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A shootout in a coffee-shop in Marrakesh Thursday evening left one person dead and three others wounded. According to initial accounts, two hooded armed men on a scooter stopped in front of the coffee-shop and shot at a customer who was sitting on the terrace, leaving their target dead and three other customers wounded, before […]
The long awaited 2018 Doing Business report has vindicated Morocco as a shining model in terms of ease of implementing investments in North Africa and controverted Algeria due to its unpropitious business climate. The report invalidates the unfounded statements uttered by Algeria’s foreign minister, Abdelkader Messahel, who claimed that his country ranks first at the […]
The northern Moroccan pearl, Tetouan, has been designated as a UNESCO Creative city for Crafts and Fold Art, joining a network of 64 cities from 44 countries. This designation by UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova will enable the Moroccan city to be part of a Network at the front-line of UNESCO’s efforts to foster innovation […]
Morocco has reinforced its production capacities of industrial lubricants, which are increasingly exported to the African market. Speaking to le360 news portal from Accra, director of oil company, Afrique Petromin Internatoinal, Hicham Bouzoubaa said that Morocco offers massive investment opportunities for the development of the lubricant industry. He said the kingdom is increasingly […]
Morocco was ranked the best North African country for doing business and the third in the MENA region in the annual Doing Business rankings. Morocco has slipped one place, in the report published by the World Bank, taking the 69th position globally out of 190 surveyed countries, far ahead of Tunisia (88th), Egypt (128th) and […]
Morocco is about to make a major stride forward in space technology in the region and in Africa at large as it is readying to launch into orbit, in just a week’s time, a state-of-the-art satellite, dubbed the Mohammed VI-A Satellite. The satellite, which will make of Morocco a space pioneer in Africa, is set […]
Morocco has recorded a significant harvest of 112,000 tons of all sorts of dates in 2017 as part of achieving the goal of reaching an annual production of 160,000 tons by 2020, up from 90,000 in 2010. To reach that goal, Morocco has integrated developing date palm cultivation in the green Morocco plan. The country […]
Doha is envisioning the establishment of sea links with North Africa from its mega Hamad port in a bid to expand foreign trade and dodge the isolation imposed on it by its neighbors. The future links will also enable the tiny Gulf country to reach European countries to the happiness of businessmen. The sea route […]
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour said Morocco made significant progress in eradicating torture and all forms of ill-treatment. The UN official also commended Morocco for its support for UN Office for Human Rights (OHCHR) in promoting human rights and combating all forms of violence. Gilmour made the remarks during a meeting with […]
By holding a “Regional Retreat on Migration,” Morocco is spearheading initiatives aiming at reaching a paradigm change in how migration is tackled on the continent. The guiding line is to depart from the security approach in addressing migration issues in favor of a humanistic approach focusing on opportunities and common management. The event, held in […]