Fuel Prices Set to Decrease This Week
The sources indicated that the decrease in oil prices is expected to be implemented by tomorrow, November 1. The changes will operate as follows: A decrease of 35 centimes per liter in diesel prices...
View ArticleMorocco Jumps 9 Places, Ranks 60th in World Bank ‘Doing Business’ Report
Improving its 2018 global ranking of 69th by nine places, Morocco owes its score of 71.02 out of 100 to several new entrepreneurship-friendly policies. Thanks to these reforms, Morocco ranked the 2nd...
View ArticleMorocco Adds Entry Permit Requirement for African Countries
The measure is due to the large numbers of migrants arriving in Morocco and wishing to complete an undocumented journey to Europe. The Moroccan foreign ministry will now require all African travelers,...
View ArticleLufthansa Launches Frankfurt-Agadir Direct Flight
According to a Lufthansa communique, an Airbus A320 will offer two weekly flights, Mondays and Saturdays, between Agadir and Frankfurt. An Airbus A319 will provide another direct flight between Agadir...
View ArticleFrench Official Hails Morocco’s Development Efforts in Southern Provinces
The French official was speaking at the opening ceremony of Morocco-France business Forum, a cooperative investment-focused event between Paris and Rabat. The forum, which is being held in Laayoune,...
View ArticleAlgeria Seizes Dictionaries Showing Western Sahara as Part of Morocco
Rabat – “We seized a number of dictionaries showing the Western Sahara as an integral part of Morocco,” Bouzid Dahian, the head of divisional customs inspection of Bordj El Bahri, east of Algiers, told...
View ArticleMarrakech to Host the GEF International Waters Conference
Rabat – The four-day event will include interactive training and experience-sharing through talks, workshops, round-table discussions, campfire chats, lightning talks, and a film festival. Prior to...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI: Morocco Takes Pride in Being African
Rabat – Many have questioned the sincerity of Morocco’s Africa agenda, arguing that Rabat is only trying to respond to the urge to reclaim Western Sahara by advancing Morocco’s own continental agenda....
View ArticleGerman Report Reveals Large Irregular Migration Network in Morocco
By Josh Babb Rabat – The briefing detailed one large irregular migration network composed of 20 leaders which intelligence services dubbed the “schleuser lodge.” The report said the network was the...
View ArticleInternational Festival of African Fashion Promotes Dakhla Show in New York
Rabat – The biennial fashion show, hosted in new African cities every two years, will come to Dakhla in Western Sahara November 21 to 24. The 11th FIMA event will celebrate FIMA’s 20th anniversary. The...
View ArticleAfrican Ambassadors Praise ‘Rapid Transformations’ of Morocco’s Laayoune
Rabat – “Every time we visit the region we witness considerable improvements,” said Ismaila Nimaga, ambassador of the Central African Republic to Rabat. Nimaga said he is impressed by the “rapid...
View ArticleEnglish Proficiency Index Ranks Moroccan English ‘Very Low’
By Mohamed Hikal Rabat – In the 2018 English Proficiency Index, Morocco came sixth out of nine in Africa below South Africa, Nigeria, Senegal, Ethiopia, and Egypt, yet it scored better than Tunisia,...
View ArticleGlobal Insurance Assn. Elects Morocco’s Bachir Baddou to Executive Committe
Baddou, who has also been the director general of the Moroccan Federation of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies (FMSAR) since 2010, was re-elected at GFIA’s general meeting in Luxembourg on November...
View ArticleThe Way Forward for Morocco: Invest in Youth and Social Solidarity
Rabat – The Social, Economic, and Environmental Council (CESE) is an independent consultancy body that conducts studies on socio-economic developments in Morocco. Prized by Moroccan decision makers,...
View ArticleTourism Council: Marrakech 2nd Most Tourism-Dependent City Globally
Rabat – Marrakech, which depends largely on French visitors, makes approximately 30.2 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from tourism. The red city came second to Cancun, Mexico, a favorite...
View ArticleUS, Morocco Discuss Agricultural Cooperation, Free Trade Agreement
Rabat – Initiated in June 2004, the Morocco-US FTA entered into force in January 2006. The agreement essentially applies to agriculture and related products. Gregg Doud, the US trade representative’s...
View ArticlePan-African Intellectuals: “King Mohammed VI’s Dialogue Call to Algeria...
Rabat – In a speech commemorating the 43rd anniversary of Green March—a peaceful popular uprising wherein thousands of Moroccans protested against the Spanish colonial presence in Western Sahara—King...
View ArticleMorocco to Launch Second Surveillance Satellite, Mohammed VI-B
Rabat – The French Arianespace satellite launching company will launch into orbit the new Mohammed VI-B satellite, according to a November 13 press release from the company. The satellite will launch...
View ArticleMorocco and China Celebrate 60 years of Friendship, and Make Plans for a...
Rabat – The Chinese embassy and the Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES), a Moroccan government think-tank, organized the conference in Rabat. The event focused discussion on “The future of...
View ArticleIndustry Minister Elalamy Monitors Industrial Projects in Agadir
Rabat – After touring the sites of the region’s many megaprojects in Agadir and its surroundings, Minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy said he was satisfied at the projects’ pace of development. According to...
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