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Morocco’s carrier resumes flights to Brazil, opens new Casablanca-Toronto direct route

Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc has resumed its direct flight from Casablanca to Sao Paulo on Saturday and inaugurated a new direct route from Casablanca to the Canadian city of Toronto on Sunday. The flight to Sao Paulo marked a long-awaited resumption of direct services between Morocco and Brazil, which were suspended for five years due […]

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Algeria Lags Far Behind in ‘Economic Freedom of the World’ Ranking

The 2016 Economic Freedom of the World Report issued by the Canadian Fraser Institute pointed out to the plummeting economic freedom in Algeria, which ranked 151st among 159 surveyed countries. The report measures economic freedom including levels of personal choice, ability to enter markets, security of privately owned property and rule of law. It analyses […]

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Canada: Moroccans Win Eight Gold Medals at Invention & Innovation Contest

Morocco stunned global community of inventors and innovators Saturday in Toronto, Canada by winning eight gold medals at the International Invention and Innovation Contest (iCAN 2016.) Six of the medals were awarded by the contest organizers, Moroccan media le360.ma reports. Morocco also received a gold medal from the International Federation of Inventors’ Association at the […]

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Morocco’s CFC, Leading Financial Center in Africa, GFCI ranking

Casablanca Finance City has outstripped Johannesburg and Mauritius to become the leading financial center in Africa as it topped the continent’s ranking established by the Global Financial Centers Index (GFCI.) At the global level, CFC stands on the 33rd position of the ranking established by GFCI which ranks financial centers according to one main criteria: […]