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Morocco was the 9th supplier of canned food, vegetables and fruits to the US, said American research center Indexbox in a recent study. The top 10 suppliers covered 85% of US total imports of canned food, fruits and vegetables in 2018, with Spain, Greece and India taking the first three positions. Peru, the Netherlands, Italy, […]
The Moroccan government notified on Friday the largest telecom operator in the country, Maroc Telecom, that it will sell 8% of the capital of the country. The sale will reduce the share of the Moroccan state in the company to 22%, with the majority of stakes up to now owned by the UAE’s Etissalat. “Maroc […]
The summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held Friday night in Mecca, hailed the sustained efforts made by King Mohammed VI, chairman of the Al Quds Committee, for the defense of the Holy shrines of Islam in Al Quds Acharif. This came in the final communiqué issued by the 14th OIC summit, where […]
Prince Moulay Rachid who is representing King Mohammed at the Arab and Islamic summits convened in Saudi Arabia was warmly greeted by King Salman at the conference hall and held on Friday talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salmane. Prince Moulay Rachid met Prince Mohammed bin Salman Ben Abdelaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister […]
King Mohammed VI launched, on Friday in Sale, Rabat’s twin city, the construction works of a new “Community Medical Center-Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity” that will require a 67 million dirham investment and will be completed in two years. This new solidarity-based project that will upgrade proximity health services for the population of Tabriquet district […]
King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, handed over to five men, top laureates of the 2017-2018 literacy program, the Mohammed VI Prize at a ceremony in a mosque in Sale following the Friday noon prayers. The prize winners are Ibrahim Houilat from the city of Dakhla, Younes Yaacoubi and Fouad Hilal from Fez, Abdelhak […]
As the United Kingdom braces for a hard Brexit without a deal with the European Union, the British government is looking for business opportunities outside the European bloc, focusing on building stronger economic cooperation ties with its traditional partners in America, Asia and Africa in addition to those of the Commonwealth. It is in this […]
Six Belgian nationals of Moroccan origin were elected to the House of Representatives in Belgium during the federal, regional and European elections held May 26. The newly-elected MPs are Zakia Khattabi, co-president of the French-speaking Greens party (Ecolo), Ahmed Laaouej, president of the French-speaking socialist group, Meriam Kitir, president of the Flemish socialist group, Nabil […]
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the African Union’s flagship project for the continent’s economic integration, came into effect on Thursday with the aim of increasing intra-African trade by 60% before 2022, announced the AU. The African Union (AU) hopes the agreement will create a continental $2.5 trillion market of 1.2 billion people and […]
The African Development Bank hosted earlier this week a symposium to mark the bank’s Climate Change and Green Growth Day. The symposium, the first of its kind, was held under the theme: “Moving from emergency relief to building resilience.” It came in the wake of two devastating tropical cyclones, Idai and Kenneth, which ripped through […]