First Independent Mena Newspaper
Stalemate is the word that describes the best the sterile negotiations over government formation in Morocco. Three months after the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) won Morocco’s legislative elections with a narrow margin against its arch rival liberal Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), Morocco remains without a government. Abdelilah Benkirane, Secretary General of the […]
With $5.8 billion in tourism revenues, Morocco stands out as the country with the largest tourism market in Africa, said the public broadcasting organization of Belgium’s French community, RTBF. “By the end of November, Morocco earned $5.8 billion of tourism revenues which put it on top of the ranking of Africa’s leading tourist destinations,” said […]
Euronews has recently published a report shedding light on some of the projects that turned out to be success stories at the continental level, making the kingdom a model to follow in Africa. “Morocco has been taking solid steps to apply its development strategy to improve its economic growth and presence in regional markets,” said […]
Two soldiers of the Moroccan Royal Army operating under the banner of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) were gunned down Tuesday by armed men while escorting a convoy of trucks transporting fuel from Zemio to Obo, the UN mission said in a statement on Wednesday. The two […]
Morocco’s Electricity Utility (ONEE) selected two British firms as technical and financial advisors for its gas to power project. The London-based law firm Ashurst has been selected under a contract worth €1.9 million, while the Emirati branch of the British bank HSBC won a legal contract standing at $7.2 million. The gas to power project […]
State subsidies represent 90% of the resources of Moroccan political parties in 2015, the court of accounts said. The total financial resources of political parties in 2015 stood at 375.46 million dirhams, compared to 91 million dirhams in 2014 and 88 million dirhams in 2013, the court said in recent audit reports. The growth of […]
Local Mauritanian media reported that Morocco might be preparing for a mediation to unlock the political crisis in Gambia that was triggered after President Yahya Jammeh refused to accept his election defeat. Nasser Bourita, the Kingdom’s minister delegate of foreign affairs is reportedly present in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, Mauritanian media outlet Alakhbar said. The […]
As expected, Morocco’s Central Bank has finally given its green light to five Moroccan banks to set up Islamic banks – known locally as participative banking- and allowed three banks to sell Islamic products. The regulatory approvals concern the three major Moroccan banks Attijariwafa Bank, BMCE of Africa and Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP), and two […]
Diplomatic ties between Morocco and Iran were officially reestablished with the accreditation of a new Moroccan Ambassador in Tehran, Hassan Hami, who presented his credentials to the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday. Iranian local media said that Rouhani expressed to the Moroccan Ambassador the willingness of his country to reinforce ties with the Kingdom […]
Moroccan authorities thwarted an illegal immigration attempt by nearly 1000 Sub-Saharan nationals who tried to jump the six-meter barbed wire fence of the city of Ceuta. The operation led by Moroccan authorities succeeded in foiling this mass attempt to storm the Spanish occupied enclave and resulted in the injury of 50 members of the Moroccan […]