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Morocco: King Urges Transportation Companies to Offer Affordable Prices to Diaspora

King Mohammed VI has urged all transportation companies and all other stakeholders in the field to facilitate the Moroccan diaspora’s return home for the summer holidays through offering affordable travel fees,   “Within the framework of the very high concern of His Majesty King Mohammed VI – May God assist Him – that has always […]

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Moroccan Diaspora, Jews of Moroccan origin support Morocco’s intervention in Guerguarat

After the global outpouring of solidarity and support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and action against the polisario mercenaries’ obstruction of the Guerguarat crossing point, the Moroccan diaspora in several countries as well as Jews of Moroccan origin have voiced their strong backing to Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and its actions at Guerguarat to ensure […]

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COVID-19: African diaspora’s remittances to drop in 2020

The coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences in host countries will have a negative impact on migrants’ money transfers to Africa, which are expected to fall sharply in 2020, according to World Bank experts. The COVID-19 pandemic is a blow to the economy of the countries on the African Continent, the experts say. In 2019, […]

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Ghana Eyes $3 billion Investment by Diaspora

Ghana’s Finance Ministry is targeting to raise $3 billion in funding from its diaspora, through African Sankofa Account to fund economic development in the West African nation. The government will structure the investment vehicle to offer better rates to depositors, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said. He said the initiative was dictated by government’s quest to […]

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Moroccans top recipients of EU citizenship in 2017

There were 67,848 Moroccans who have acquired EU citizenship in 2017, making them the first group followed by Indians and Albanians. France, Spain and Italy, traditional destination for the Moroccan diaspora, gave their citizenship to 83% of the new Moroccan-EU citizens. Separately, Spain said earlier this month that 25,372 Moroccans received the Spanish nationality in […]