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Moroccan top general El Farouk Belkhir, Inspector General and Commander of the South Zone, held a meeting this Tuesday in Tel Aviv with Lieutenant General Aviv Cohavi, Chief of General Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, said a statement from the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR). The two officials discussed issues of […]
Morocco and the World Bank signed on Monday in Rabat a €236.7 million loan agreement for the funding of the North-East Economic Development Project destined to improve transport connectivity and rev up the private sector growth in the North-Eastern region of the Kingdom. The agreement was inked by Economy & Finance minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui […]
A large delegation of Spanish business operators on Monday visited several completed and ongoing projects in the Moroccan Southern city of Dakhla to explore the investment opportunities offered by this region. On this occasion, the economic actors and business leaders said they were “impressed” by the investment opportunities and the quality of infrastructure in Dakhla, […]
Canada’s mining company Aya Gold & Silver announced on Monday it reached an agreement with Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) to acquire its 15 pc interest in the Zgounder project and five adjacent permits to the Zgounder Silver Mine for $6.5 million. ONHYM will maintain its 3% royalty on the Zgounder property, […]
Morocco was ranked the most economically free country in North Africa, while its gas-rich neighbor took the backseat regionally and internationally, the Fraser Institute said. The 2022 World Economic Freedom Report includes an index measuring the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom Out of 165 countries, Morocco […]
Lieutenant General Belkhir El Farouk, the Inspector General of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) and Commander of South Zone, flew to Israel to participate in an international conference on defense innovation organized by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), held in Tel Aviv Sept. 12 to 15, said the FAR General Staff in a statement. […]
Africa’s volatile Sahel region risks becoming a forgotten crisis because of the many competing emergencies around the world, a senior United Nations official has warned. The head of the regional office for West and Central Africa for the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Charles Bernimolin, noted that millions of people in six Sahel […]
Shortages are worsening in Tunisia which suffers from a financial problem now apparent in the inability of importers to pay for their orders. The list of shortages has expanded to cover petrol, diesel, sugar, bottled-water, flour, coffee as well as fruits and vegetables to mention but necessities. The lack of sugar in the country has […]
Togolese citizens willing to travel to Morocco no longer need visa per reciprocity deal signed in July, foreign ministry of the West African country has announced. In a circular issued Friday, the ministry said Togolese holding ordinary passports from September 09 can travel to the kingdom without visa and added that the reciprocity deal signed […]
In Algeria a news article or investigation on the problems facing the exports of dates could lead to jail. This was the case of Belkacem Houam, a reporter with Echourouk who was sent behind bars for a story on the export ban of Deglet Nour dates. He is facing charges of undermining public order and […]