Category: Headlines

Fitch downgrades three Moroccan banks

May 19, 2020

Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook on Moroccan banks Attijariwafa Bank, Bank of Africa, and Credit Immobilier et Hotelier (CIH) to Negative from Stable, while ... Read More

GNA forces seize key Al-Watiya airbase from Haftar

May 19, 2020

Forces aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) announced Monday the takeover of the Al-Watiya airbase, south of Tripoli, used by Khalifa Haftar’s ... Read More

Tunisia records 27 per cent decrease in tourism revenues in Q1

May 19, 2020

Tunisia Monday posted 27 per cent slump in tourism revenues from the previous year as the country struggles to contain the covid-19 disease. The figures, ... Read More

Authorities avert a plan to brand Moroccan city’s streets after Wahabi preachers

May 19, 2020

Moroccans should watch out who they elect in local elections because some elected officials may tend to transpose their beliefs and ideologies on the public ... Read More

COVID-19: Morocco to boost testing capacity to 10,000 daily

May 19, 2020

Morocco prepares to double the number of daily coronavirus tests from 5000 to 10,000, head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani said. Ending the ... Read More

Morocco foils smuggling of over 4 tons of cannabis off Tangier’s coast

May 18, 2020

Marine Units of the Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie (County Police) seized on Monday more than four tons of drugs off tangier’s coasts after chasing down two ... Read More

Covid-19: Royal Gendarmerie participates in Morocco’s masks production success story

May 18, 2020

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Morocco adopted a set of preventive measures to face the looming health crisis. Part of the measures it ... Read More

The debacle of Algeria’s car industry

May 18, 2020

The struggling car industry on which Algeria pinned hopes to jump start its industry has received another bad news with the shutdown of a Kia ... Read More

Covid-19: Morocco Receives Medical Donation from China, HCQ drugs from India

May 18, 2020

Morocco has received lately 36 respirators and 98,000 facemasks donated by Chinese state-owned Development Bank (CDB). The donation comes after Bank of Africa (BOA) of ... Read More

COVID-19: State of health emergency extended for three weeks in Morocco to June 10

May 18, 2020

The Moroccan government has decided to extend the state of health emergency for three more weeks until June 10. The announcement was made by Head ... Read More