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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced on Tuesday a €145 million financing facility to Moroccan Bank of Africa (BMCE Group) to support the country’s coronavirus response. This is the first investment to be delivered under the EBRD’s coronavirus Resilience Framework that was set up to meet the immediate short-term liquidity and working […]
Turkey Tuesday sharply criticized France and called the European country to end its support for rebel and east-based retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar. The tirade was made by Hami Aksoy, spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry, in response to an interview of French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian with Le Monde. In the interview, the French […]
Morocco is part of a group of 13 countries that are examining ways of coordinating actions in the fields of health, trade, free exchange, tourism and economic and financial measures in a bid to reduce the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The group, including Britain, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Singapore, […]
Moroccan police arrested on Sunday in the Northern city of Tangier a French-Guinean fugitive on an international warrant issued by the French judicial authorities for “attempted murder with a firearm”. The 27-year-old man, who was previously convicted for fraud offenses, was arrested in a tangier hotel, says a statement released by the Moroccan police. The […]
Paris-based magazine Jeune Afrique and other French media have highlighted the prowess of the Moroccan industrial sector as several units have shifted their production chains to manufacture items or products so badly needed in these coronavirus times. An ethanol plant was rehabilitated in a week, textile factories are being converted to manufacture facemasks, an industrial […]
French carmaker Renault said it will gradually reopen its production plants in Tangier and Casablanca amid strict protective measures against the coronavirus pandemic. Renault has closed the two plants last month amid a global shutdown due to the consequences of the coronavirus, which disrupted supply of vehicle parts and demand for cars. The carmaker said […]
The ban on international passenger flights to contain the coronavirus has left 18,200 Moroccans stuck especially in Europe waiting to be repatriated by Moroccan authorities, a move which the minister in charge of expatriates said is not immediately insight. Minister delegate to Moroccans living abroad Nezha El Ouafi said that the number does not include […]
Since the outbreak of the health crisis in Europe and Africa, Morocco has been cited as an example by several international media for its anticipation, its reactivity and its mobilization, both civic and professional. In this vein, the French satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné praised the Moroccan management of the coronavirus crisis, saying that the […]
The insufficiency of Muslim squares in French communal cemeteries has for many years been a painful problem raised by Muslim officials. This reality is revealed even more brutally with the Covid-19 epidemic, which has claimed the lives of more than 14,390 in France. The French Council of Muslim Religion “CFCM” urged on Monday the […]
Turkey President Recep Tayyip ErdoGan Sunday refused to accept interior minister Süleyman Soylu’s resignation few hours after the cabinet member announced he was stepping down after thousands of citizens flooded shops and bakeries across Turkey following the announcement of a curfew in over 31 urban provinces, Daily Sabah reports. The office of the president issued […]