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Morocco’s tourism sector is undergoing a crisis propelled by decreasing tourist arrivals amid a tense regional context marked by the spread of confusions in several European tourist markets on the backdrop of the security situation in North Africa. To boost the Kingdom’s attractiveness to foreign tourists, Morocco’s tourism promotion office (ONMT) adopted an emergency plan […]
The U.S. agribusiness group, Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), said that its Casablanca’s sweetener plant started operating in August with a view to boosting its footprint in the sweetener and starch market in the MENA region after expanding in Eastern Europe last year. The announcement was made by the CEO of the Chicago-based company PDG […]
U.S. exports to Morocco have more than tripled in the decade following the entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries, Global Trade Magazine says in an Article on August 31. Citing data released by the International Trade Administration, the Magazine notes that with the entry into force of the Morocco-USA […]
Italian coastguard Monday indicated that they saved around 6,500 migrants off the Libyan coast in forty operations making Monday the busiest day for rescuers. The migrants according to Italian authorities left the Libyan town of Sabratha. The Italian coastguards, humanitarian NGOs Proactiva Open Arms and Médecins Sans Frontières and EU’s border agency Frontex took part […]
In light of the largescale projects to diversify its energy sources and reduce dependence on foreign suppliers, Morocco was branded as the Maghreb’s “energy revolution leader” in an analysis recently published on About Oil website, an international news platform specializing in energy issues. “Morocco is leading the energy revolution in the Maghreb,” said About Oil […]
Several foreign officials and media outlets have highlighted the importance and timeliness of the speech delivered by Morocco’s king Mohammed VI on the 63rd anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People, wherein he called on monotheists to pool efforts to fight the scourge of terrorism, which is sparing no community and no […]
EU officials are looking to Algeria as a partner that can help Europe reduce dependency on Russian gas and better manage migration flows in the southern Mediterranean, but uncertainties at the helm of the Algerian regime represent a major obstacle, Politico writes in an article citing several EU officials well versed in Algerian affairs. The […]
After they were flushed out of their stronghold in Sirte, the majority of Libyan jihadist fighters are feared to be heading south and attempting to sneak into neighboring countries wherein they hope to regroup particularly in the Sahel zone, according to intelligence experts. Libya shares a long porous border with Algeria and Niger. The vast […]
Chinese carmaker Yang Tze will establish a factory to produce electrical cars and busses near Tangier for a total investment of 1 billion dirhams ($101.6 million.) This was announced by the Chinese group’s CEO Wu Tian CAI following a meeting in Tangier with the President of the Tangier-Tetuan- Alhuceima region, Ilyas EL Omari. The new […]
Morocco is forging ahead with its industrialization plan, which attaches particular importance to aviation-related industries. The recent opening of Latsima’s factory to supply Airbus is part of an endeavor to make Morocco a hub for aeronautic industries by attracting component suppliers for leading aircraft manufacturers. The new factory is located in the outskirts of Casablanca […]