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Following the growing provocative incursions of the Polisario armed militiamen in the Guerguerat buffer zone, UN Security Council has denounced these hostile acts made by the Algeria-backed separatists, in a bid to undermine peace and stability in the region, making it clear that “there should be no change in the status of the buffer zone”. […]
Morocco’s jewel, Marrakech, made it to the top ten of Tripadvisor’s list of most attractive cities, ranking 8th ahead of Istanbul, New York and Dubai. “Marrakesh is a magical place, brimming with markets, gardens, palaces, and mosques. Exploring the intimate courtyards and snaking alleyways of the historic Medina can easily eat up a day,” said […]
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, said it plans to invest $373 million in Maghreb nations, mostly in Morocco and Tunisia as the two nations cut spending to reduce budget deficits. IFC investments in the region are designed to help the two North African governments form private-public partnerships to help […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has described the signing this Wednesday of the agreement setting up the African Continental Free Trade Area as a defining moment in history and a landmark event, which attests to African States’ shared determination to build an Africa for the future. In a speech to the Extraordinary Summit of the […]
The European Commission adopted on Wednesday a proposal for a Council decision to authorize it to negotiate with Morocco an amendment to the current Fisheries Partnership Agreement and a renewed protocol that includes the Sahara. “The objective is to preserve and further develop the fisheries partnership between the EU and Morocco, by concluding an agreement […]
Morocco, which rejoined the African Union last year, signed this Wednesday the agreement launching the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The signing ceremony took place at the 10th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union on AfCFTA convened in Kigali, Rwanda. The AfCFTA was inked by Head of Moroccan Government Saâd Eddine El Othmani, who […]
Morocco drew the attention of the international community at the World Water Forum in Brasilia to the environmental, social and economic challenges posed by water scarcity in Africa. “The kingdom of Morocco believes that this edition of the World Water Forum should be an opportunity to highlight the alarming situation of water in Africa,” Charafat […]
Muslim feminist figure, Asma Lamrabet, presented her resignation from Morocco’s league of religious scholars (Rabita Mohammedia) because of her vanguardist stands in support of gender equality in inheritance, an advocacy that drew to her the criticism of ultra-conservatives in the North African country. “I have officially presented my resignation from the center that I headed […]
Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al Maghrib, said growth will reach 3.3% in 2018 and 3.5% in 2019, down from 4% last year. The bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.25%, as the financial conditions look stable since the launch of the gradual dirham float last January. Inflation was expected to reach 1.8% on […]
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been awarded the prestigious 6th King Hassan II Great World Water Prize for the key role it plays in promoting rational use of water and sustained development. The $100,000 prize was handed over by Head of Moroccan Government Saâd-Eddine El Othmani to OECD Secretary General Angel […]