Morocco Investing in Oil and Gas Exploration
Marrakech- At the Morocco Oil and Gas Summit press conference held in Marrakech an event hosted by the Moroccan office for Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) and the international Research Netweork (IRN)—...
View ArticleOECD adopts cooperation program with Morocco
Paris - The council of ministers of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member states adopted, during its meeting held this week in Paris, the OECD's cooperation program...
View ArticleThree Moroccan Banks among 2,000 largest companies in the world
Taroudant, Morocco- American business magazine Forbes published on Wednesday a new ranking in which it included three Moroccan banks among the most powerful companies in the world. Dominated by Chinese...
View ArticleMorocco, UK eager to develop cooperation in employment field
Rabat - The development of bilateral cooperation in the fields of health, occupational health and social security were at the center of a meeting, on Thursday in Rabat, between Minister of employment...
View ArticleMorocco has significant experience in renewable energy, Belgian Ambassador
Rabat - Morocco has a significant experience in renewable energy, notably the ambitious energy strategy launched in 2009, said, on Friday in Rabat, Belgian Ambassador in Morocco Frank Carruet. Morocco...
View ArticleFemale athletes run the streets of Rabat for Women’s Victory Race
Fez- Female runners from around Morocco will head to the capital of Rabat this weekend to participate in the 7th edition of the Women’s Victory Race. The 7-kilometer race will begin at the Avenue of...
View ArticleOne dead, two injured in fire in SAMIR
Mohammedia - One person died and two others were injured in a fire that broke out on Friday in Morocco's biggest oil refinery SAMIR, which was caused by a gas leak, said local authorities. During a...
View ArticleFirst Africa Women’s Forum kicks off in Dakhla
Dakhla - The first Africa Women's Forum kicked off Friday in Dakhla with the participation of high-level women leaders from 35 African countries. The meeting, organized at the initiative of the Council...
View ArticleAMU: foreign ministers call for ending current deadlock
Rabat - The foreign ministers of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) highlighted, Friday in Rabat, the need to get the Union out of the current impasse, and move forward to fulfill the aspirations the peoples...
View ArticleBenkirane To Increase Monthly Allowance of Moroccan MPs
Taroudant, Morocco - In a stark contradiction with the fiscal austerity advocated by Benkirane’s government, the PJD-led government gave the green light for a monthly MAD 4000 rise in the allowances of...
View ArticleTom Hanks Gets Lost in Moroccan Desert, Saved by Mules
Casablanca- Tom Hanks had come to Morocco to shoot scenes for the film “A Hologram for the King”, but the Oscar-winning actor ended up having an unprecedented adventure in the Moroccan desert that he...
View ArticleWhy a War Between Morocco and Algeria Over ‘Western Sahara’ is Unlikely
New York- As I was reading the news on Saturday morning, I came across an article published by a Moroccan analyst. Mr. Manar Slimi, author of the article, put forth many arguments regarding the...
View ArticleMan Arrested 51 Years After Murdering his Wife
Casablanca- The Royal Gendarmerie in El Ksiba, in the Ben Slimane region, recently arrested a man 51 years after he had murdered his wife. According to daily Aujourd’hui Le Maroc, the fugitive was on...
View ArticleBelgians pay official tribute to Moroccan soldiers dead for Belgium’s freedom...
Brussels - An official tribute was paid on Sunday to Moroccan soldiers who died while fighting for the liberation of Belgium in 1940, on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the Gembloux battle....
View ArticleMorocco, an ‘interesting destination’, LH Aviation president
Paris - Morocco is an " interesting destination to settle in," said president of French aircraft manufacturer LH Aviation, Christophe Rémy, noting that the combination of a number of factors have led...
View ArticleColombian Senate did not adopt any resolution on “Western Sahara”: source
Bogota - The Colombian Senate did not adopt any resolution on the “Western Sahara” issue, said a Colombian parliamentary source, according to Maghreb Arab Press. The agenda of the Senate did not...
View ArticleMoroccan activist wins ‘Women 4 Africa’ humanitarian award
London- Moroccan grassroots activist, Fatima Khouchoua won the humanitarian of the year award in Africa given by British NGO "Women 4 Africa". Khouchoua, founder of "Giving Chances", an NGO which...
View ArticleRabat: King Mohammed VI launches building works of Institute for Religious...
Rabat- King Mohammed VI launched, on Monday in Rabat, the building works of the Mohammed VI Institute for Imams, Murshidines and Murshidates (preachers) Training. Worth 140 million dirhams, the future...
View ArticleAlgerians versus Moroccans: Why Do They Hate Us?
By Majid Morceli San Francisco- On the surface, we are brothers and sisters: we have a common culture, language, traditions, religion, history of colonization, and sooner or later, a common future. We...
View ArticleMoroccans Pessimistic about the Future: HCP Statistics
Casablanca- The alarming statistics revealed by the High Commission for Planning (HCP) last week on the rate of unemployment in Morocco have incited Moroccans’ pessimism about the future of employment...
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