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The 5th Powering Africa: Summit will host over 370 investors and public and private stakeholders from across North America, Africa and Europe to present energy projects, discuss investment opportunities and build relationships within the international power community. The Powering Africa: Summit (PAS) to take place for the first time in Miami from February 25-27 will […]
Prosecutors General from Europe and Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, and Tunisia) agreed on the Guiding Principles of the EuroMed Forum of Prosecutors General setting up the main objectives and principles of collaboration, communication and continuation of the Forum with the objective of improving international judicial cooperation. The agreement […]
Worldwide style magazine ELLE put Morocco’s female preachers (Mourchidat) under the spotlight, underlining the efficiency of this trailblazing program meant to promote the lofty values of Islam while countering radicalization. The magazine shed light on a number of portraits of Mourchidat who were trained by the Moroccan government and employed as experts in Islamic law […]
Morocco thwarted 89,000 illegal migration attempts to Europe in 2018 as the country became the main gate for migrants willing to risk their lives in the Mediterranean sea to reach Europe, the National Observatory for Migration said. The North African country, a migrants’ destination itself, became a main gate for Europe after Italy pushed for […]
Hungarian paper Népszava has recently published a story on Morocco, hailing the stability of the kingdom, that it described as “one of the most open countries and the most moderate of the region, the most tolerant of other religions and most welcoming to tourists … “. The Hungarian left-wing paper, founded in 1877, noted Morocco’s […]
Moroccan law enforcement agents in Tangier have dismantled a human trafficking network Friday and arrested four suspects aged between 24 and 44. A statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) said that the police arrested three Moroccans involved in human trafficking. The nationality of the fourth suspect is unspecified. Police also arrested 22 […]
Moroccan authorities have seized more than a ton of cocaine and captured seven involved people who are linked to an international criminal network specialized in trafficking cocaine between Latin America, Morocco, and Europe. According to the Moroccan Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), which announced on Saturday this operation, the cocaine was concealed in a […]
Moroccan Royal Navy continues its rescue and humanitarian mission, saving almost every day sub-Saharan illegal migrants who were on the verge of drowning off the country’s Northern coasts. On Sunday, the Moroccan navy rescued 47 African illegal migrants who were aboard a stranded makeshift boat after its engine broke down. All the rescued migrants, including […]
Morocco’s migration policy stands as a success story and serves as a model for other countries in the region, said Minority Leader at the Polish Senate Bogdan Klich. Klich, also a former Polish defense minister, told the audience at an international conference in Rabat that Morocco stood out by hosting an important number of immigrants […]
Morocco’s exports to Spain increased by 6.7% in the first seven months of 2018 compared with the same period last year, the EU statistics office said. Morocco’s imports from Spain grew by 7.8% while its imports from the EU followed a similar rising trend at 7.1 percent, the source said. Morocco’s exports to Spain consisted […]