Morocco and Angola Abolish Diplomatic Visa Requirements
Rabat – Visa requirements for diplomats of Morocco and Angola will no longer be required. On Monday in Rabat, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita and his Angolan counterpart Georges...
View ArticleOthmani Presents Latest Book to King on Distinction Between Politics and...
Rabat – Moroccan Head of Government Saad Eddine Othmani has presented his new book as a gift to King Mohammed VI ahead of its publication, according to Moroccan daily newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum....
View ArticleMoroccans Do Not Benefit From the Liberalization Fuel Prices: Minister
Rabat – Lahcen Daoudi, the Minister of General Affairs and Governance, announced that a new initiative allowing drivers to check the evolution of fuel prices at the pump would be launched in September....
View ArticleBoeing and Royal Air Maroc to Convert Passenger Plane into Freighter
Rabat – Boeing and Royal Air Maroc (RAM) have announced plans to convert a passenger plane into a freighter. In a statement released on Wednesday, RAM said it had made an agreement with the US...
View ArticleAgadir to Host 14th Annual Timitar Festival in July
Rabat – More than 40 Moroccan and international musicians will attend the 14th annual Timitar Festival, which will be held in Agadir between July 5 and 8. Under the theme of “Amazigh artists greet the...
View ArticleCasablanca: Egyptian Coach Refuses to Hold Press Conference with Qatari...
By Safaa Kasraoui Rabat – Hossam El Badry, the Head Coach of Egyptian football team El-Ahly, refused to attend a pre-match press conference held in Casablanca on Tuesday due to the presence of...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Congratulates Mohammed Bin Salman on Appointment as Crown...
Rabat – King Mohammed VI has congratulated Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdelaziz on his appointment as Crown Prince by his father King Salman Bin Abdelaziz. A statement released by the Moroccan Royal...
View ArticleMorocco’s Economic Growth to Reach 4.4% in 2017, Unemployment Rate to Exceed 10%
Rabat – Morocco’s economic growth is expected to reach 4.4 percent in 2017, while unemployment rates is expected to rise to more than 10 percent, according to Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) forecasts. In 2017,...
View Article2,100 New Trash Containers to Clean Up Casablanca
Rabat – In order to improve waste collection in Casablanca, 2,100 trash containers will be distributed across the city by early July. Overseen by waste management company Averda in agreement with the...
View ArticleDirham Liberalization: BAM Governor Promises No Risk of Devaluation
Rabat – The speculations about the liberalization of the dirham are causing a great deal of dismay for Abdellatif Jouahri, Governor of Bank Al Maghrib (BAM). During the BAM Board meeting, held on...
View ArticleADB: USD 88 Million Loan for Water Irrigation in Morocco
Rabat – The African Development Bank (ADB) has granted Morocco a loan of USD 88 million to finance the second phase of the Support Project for the National Program for Water and Irrigation Economics...
View ArticleUNHCR Praises Morocco for Accepting 5,126 Refugees
Rabat – Jean Paul Cavaliéri, a representative of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has praised Morocco for its humanitarian policy on immigration and asylum. Cavaliéri told MAP on...
View ArticleParticipatory Finance: Sukuk Issuance Pushed Back to September
Rabat – The issuance of sovereign sukuks, originally scheduled for late June 2017, was pushed to September 15, the Governor of Bank Al Maghrib, Abdellatif Jouahri, announced Tuesday. At a press...
View ArticleMorocco’s Stock Up 0.03%, Trade Volumes on the Rise
Rabat – A bleak Wednesday at the Casablanca Stock Exchange, as Morocco’s stocks hardly managed to close yesterday’s trade in the green, resuming the threshold of 11,848 points at the end of the day for...
View ArticleMorocco Finalizes Entry into BDEAC Capital
Rabat – Morocco has officially finalized its entry into the the capital of the Development Bank of Central African States for a total amount of 4.52 billion FCFA, Minister of Economy and Finance...
View ArticleMorocco Dismantles ISIS Terrorist Cell Planning Attacks in Essaouira
Rabat – Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) dismantled Thursday a terrorist cell linked to the so-called Islamic (ISIS) in Essaouira, the Ministry of Interior has announced. The...
View ArticleWeekly Flight Route Connects Tangier and Palma
Rabat – Spanish company Alba Star has launched a new route connecting Tangier to Palma de Majorca, running weekly. Taking 90 minutes, the trip will connect the 40,000 Moroccans based in the Balearics...
View ArticleYassmina El Farissi: After Withdrawing from Hirak Movement, Leading Activist...
Rabat – What first began as Yassmina El Farrisi’s participation in the long road to social justice and equity in the Rif was cut short bydeath threats, insults and harassments on social media, followed...
View ArticleMoroccan Human Rights Council Receives Syrian Families Welcomed from Algerian...
Rabat – Morocco’s National Council for Human Rights (CNDH) organized a reception ceremony Wednesday evening for the 28 Syrian refugees who had been trapped along the Morocco-Algeria border for several...
View ArticleSouth Morocco: Four Men Arrested for “Gunpowder” Plot
Rabat – Four Moroccan men have been arrested in Imintanoute in southern Morocco for putting an “enormous” amount of gunpowder in a tractor used by a farmer in nearby Chichaoua. According to Moroccan...
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