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Libya’s political Dialogue process is nowhere near over yet. On Tuesday, the House of Representatives (HoR) rejected the amendments introduced at the request of the General National Congress (GNC) to the July Draft initialed in Morocco and pulled out its negotiation team for consultation. The HoR based in Tobruk announced the rejection of Leon’s reviewed […]
Moroccan police have nabbed another group of radical militants who were planning to create an Islamic State affiliate in the North African country and undermine its stability. The cell was operating in the southern city of Essaouira and the central town of Sidi Allal Al-Bahraoui, according to the Moroccan Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), […]
The group of young chambers of commerce (RJCCQ) in Quebec-Canada has named on Thursday Moroccan Monsef Derraji as its new head. The RJCCQ, known in French as Regroupement des jeunes chambres de commerce du Québec, is a group of young chambers of commerce including young chambers of China, France, Latin-America, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa […]
Each day brings a new twist in what has become known as the Eric Laurent-Catherine Graciet case while condemnations, especially on the part of French and Moroccan media, are still pouring down on the two French journalists who are standing before court for attempted blackmail and extortion against the King of Morocco. Besides the reporters […]
Communal and regional elections were held in Morocco on Friday and the winners are without contest the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) and the ruling Party for Justice and Development (PJD/moderate Islamist,) led by the head of the Government Abdelilah Benkirane. The PAM (Liberal, opposition) won the communal polls and came in second in the […]
Morocco’s economic capital city of Casablanca hosted during the past few days (Sept.1-2) an important business aviation show which gathered nearly 60 exhibitors including major world operators in the industry. The event, organized by the Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) and F&E Aerospace, was an opportunity for visitors, particularly CEOs and […]
Some 14 million voters go to the polls this Friday September 4 to elect 31,503 members of communal councils and 678 representatives to sit at the newly created regional councils that are part of the regionalization process the country is set to embark on as stipulated by the Constitution adopted in 2011. These local and […]
It seems that Morocco has won another battle against its neighbouring arch-rival Algeria, member of the OPEC cartel. After months of secret negotiations with the two countries, German automaker Volkswagen is believed to have finally picked Morocco to install its new plant following suit of French groups Renault and Peugeot-Citroen. According to sources close to […]
“How much do you want to drop your book project on Morocco and monarchy?” asked the lawyer of King of Mohammed VI, addressing French journalist Eric Laurent. “I want three,” replied bluntly Laurent. “Three what ?- three thousand ?” asked the lawyer . “No, three million,” said Laurent. “Three million dirhams?” asked the lawyer “No, […]
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius likened Sunday the case of the two French journalists Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet who attempted to blackmail Morocco and its King Mohammed VI to a bad movie. “This is like being in a bad movie,” Laurent Fabius said in a first response by a French official to the case […]