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King Mohammed VI has called the world humanitarian summiteers gathering in Istanbul (May 23-24) to adopt a proactive approach to help promote humanitarian action which needs to be carried out with “greater transparency” and “verifiable accountability.’’ This world event is taking place at a crucial juncture wherein the number of refugees and displaced persons in […]
Moroccan government on Monday cut its economic growth forecast for this year to less than 2 percent from 3 percent, as the North African kingdom experiences its worst drought in three decades. Morocco’s economy grew 4.7 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2015, up from 2.2 percent in the similar 2014 period thanks to […]
Morocco, which backs humanitarian actions around the world despite its limited resources, has attended the World Humanitarian Summit held in Istanbul, Turkey this May 23-24. King Mohammed VI was represented at the summit opening by his younger brother Prince Moulay Rachid. The Summit aims at raising funds for humanitarian aid and reviewing ways to improve […]
American aeronautic group Alcoa (Aluminum Company of America) launched, via its branch Alcoa Fastening Systems, a plant in Casablanca as part of its expansion program in Morocco. The new plant, named Alcoa Fixations Casablanca, required a €5.4 million investment. It covers a total surface of 6,300 square meters. The new site is located at Casablanca […]
Moroccan diplomacy continues to show its anger and express its utter rejection of the contents of the latest report issued by the US Department on the situation of human rights in the North African country. Apparently, tension has not eased between the two sides. US ambassador Dwight Bush was summoned by the Moroccan Foreign Affairs […]
Italian Security authorities Tuesday deported two Moroccans accused of celebrating Islamic State-sponsored terror acts, reports say. One of the arrestees was on prison authorities’ radar after they suspected him for supporting IS terror attacks, according to Italian Interior Minister, Angelinoa Alfano. The second also an in-mate was detained in Palermo and he is believed to […]
Morocco, a key ally of the United States and the West in the war against terrorism, has rejected the latest U.S. State Department’s report on human rights in the North African kingdom, saying it includes lies. The contents of the report published on April 13, 2016 by the State Department are “truly scandalous”. The reports’ […]
President Macky Sall of Senegal has renewed his country’s full backing to Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara. In an interview broadcast by Moroccan Medi1 TV channel, the Senegalese Head of state said :“We assume our position on the Sahara issue.” He said his country’s position on this issue “is a historical one.” […]
Moroccans of all walks of life and political obedience commemorate this Monday in unity, harmony and patriotism the terror attacks that rocked the city of Casablanca on May 16, 2003. The attacks were the deadliest terrorist attacks in the history of the North African Kingdom. 45 people were killed as a result of these horrible […]
Moroccan counter-terrorism services Friday derailed dangerous terror plans that consisted in launching several coordinated attacks against diplomatic western missions and tourist sites, authorities said. The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) managed to “foil a dangerous terrorist plot following the arrest Friday in Tangier a Chadian national affiliated to Daesh,” said the Interior Ministry in […]