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King Mohammed VI Winds up African Tour on High Note

The latest African tour made by King Mohammed VI has yielded impressive results. This successful tour took the Moroccan Sovereign to South Sudan, Ghana, Zambia, Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire. King Mohammed VI embarked on this tour immediately after the North African Kingdom rejoined the African Union, a move, which will give a new momentum to […]

Headlines Morocco

Morocco’s Consul in France Reportedly Recalled over Mistreatment of Housekeeper

Morocco’s Consul General in Orly; a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, has been reportedly recalled over alleged mistreatment of her housekeeper. The housekeeper was shown in a video posted on social media calling out for police help for being abused by her employer Malika Alaoui. The housekeeper was threatening to commit suicide […]

Headlines Morocco

Moroccan, US Special Operations Wrap Up Flintlock Military Training

Special Operation Forces from the US and Morocco wrapped up the joint military exercises centring on advanced communication and medical skills during Operation Flintlock 2017. The exercises took place in Tifnit training base in Morocco’s southern zone area of operations with the participation of US experts and more than 2,000 military personnel from 24 African […]

Culture Lifestyle

Morocco, regional hub for International Blockbusters

Morocco continues to stand as a hub for culture and cinema in a MENA region beset by turmoil and instability. Last year, 24 foreign films were shot in the Kingdom thanks to a solid cinema industry infrastructure and qualified human resources. These films generated returns for Morocco worth 280 mln dirhams, said the national cinema […]

Headlines Morocco

King Mohammed VI Reiterates Call to Counter Terrorism, Violence and Excommunication

King Mohammed VI urged the lovers of peace, life and tolerance to rise up against the dissemination of fanaticism and obscurantism and to counter advocates of terrorism, violence and excommunication. The call was made in a message read out by Royal Advisor Omar Azziman, on the occasion of the commemoration, in the northern city of […]

Africa Headlines Morocco

Morocco Set to Become ‘Main Economic Hub’ in Africa- AfDB

The African Development Bank (AfDB) issued a report on Morocco’s efforts to strengthen economic ties with African countries, noting that the Kingdom is steadily becoming a main economic hub in the continent. The report dubbed “Analysis of Morocco’s Trade Policy,” sheds light on the progress of Morocco’s trade with Africa and recommends lowering custom duties […]

Finance Headlines Morocco

Morocco’s Macroeconomic Conditions Propitious for Dirham Float

Morocco’s Central Bank announced that measures will be gradually taken to ensure a more flexible exchange rate of the Dirham amid promising macro-economic conditions marked by low oil prices and increasing demand on phosphates. The floating of the pegged dirham was encouraged by the IMF which sees in a more flexible exchange regime a move […]

Africa International

Protests in Tindouf against Polisario Corruption, Rights Violation

The population held in abject conditions in Tindouf camps have staged protests against the military siege imposed by the Polisario leadership, which has been trading in their suffering for decades. A video posted on le360.ma shows the violence used by the Polisario militias to disperse the grieving population, which denounce the corruption of the Polisario […]

Headlines Morocco

Morocco Forges Ahead with Migrant Regularization Campaign

Over 18,000 migrants have applied for a residency status under the second phase of the regularization campaign in line with a migrant integration policy spearheaded by King Mohammed VI. By March 8, 18,228 migrants submitted their requests to gain residency cards as part of the second phase of a regularization campaign that was launched last […]

Headlines Morocco

Moroccan Police Nab Two-ISIS Operatives in Casablanca

Moroccan authorities have captured two ISIS members who were active in the city of Casablanca, the economic capital of the North African country, which had already been targeted three times by the terrorists. According to the Interior Ministry, the two jihadists were planning to carry out terrorist attacks in Morocco. They have already started getting […]