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Enhanced security measures were taken by Moroccan security services under the direct supervision of Abdellatif Hammouchi, head of Morocco’s domestic intelligence agency (DGST), in Marrakech in prevision of the Climate Summit COP22, said Morocco’s daily, Al Ahdath. The Moroccan police (DGSN) prepared 10,000 of its members to ensure the security of the climate summit, according […]
Just a couple of weeks after King Mohammed VI and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed over the phone migration-related issues and the repatriation of Moroccan illegal migrants, Morocco’s Interior Minister Mohamed Hassad flew to Berlin to further talks with his German counterpart Thomas de Maizière. After their talks Wednesday, Hassad announced, at a joint press […]
Moroccan bank BMCE Bank of Africa and its leasing subsidiary Maghrebail received a €35 million loan granted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The three financial institutions are teaming up to strengthen sustainable energy measures in Morocco, with the support of […]
The contribution of the tourism sector in Morocco’s GDP stood at 63.7 billion dirhams in 2015 compared to 61.9 billion dirhams in 2014, that is a 2.8% rise that brought the share of the sector in the overall GDP to 6.5%, the national statistics office (HCP) said. Prospects for growth in 2016 have been slightly […]
Morocco and Germany have agreed to step up bilateral cooperation in terms of speeding up the process of repatriation and stemming the flow of illegal immigrants. “Morocco and Germany are determined to strengthen their cooperation to find common solutions to deal with illegal migration”, Bundesrat President, Stanislaw Tillich, on Thursday told the Moroccan news agency, […]
German iron woman and Chancellor Angela Merkel would visit Morocco next year at the invitation of King Mohammed VI. The announcement came Thursday in a statement by the Royal Office, which stated that “Chancellor Angela Merkel accepted the sovereign’s invitation to pay an official visit to Morocco early 2017.” King Mohammed VI and the German […]
Three years since the launch of Morocco’s new migration policy in 2013, over 23,000 migrants received the legal residency status offering them access to the labor market and basic services, such as health and education. Morocco’s Migration Ministry said that 23,096 registration cards were delivered to migrants since the policy was launched by King Mohammed […]
UN envoy for Libya Martin Kobler tweeted Sunday that greater divisions are looming over Libya as the Libyan army led by Khalifa Hafter, rival of the UN-backed unity government in Tripoli, took control of most oil terminals controlled by Petroleum Facilities Guard aligned with the unity government. General Hafter’s forces Sunday announced they took over […]
The Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has exported to Germany the last stockpile of Libya’s chemical weapons with the help of several European countries. OPCW head, Ahmet Uzumcu, said their removal is “the first stage of an ongoing operation to verifiably eliminate the remnants of Libya’s now-defunct chemical weapon program.” The organization intervened […]
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States have called on the Libyan parliament to endorse the new cabinet line-up within ten days. Libyan authorities sent a new list of the team of the unity government to the House of Representatives for approval. In a joint statement, NATO allies praised the move, […]