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Attijariwafa Bank, la Caisse Centrale de Garantie and le Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc have all won 2017 African Banker Awards in various categories. Attijariwafa Bank has been awarded the trophy of “Best Regional Bank in North Africa”, la Caisse Centrale de Garantie has obtained the “Financial Inclusion Award”, while le Groupe Crédit Agricole du […]
King Mohammed VI has condemned the Manchester terror attack as a despicable act that targeted several innocent victims and reaffirmed Morocco’s full support for international efforts to confront the phenomenon of terrorism and to dry up its sources. In a message of condolences to the British Prime Minister Theresa May, King Mohammed VI expressed great […]
State-owned giant China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has won the contract to build Africa’s tallest skyscraper in Morocco’s capital Rabat. The Chinese company said in a statement that it will build the 250-meter-tall edifice in cooperation with Morocco’s largest contractor, The General Construction Company of Casablanca (TGCC). CRCC said it will take responsibility for 60% […]
A tanker loaded with phosphate rock cargos exported by Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company (OCP) to Canada was detained in Panama after the Algerian-sponsored Polisario front filed a complaint challenging the legality of the transaction. The vessel is the second held within a month after a New Zealand-bound ship loaded with 50,000 tons of OCP phosphates […]
A diplomat using fists to vent his frustration at the foreign policy failures of his country? That is what the Director General of the Algerian Foreign Ministry, Soufiane Mimouni, did by physically assaulting a Moroccan diplomat, Mohamed Khamlichi, at an event in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Carribean. The attack shows the scale […]
FLSmidth has won a five-year contract from Moroccan Phosphates Office (OCP) to operate port equipment for handling phosphate, fertilizers, and sulphur. The port is located in Jorf Lasfar, El Jadida, 100 km south of Casablanca. The contract marks FLSmidth’s first Operation & Maintenance contract in Morocco, the Copenhagen-headquartered company said in a press release. FLSmidth […]
Cooperation in the field of countering cyber security risks has been at the heart of talks in Rabat between Morocco’s Minister Delegate in charge of the Administration of National Defense Abdeltif Loudiyi and Assistant to NATO’s Secretary General in charge of emerging risks Sorin Ducaru. The two officials examined future cooperation prospects in the field […]
Costa del Sol and Morocco are planning to launch a joint tourist offer under the theme “a holiday in two continents,” said the Spanish Malaga Hoy magazine. The publication said that meetings have been taken place between officials in the two countries to finalize the teaming up to offer an unprecedented tourist offer. In this […]
The US State Department has denounced the brutality of the security personnel accompanying the Turkish President after they roughed anti-Erdogan protesters Tuesday in Washington. Footages of a brawl between a small group of protesters believed to be pro-Kurdish and some men dressed in black suits, identified as Erdogan’s security agents, went viral on social media. […]
Food security has been a salient feature of Morocco’s cooperation in Africa as evidenced with the agreements signed by the Kingdom and several African countries notably in the fields of Agriculture and fertilizer production. This endeavor to boost food security on the continent has been materialized notably by Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company (OCP), which sealed […]