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The Global Innovation Index 2016 has been released, with Morocco climbing six places from 78th (2014) to 72th in a ranking of 128 surveyed countries. The report, published by the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), has swiftly become a widely used metric for assessing the state of innovation in various countries. In gaining […]
Morocco was listed among the least indebted countries in Africa in a report issued on July 21 by the United Nations Conference on trade and Development (UNCTAD.) The document, dubbed Economic Development in Africa Report 2016, highlights the sustainability of Morocco’s external debt and the viability of its investments in comparison to other countries in […]
Morocco has called for consolidating humanism, mutual understanding, mutual respect and tolerance in the Mediterranean, a meeting point of cultures and civilizations and an area that played such a decisive part in the history of mankind. “The Mediterranean must become, once again, an area of lasting peace and shared prosperity. It should, once again, stand […]
South Korea’s Ban Ki-moon, the outgoing Secretary General of the United Nations, has been described by the Economist as “the dullest—and among the worst” UN chiefs that preceded him. In a recent story on the job of UN Secretary General, described as “something of a poisoned chalice” and on the candidates to the UN helm, […]
Libya’s Prime Minister-designate backed by the United Nations Wednesday in Tunis discussed anti-terrorism and economic partnership with Tunisian leaders, as the unity government is trying to neutralize IS militants and restore economic activities between the two countries. The meeting is the second this month between Libyan high authorities and Tunisian authorities after Tunisian Prime Minister […]
Morocco has called on the international community to pool efforts to implement all the provisions of the Paris Agreement on climate change and expressed hope for increased global awareness as to the need to combat the phenomenon. The call was launched by King Mohammed VI in a speech delivered at the signing ceremony of the […]
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: […]
Morocco flatly rejects any change or modification of the nature of the United Nations’ role in the handling of the Sahara issue and any plots seeking to bury the autonomy plan which could, as recognized by many world powers, fulfil the aspirations of the people in the Western Sahara to run their own affairs in […]
The World Bank Group has worked out a new ambitious strategy to deal with the economic and political fallout of the conflicts rocking the region of North Africa and the Middle East. The goal is to lay the foundations for long-term peace and stability. With the support of the United Nations and the Islamic Development, […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Tuesday offered to help West African countries fight the growing terrorism threat. “Turkey has a vast experience in combating terrorism and we understand those countries suffering at the hands of terrorism best,” Erdoğan said as he was addressing the Ghanaian Parliament in Accra. Erdogan who was on a two-day visit […]