Forest Fire Damage in Morocco Decreased by 45% in 2017
Rabat – Abdeladim El Hafi, the High Commissioner for Water, Forests and the Fight Against Desertification, has revealed that 124 forest fires were reported in Morocco during the first half of 2017. El...
View ArticleMoroccan Economic Growth: OECD’s Report Irks Moroccan Officials
Rabat – The first volume of the Multidimensional Review of Morocco by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is stirring the ire of Moroccan ministers of economy and...
View Article350 Security Experts to Discuss African Counter-Terrorism at Casablanca...
Rabat – Three-hundred and fifty international security and defence experts are expected to attend this year’s Africa Security Forum on “Inter-African Cooperation Regarding Terrorism, Radicalisation and...
View ArticleMoroccan Students to Participate in TechGirls Exchange Program in the US
Rabat – Four female Moroccan students will participate in TechGirls 2017, an international summer exchange program encouraging girls to pursue technology-related careers, held between July 12 and...
View ArticleEl Othmani Meets with Dubai Holding Representatives to Discuss Investment in...
Rabat – Head of Government Saad Eddine El Othmani met with representatives of Dubai Holding on Tuesday in Rabat. According to a release by El Othmani’s cabinet, the representative of the Dubai...
View ArticleCorrupt Judge Receives Year-Long Prison Sentence in Casablanca
Rabat – Casablanca’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday sentenced Moroccan judge, Rachid Machkaka, to one year in prison for receiving a bribe in May. Machkaka was caught red-handed taking a bribe inside...
View ArticleCasablanca’s Council Publishes Parking Prices Following Widespread Outrage
Rabat – Casablanca’s council this week put up billboards stating the price of parking tickets in order to avoid the exorbitant prices charged by car park attendants across the city. The council...
View ArticleWashington: Morocco-Africa Week to Promote Kingdom’s Culture, Economic Potential
Rabat – The Moroccan American Network and Moroccan Center for Peace and Sustainable Development have announced the organization of a Morocco-Africa week in Washington, DC between September 28 and...
View ArticleMoroccan Shares Close Session in Equilibrium, Volumes Still High
Rabat – The Casablanca listing closed Wednesday’s session practically unchanged compared to the previous day. At the close, the Moroccan All Shares Index showed a 0.01 percent decrease losing a single...
View ArticleMoroccan-Israeli Abi Gabbay Becomes Israeli Labor Party Leader
Rabat – Moroccan-Israeli Abi Gabbay has become leader of Israel’s Labor Party in an election turn around, attaining 52.4 percent of party members’ votes. In the second round of election son Monday,...
View ArticleNumber of Children per Woman in Morocco Dropped 71% from 1960s to 2014
Rabat – After peaking to more than seven in the 1960s, the average number of children per woman fell to almost 2.21 in 2014, according to a statement by the High Commission for Planning (HCP). The HCP...
View ArticleNational Tourism Office Sponsors Moroccan Artists to Visit Al Hoceima
Rabat – With the aim of promoting the touristic draw of Al Hoceima, the National Tourism Office has sent a group of Moroccan public figures and artists on a ten-day trip to the city. The National...
View ArticleVideo: France 24 Represents Footage of Venezuela as Al Hoceima Protests
Rabat – TV channel France 24 used a video of police repression in Venezuela to demonstrate the ongoing crisis in Al Hoceima during a program broadcast on July 11. Lawyer Mohamed Ziane was discussing...
View ArticleBenkirane Denies Comparing El Othmani to Former Colonial Puppet Sultan
Rabat – Abdelilah Benkirane, the head of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), has denounced a report by Lakome2 which claimed that he compared the current PJD-led government to that of a sultan...
View ArticleRifian Activist Silya May Be Granted Provisional Liberty: Lawyer
Rabat – Silya Ziani, one of the key members of Hirakprotest movement in the Rif, might be granted provisional liberty, her lawyer has said. On Wednesday, the young female activist appeared before the...
View ArticleAwake from Coma, Algerian Singer Reda Taliani to Resume Tour July 21
Rabat – Algerian Raï singer Reda Taliani will resume his concerts from July 21 ,just 10 days after he entered a coma following a car crash in Paris. “After fear and burden, Reda Taliani wants to...
View ArticleMoroccan Food Safety Authority Launches Vaccination Campaign Against Cattle...
Rabat – Due to a new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle in the Maghreb, the National Food Safety Authority (ONSSA) has launched a generalized cattle vaccination campaign against the...
View ArticleCredit Card Usage in Morocco Increases by 85 % in 2017
Rabat – The number of credit card transctions made in Morocco increased by 84.9 percent in the first half of 2017, reported Morocco’s Centre Monétique Interbancaire (CMI). CMI’s report analyzed...
View ArticleArrivals of Moroccans Living Abroad Increase 10.5 %: Minister
Rabat – Since the launch of the Marhaba 2017 operation, the number of Moroccans Living Abroad (MRE) having returned to Morocco via various transit points has reached 747,149, an increase of 10.5...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Wishes Macron Happy Bastille Day
Rabat – King Mohammed VI has expressed his warmest congratulations and wishes of health to French President Emmanuel Macron on Bastille Day (July 14) and has wished the French people continued progress...
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