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The African Lion military exercises kicked off with the participation of about 1300 military personnel from the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Spain and Tunisia. “We are excited to conduct training with our Moroccan partners. African Lion gives us the ability to enhance our operational capabilities in an unfamiliar, yet non-austere, […]
Works to complete Morocco’s high speed train (TGV), the first in Africa, have reached a progress rate of 86% and the project is expected to be ready in summer 2018, said the director general of Morocco’s National Railways facility (ONCF) Mohamed Rabie Khlie. Khlie, who was speaking at a meeting on railway security co-held in […]
The newly formed Moroccan government has unveiled its 2017-2021 plan as a continuation of the “reforms” launched by the previous government notably in terms of boosting advanced regionalization, promoting employment and social cohesion and consolidating Morocco’s international influence as well as safeguarding the country’s democratic choice. In his first address as head of government before […]
Morocco’s Central Bank, Bank Al Maghrib, said it will launch the gradual float of the Dirham as of June in collaboration with the IMF to reach a flexible exchange rate system. In a statement to Reuters, Governor of Bank Al Maghrib, Abdellatif Jouahri, said that the first stage of Dirham liberalization will start in June, […]
The World Bank (WB) said in its semi-annual MENA economic Monitor that GDP growth in Morocco will rebound to 3.8% in 2017 on the backdrop of abundant rainfall auguring a good agricultural season. The report noted that growth would improve to 3.8% after the Moroccan economy endured the impact of drought in 2016 which dragged […]
Morocco’ King Mohammed VI has called on Arab financial institutions to pool efforts in order to support economic and financial reforms engaged in the Arab world, facing major regional and international challenges. In a message addressed to participants in the 2017 Annual Joint Meetings of Arab Financial Institutions, convened Tuesday in Rabat, the Moroccan Sovereign […]
Morocco shows the way for agricultural development as a vector for overall development in Africa, said Guinea’s President Alpha Condé. Président Condé, who was speaking at the SIAM Agricultural Fair in Meknes, said that Morocco’s return to the African Union offers a chance to share expertise and know-how on agricultural development. “The return of Morocco […]
Senior commander of Morocco’s Royal Navy had talks with Greek peers on a set of issues of mutual interest, on top of which the possibility of acquiring Submarines used by the Greek navy, said the website Far-Maroc specializing in military issues. The same source reported that commanders of the Tarik Ben Zyad and Sultan Moulay […]
Citizens of 18 countries including Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria have been exempted from visa requirements to visit far-eastern part of Russia, reports say. The Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedev announced Russian authorities’ decision on Monday. “I recently approved the list countries whose nationals can benefit from the preferential treatments,” Medvedev said. The decision is taken in […]
To counter extremism, King Mohammed VI has set up a training center for Imams, Murshideen and Murshidat (male and female preachers) to spread the true values of Islam, said Monday the Irish Times. The center, opened in 2015, is housing 1,200 live-in students from Morocco, sub-Saharan Africa and France. Dubbed Mohammed VI Institute for the […]