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King Mohammed VI has called the world humanitarian summiteers gathering in Istanbul (May 23-24) to adopt a proactive approach to help promote humanitarian action which needs to be carried out with “greater transparency” and “verifiable accountability.’’ This world event is taking place at a crucial juncture wherein the number of refugees and displaced persons in […]
Rachid Ghannouchi, who has been reelected Monday as the leader of Ennahda party with a comfortable 800 of the 1058 votes, said the party is taking a new turn, alluding to the end of political Islam. “From today, we are seriously moving towards becoming a national and civil political party with an Islamic core, which […]
Moroccan government on Monday cut its economic growth forecast for this year to less than 2 percent from 3 percent, as the North African kingdom experiences its worst drought in three decades. Morocco’s economy grew 4.7 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2015, up from 2.2 percent in the similar 2014 period thanks to […]
Morocco, which backs humanitarian actions around the world despite its limited resources, has attended the World Humanitarian Summit held in Istanbul, Turkey this May 23-24. King Mohammed VI was represented at the summit opening by his younger brother Prince Moulay Rachid. The Summit aims at raising funds for humanitarian aid and reviewing ways to improve […]
Canada Saturday launched a $4 million security partnership with Tunisia to help the North African country address the growing terrorism threat, which has utterly crashed its economy. Visiting Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion told reporters in Tunis that Canada would not let Tunisia fall into decay due terrorism after it chose the path of democracy […]
Libya’s Prime Minister-designate Sunday failed to win firm backing from the United Arab Emirate (UAE) after Abu Dhabi called for the implementation of the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) signed in December. Faiez Serraj held talks with UAE’s deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan to persuade the Emiratis to drop their support for […]
Search of the two data boxes of the doomed EgyptAir plane A320, which crashed Thursday, is under way as Egyptian authorities announced Sunday deployment of a submarine to hunt for the black boxes that may give a clue as to the exact causes of the crash. Speculations are mounting as to the reasons behind the […]
American aeronautic group Alcoa (Aluminum Company of America) launched, via its branch Alcoa Fastening Systems, a plant in Casablanca as part of its expansion program in Morocco. The new plant, named Alcoa Fixations Casablanca, required a €5.4 million investment. It covers a total surface of 6,300 square meters. The new site is located at Casablanca […]
The US Treasury Department Thursday placed sanctions against six high profile terrorists among whom Salmi Salama Salim Sulayman ‘Ammar, known as IS money facilitator and presentative of the Sinai-based IS’s offshoot terrorist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) in Libya. The sanctions are part of US strategies meant to “disrupt the fundraising and support networks of […]
Egyptian authorities Thursday said theory that EgyptAir plane A320 which disappeared and “crashed in the Mediterranean” in early hours of Thursday on its way to Cairo from Paris, a terrorism act cannot be ruled out. Civil aviation minister, Sherif Fathi told reporters that it was too early to draw conclusion but it is highly possible […]