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Morocco’s trade balance continues to benefit from higher prices of phosphates and derivatives with sales up 81% to 68.7 billion dirhams by July, the foreign exchange office said. Morocco, which has the world’s largest phosphates reserves, has positioned itself as a major fertilizer producer expanding its market share in the wake of the export restrictions […]
Remittances flows to Morocco reached more than $5.4 billion during the first seven months of 2022, against $5.1 billion recorded the same period of last year. According to latest data released by the Foreign Exchange Office, money transfer operations made by Moroccan Diaspora during the past months increased by 7.4 pc compared to the same […]
TUI Group, one of the global tourism leaders, has voiced readiness to strengthen further its presence in Morocco and step up investment in the North African Kingdom. At a meeting held Thursday in Rabat with Head of Moroccan Govt. Aziz Akhannouch, TUI chief Sebastian Ebel said the German travel giant is upbeat over the growth […]
Morocco was elected member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Secretaries-General of African Parliaments (ASGAP) on the sidelines of the ongoing proceedings of the standing committees of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), held in Midrand, South Africa. With this election, which took place on the eve of the 11th Conference of Presiding Officers of […]
Workers in the private sectors will benefit from a 10% wage hike within the next two years, while the minimum salary in the agricultural sector will be raised by 10% starting this month, the government announced on Thursday. The move marks the implementation of social dialogue deals announced last May between the government and major […]
Senegalese President Macky Sall has pledged to help bring back home 10 Senegalese students from Tunisia where several of them are facing challenges to continue their studies, the office of the West African leader said in a statement. “Testimony of satisfaction of the Senegalese community to President Macky Sall. Received by the Head of State, […]
The diplomatic tensions between Rabat and Tunis due to the support shown by Kais Saied to the Polisario separatist militias could spill over to economic ties between the two countries. Moroccan media Assabah noted that Rabat could review the Free Trade Agreement if Tunisia insists on its tacit support for the Algeria-backed Polisario militias. Morocco […]
The Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection has highlighted the African climate resilience initiatives on the sidelines of UN Africa’s Climate Week, currently held in Libreville from Aug.29 to Sept.2. Recognizing the importance of universities and the private sector in environment protection, the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection gave the floor to young experts, […]
Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, announced Wednesday in Dakhla, the imminent holding of a ministerial meeting of countries that have opened consulates in the southern provinces of the Kingdom. “We will work in the coming months to hold a meeting, whether in Laayoune or Dakhla, in the presence of all countries that have […]
Morocco’s tourism industry is shaking off dust left by the pandemic with ambitions to attract 26 million tourists by 2030. The announcement was made by tourism minister Fatima Zahra Ammor at a meeting with tourism professionals to elaborate a new roadmap for the sector. The new tourism promotion plan aims to increase air links, promote […]