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Moroccan authorities have decided lately to seal off some districts of the Northern city of Tangier following a surge of local positive cases of the coronavirus. The move comes to contain the spread of infections, said the interior ministry in a press release. Under the lockdown measures, the residents of the tangier zones with high […]
Policemen on Thursday Arrested in the city of Tangier three people, including two international transport truck drivers, for their alleged links to an international drug-trafficking network. National security services at the port of Tanger-Med had arrested, Wednesday evening, an international transport truck driver who tried to smuggle 5,400 psychotropic pills into Morocco, National Police said […]
Leading Japanese car parts maker, JTEKT, has inaugurated this Wednesday Oct.9 in the Tangier Automative City Zone its new steering systems production factory, worth $22.7 million. Executive Director of JTEKT Corporation, Hirofumi Matsuoka, said at the inauguration ceremony that this new plant in Tangier is JTEKT’s first industrial site on the African continent. […]
Barcelona-based airline Volotea will launch from December and from the French city of Strasburg to the ochre city of Marrakech, which will become the second destination of low-budget airline in the kingdom. Volotea already operates route from Nantes, France, to the coastal city of Tangier. Strasburg-Marrakech route will be operated by one weekly flight every […]
The Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) has dismantled this Friday (May 3) a pro-ISIS terror cell of eight people, who were operating in the northern city of Tangier, and later arrested a ninth suspect for his alleged connection with the terror cell. Initial investigations revealed that the cell includes the brother of two ISIS […]
French carmaker Renault topped the podium of car sales in Morocco with a market share of 42% in 2018, that is 75.418 cars. A report by Renault said that Morocco remains the main market for the group where it has production plants in Tangier and Casablanca. Last October, Renault said it will bring up its […]
Moroccan security services have announced this weekend the seizure of over 13.7 tons of cannabis at the Tangier-Med port. The drugs were concealed in a semi-trailer truck registered in Morocco. An investigation was opened by the police for the arrest and trial of all those involved in this major drug trafficking operation. Last December, Moroccan […]
Part of Morocco’s relentless fight against terrorism and criminal rings, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), in coordination with the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), arrested 12 people accused of belonging to a terrorist and criminal network operating in Tangiers and Casablanca. Among those arrested are people with criminal records, convicted for common […]
Morocco is on its way to become the world’s third largest producer of aluminum wheels as it continues to attract investments by world automotive industry giants. On July 26, China’s Citic Dicastal signed a deal with the Moroccan government to build two plants for auto wheel production in Morocco with an investment of €350 million […]
Tangier is undergoing a facelift with the inauguration Thursday by King Mohammed VI of a fishing port and Morocco’s largest marina, completed as part of a coastal upgrading program worth 6 billion dirhams. Built for a total cost of 1.18 billion dirhams, the fishing port is equipped with the latest technology and advanced equipment to […]