We should not count only on growth to solve unemployment problem: official
Rabat - To solve the problem of unemployment, we should not count only on growth, said minister of employment and social affairs Abdeslam Seddiki. According to estimates, 1 % of growth rate generates...
View ArticleMoroccan Ambassador to UAE in hot water
Dubai, Special Correspondence - Moroccan ambassador to the UAE is facing a mess of his own making following a "malicious complaint" lodged against a Moroccan citizen by a female employee at the...
View ArticleSpain: Police arrests a “Moroccan Jihadist”
Rabat- Spain’s Interior Ministry said police have arrested on Sunday a man from Moroccan origins on grounds of belonging to an al-Qaida linked group participating in the Syrian civil war. The...
View ArticleMorocco sends humanitarian aid to CARICOM countries hit by torrential rainfall
Rabat- In conformity with the instructions by King Mohammed VI and as part of Morocco's active solidarity with friendly countries of the CARICOM, Morocco decided to send humanitarian aid for Saint...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI to chair 20th session of Al Quds committee
Rabat- The Al Quds committee, an offshoot of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), will hold on January 17-18 in Marrakech its 20th session under the chairmanship of King Mohammed VI,...
View ArticleMoroccan Minister of Housing assaulted in the south
Fez- Nabil Benabdellah, Moroccan Minister of Housing was assaulted on Sunday in Assa Zag, a small town in southern Morocco. The assault occurred during a meeting of his party, the Party of Progress...
View ArticleMorocco buys three spying drones from Israel: source
Rabat- While there is a draft law in the Moroccan Parliament seeking to criminalize normalized relations with Israel, the Hebrew nation is reported to have exported a range of military equipment to...
View ArticleDutch Minister of FA Urges King Mohammed VI to Prevent Anti-Israeli Law
Casablanca- According to Dutch news agency Novum, Frans Timmermans, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, has recently urged HM King Mohammed VI to prevent the adoption of a law seen as anti-Israeli...
View ArticleMorocco, Portugal to cooperate in investment promotion in Africa: FM
Rabat- Morocco and Portugal have agreed to set up a task force in charge of creating new mechanisms for promoting investment in Africa, announced, Tuesday in Rabat, Foreign Minister, Salaheddine...
View ArticleMoroccan Supreme Court to launch a TV station
Rabat- The President of the Moroccan Supreme Court, Mustapha Farès revealed on Tuesday that his court would soon launch a web TV and a Facebook/Twitter accounts in order to “save the memory of the...
View ArticleMarrakech Hosts 5th “Marrakech Security Forum”
Marrakech - The Moroccan center of strategic studies is holding this January 24-25 the "Marrakech Security Forum" in the presence of 300 high-ranking civil and military security officials, experts and...
View ArticleRegularization of illegal immigrants in Morocco, taking place in ‘very good...
Rabat - The regularization of the situation of illegal immigrants in Morocco is taking place in "very good condition," said Minister of Moroccans expatriates and migration, Anis Birou, noting that the...
View ArticleAfter Wave of Protests in Tindouf Camps, Polisario Declares State of Emergency
Taroudant- The Forum of Support for the Autonomists of Tindouf said that a wave of protests has broken out in most of the camps in Tindouf and that the Polisario has declared a state of emergency....
View ArticleThe Moroccan minister with a sweet tooth and Benkirane
Rabat- Once upon a time, in the faraway kingdom of Morocco, an Islamist Party leader named Benkirane won the elections of 2011 and formed a coalition government in which he appointed a minister for...
View ArticleMorocco Welcomes Adoption of New Tunisian Constitution
Rabat - Morocco welcomes the adoption of the new Tunisian constitution, describing it as a crucial step in the democratic transition process of the Tunisian sister republic. The Kingdom of Morocco...
View ArticleExpulsion of Syrian refugees: Morocco summons Algerian Ambassador
Rabat – Algeria’s Ambassador to Rabat was summoned Tuesday to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, which conveyed to him Morocco’s “strong disapproval,” following the alleged expulsion by...
View ArticleMoroccan Minister Responds to Corruption Accusations over Chocolate Bill
Sidi Ifni- Abdeladim El Guerrouj, Moroccan Minister of Vocational Training, has been accused of using state funds to make a purchase of chocolate on the occasion of his first child’s baptism. The...
View ArticleAlgeria summons Moroccan Ambassador over expulsion of Syrian refugees
Rabat - Algerian Foreign Ministry summoned on Wednesday Abdullah Belkeziz, the Moroccan ambassador in Algiers, to inform him of its rejection of what it called "the allegations of the expulsion of...
View ArticleWe View Morocco as An Essential Partner in Africa, Indian FM
New Delhi - Indian foreign minister Salman Khurshid, who will start Thursday a working visit to Rabat as part of an African tour that will take him also to Tunisia and Sudan, said that India "looks...
View ArticleBenin Wishes Morocco’s Prompt Return to African Union
Addis-Ababa -Benin's foreign minister Nassirou Bako-Arifari affirmed, on Wednesday, that his country wishes that Morocco returns quickly to the African Union (AU). We hope to overcome the divide...
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