non-settlement of the Sahara issue poses a threat for peace and stability in the Sahara-Sahel region and US policymakers are fully aware of the urgency to settle the regional conflict, notes the Wall Street Journal in a long article published Sunday. The Polisario is a Marxist group linked to regional terrorism, so settling the […]
The United States made it clear that independence is not an option for settling the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, writes the US widely-circulated daily, The Wall Street Journal. In a story by its special envoy Dion Nissenbaum published Sunday, the US daily notes that US officials who are closely following discussions on the Sahara […]
With the effective establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), trade between Morocco and Africa, which currently account for 5.4% of commercial transactions, could triple in the long term, according to the Moroccan Center of Conjuncture (CMC). The launch of the AfCFTA after long negotiations reflects the desire to foster the continent’s economic […]
More than 5.4 million tourists visited Morocco in the first semester of 2019, a 6.6 pc increase compared to the same period last year, according to data released by the Tourism Observatory. The Italians top the list of inbound foreign tourists, representing 12 pc of the overall travelers who visited the North African country during […]
Morocco, represented by the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN), took part in Interpol’s second International Transboundary Exercise ‘Neptune 2’ as it had participated in the first version of the exercise in 2018. The exercise of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) took place July 24 – August 8 in several Mediterranean ports, including […]
The power grab by the military after the departure of long-ruling Abdelaziz Bouteflika has aborted hopes for a transition to a civilian government, hijacking Algerians’ ambitions to a democratic state and compromising prospects for economic development amid worrisome economic indicators. Army, a kingmaker The army’s pull back from politics during the era of Bouteflika after […]
Several Moroccan senior officials will shortly be held to account in cases related to the squandering of public funds. These include former government officials, senior executives of public institutions, payment authorization officers, presidents of elected institutions, entrepreneurs and directors of consulting firms, reports Assabah daily in its weekend edition of August 10-11. The daily, quoting […]
Morocco’s football association, FRMF, held talks Thursday with former French national team coach Roland Blanc for the position of the Atlas Lions manager as negotiations with favorite candidate Bosnian Vahid Halilhodžic reached a stalemate over his salary. Blanc who managed Les Bleus 2010-2012, met Thursday with the FRMF boss, Fouzi Lekjaa who is in […]