Morocco to Become Africa’s Gateway: OBG Report
New York - Morocco is on its way to becoming a main gateway to Africa due to its strong economic ties with the African continent, according to the Oxford Business Group’s 2015 report. The British...
View ArticleMorocco’s CNDH to Publish Report on Ben Barka Assassination By December
Rabat - Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) is reportedly moving forward to publish a new report on the 1965 kidnapping and assignation of the Moroccan opposition leader Mehdi Ben Barka....
View ArticleEU Backs Morocco in Setting up Efficient Asylum System
Brussels - Morocco will benefit from the new EU protection and development program "PRPD-Afrique du Nord" which is aimed at building the capacities of the region in establishing efficient asylum...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Speech at Third India-Africa Summit Forum in New Delhi
New Delhi - King Mohammed VI delivered this Thursday a speech at the opening session of the 3rd India-Africa forum summit in New Delhi. Here follows the speech full text: Praise be to God May peace...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Calls For Mutually Beneficial South-South Cooperation with...
Rabat - Morocco’s King Mohammed VI delivered a speech on Thursday at the Third India-Africa Forum Summit, which is being held in New Delhi, India. The King called for developing an Afro-Indian...
View ArticleMorocco Lifts Travel Ban on Journalist Maati Monjib
Rabat - Morocco lifted on Thursday a travel ban on Moroccan journalist and historian Maati Monjib, who had been on hanger strike for over 20 days to protest against this sanction. The 55-year-old...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Urges South Countries to ‘Trust Themselves’ to Catch up With...
Rabat - King Mohammed VI called on Thursday countries of the South to trust themselves and invest their assets and skills in the pursuit of shared progress for their peoples and thus catch up with...
View ArticleMaroc Telecom Reaches 51 Million Customers
Rabat - Maroc Telecom reached 51 million customers by the end of September, 2015, an increase of 29% since last year. This growth was largely due to the integration of six new African subsidiaries...
View ArticleGreen March Comic Available in Moroccan Bookstores by November
Rabat - Moroccan-American film director Ayoub Qanir published a comic highlighting the glory of the Green March on the occasion of its 40th anniversary. When asked why he chose to make a comic, the...
View Article28,135 People Suffer From Tuberculosis in Morocco: WHO Report
New York- More than 28,000 cases of tuberculosis were detected and notified in Morocco last year. Morocco registered 28,135 new cases of tuberculosis in 2014, according to the latest report by the...
View ArticleMaradona to Visit Morocco to Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Green March
Rabat - Argentina's football legend Diego Maradona is set to arrive in Morocco next November 4 to participate in the festivities of the 40th Anniversary of Morocco’s Green March. The superstar will...
View ArticleA Moroccan Hacks a Bank in Netherlands
Rabat - A Moroccan is accused of hacking a bank affiliated to a Moroccan bank. The Moroccan resident in the Netherlands along with five other individuals living in Casablanca have allegedly defrauded...
View ArticleVideo: Three German Tourists Attacked With Knife in Fez
Fez - A shocking video, posted about an hour ago, shows a group of German tourists badly injured after they were assaulted by two people who attacked them with knives on Friday in Fez. The video shows...
View ArticleTwo Brazilians, a Mexican Arrested for Robbing Bank in Casablanca
Rabat - Two Brazilians men and a Mexican were arrested on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in a robbery case in a bank in Casablanca, Morocco’s largest city. According to H24, the General...
View ArticleBlogger Says Ronaldo Went to Morocco For Other Reasons Than Badr Hari
Rabat - Following Cristiano Ronaldo’s celebrated trips to Morocco twice in one month, Moroccan journalist Mehdi Benkirane assures that the Portuguese star’s real reason for his visits, had nothing to...
View ArticleWorld Bank Report Hails Improvements in Morocco’s Business Climate
Rabat - Morocco’s business climate ranking increased by five places, according to the World Bank’s Doing Business 2016 report, released Wednesday. The report measures each country’s business climate...
View ArticleMorocco in Top 10 List of Emerging Markets to Invest in Real Estate
New York - Morocco is among the top ten countries with the lowest risk ideal to invest and open a business in real estate. The North African country ranked in the top ten among 42 countries studied by...
View ArticleMorocco’s Wana Group Eyes Sub-Saharan Africa
Rabat - Moroccan telephone operator Wana is competing with the Vietnamese Viette Group, the Swiss YooMee group, and the Libyan GreenN to gain a license to start operating in Ivory Cost. After Maroc...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Says Ben Barka Was a Man of Peace
Rabat - There are lessons that should be learned from the Ben Barka case, which should be used for the good of the nation, King Mohammed VI stressed. "Nations build their destiny on their history,...
View ArticleMoroccan Man Sets Himself on fire after his Father Refused his Marriage
Rabat - A young Moroccan man set himself on fire after his father categorically opposed his decision to marry a divorced woman. According to Le360, citing security sources, the young man narrowly...
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