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The long awaited-for organic draft law on the implementation of the official character of Amazigh provides for a set of measures to be adopted gradually, among which the use of the language in bank notes, postal stamps and other official documents delivered by the state. The draft law was recently submitted to the PJD-led cabinet […]
Morocco will send its engineers to be trained in Brazil in a bid to boost its attractiveness to foreign investments by strengthening its skilled workforce. An agreement was signed in this regards between Mohammed VI International Academy for Civil Aviation and Brazil’s aerospace conglomerate Embraer. Under the agreement, Morocco will send aeronautical engineers to gain […]
Moroccan intelligence services warned French authority of the Tuesday terror act against Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray Roman Catholic Church which claimed the life of priest Jacques Hamel. Morocco sent the photo of the second attacker, French Magazine Marianne reports. Marianne in a Thursday report claimed that French authorities were sent on July 22; four days before the attack, […]
Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank was Wednesday named best Moroccan bank by Euromoney for Excellence 2016 awards organised by leading Euromoney Institutional Investor based in London. Awards for Excellence are the most prestigious awards in global banking, which recognizes 20 global leading banks in various categories including world’s best bank, world’s best bank for financing, and world’s […]
Rabat is dispatching a new ambassador to Pretoria, South Africa as King Mohamed VI announced the North Africa country’s return to the Africa Union (AU). Morocco recalled its envoy in 2004 after Pretoria officially recognized Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The South African government led by the African National Congress (ANC) is a staunch ally […]
The reinvigoration of Morocco’s diplomacy in Africa and its willingness to join the African Union are indicators of a broader ambition to expand its influence and defend its position on the Sahara issue, says Stratfor, a US-based geopolitical intelligence firm. “Morocco has been laying the economic and diplomatic groundwork to extend its reach into the […]
The vigilance and proactive measures taken by Morocco’s security forces in its clampdown on terrorism has led to the arrest on July 19 of 52 individuals loyal to the self-proclaimed Islamic State (Daesh), the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The Moroccan authorities’ campaign comes in response to the surge of terrorist threats posed by […]
Morocco will build shelter for populations which have camped in capital Bangui as they ran way from violence, reports say. huffpostmaghreb.com relaying information from local media from the country announced that Morocco as a result of agreement with Central African Republic’(CAR) government will build a number of houses in capital Bangui to shelter waves of […]
Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company, OCP, is planning to open subsidiaries in 13 African countries in line with the Kingdom’s strategy to boost economic ties and investments in the continent. As announced in the official gazette, the OCP’s board of directors approved the decision to establish 13 subsidiaries in the countries of Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Cameroun, […]
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI underscored that the greatest challenge thrown at Arab states lies in winning the battle for development, deeming that this goes through ensuring capacity-building, combating poverty and vulnerability and overcoming hurdles to inter-Arab economic and commercial cooperation. “The greatest challenge for us is to win the battle for development by making up […]