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Morocco World News
April 22, 2018
The report extols how the Moroccan government “continued to make travel documents available to Sahrawis,” and encouraged the return of “Sahrawi refugees from Algeria and elsewhere.” Furthermore, the State Dept. found “no reported cases of authorities preventing Sahrawis from traveling out of theÃÂ ...
Morocco World News
April 19, 2018
Mr. Fehri, who acknowledged that Morocco also has its own housing and urban planning challenges, despite the laudable advances made in recent years, reiterated the Moroccan government's commitment to creating an environment of decent, “inclusive, and affordable housing system.” The governmentÃÂ ...
Middle East Monitor
April 19, 2018
... subjected to “physical and moral torture as well as a humiliating treatment that degrades human dignity.” Last Thursday, the Moroccan government commented on what Zefzafi said, stating that “the judiciary must assume full responsibility for the inquiry and investigation of this data and revealing the truth.”.
The North Africa Post
April 19, 2018
For the Moroccan Government, the European Council's decision unequivocally confirms the legality of the inclusion of the Moroccan Sahara in international agreements concluded, particularly with the EU and also strengthens the Kingdom as the unique and legitimate interlocutor entitled to concludeÃÂ ...
Anadolu Agency
April 19, 2018
... the Al-Arif Movement, said during his trial at the Casablanca appeals court that he was subjected to "physical and psychological torture and humiliation". The Moroccan government replied that "the judiciary must take full responsibility” in verifying Zafzafi's claims and must investigate “and reach the truth".
Al-Monitor
April 6, 2018
Article Summary. The Moroccan government has accused Islamist and leftist movements of being behind the ongoing protests in the city of Jerada. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal. People march and shout slogans during a protest against the lack of jobs and poverty, Jerada, Morocco, Feb. 10, 2018. RABATÃÂ ...
Morocco World News
March 23, 2018
Rabat – Moroccan Government Spokesman Mustapha El Khalfi expressed his satisfaction on Thursday over the briefing presented by the United Nations Personal Envoy Horst Kohler to the Security Council on Wednesday. After the Security Council meeting, President of the Security Council Karel vanÃÂ ...
Morocco World News
March 8, 2018
Rabat – Saad Eddine El Othmani's government is set to adopt a decree that will suspend the tax on kosher meat consumed by the Jewish community, at the government council on Thursday, March 8, in Rabat. Decree 2.81.180 was introduced by former Minister of the Interior Driss Basri and former MinisterÃÂ ...
Asharq Al-awsat English
March 6, 2018
The Moroccan government signed an agreement on Monday with the Federation of Chambers of commerce, industry and services, aiming to create an innovative partnership to establish special development plans for a comprehensive transformation of representative institutions. To that end, theÃÂ ...
Xinhua
March 5, 2018
She noted that bilateral cooperation has led to "very good results" and helped the Moroccan government in the implementation of many important projects to achieve sustainable development. "Morocco has made significant efforts in a number of areas thanks to the World Bank's support for various sectorsÃÂ ...
Morocco World News
March 3, 2018
Strongly supported by the Moroccan Government, Morocco's 2026 Bid Committee has long been showing its determination to present a credible and thorough submission file to FIFA on March 16 in order to prove that it is able to organize enormous events like the World Cup. As only a few months remainÃÂ ...
Xinhua
March 3, 2018
15, the Moroccan government started the gradual floating of its currency, raising the official band of dirham's fluctuation to 2.5 percent above or below the official rate from the previous 0.3 percent. The latest statistics by the Moroccan Central Bank show that Morocco's dirham barely moved against majorÃÂ ...
FIS
March 2, 2018
The Moroccan government minimized the seriousness of the ruling issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union, saying that "it does not ... reasonable deadlines to start future negotiations (renewal of the agreement)," added Ajanuch, one of the "heavyweights" of the Moroccan government andÃÂ ...
Metro
March 2, 2018
The Moroccan government clamped down on resin (the source of the 'black hash' popular in Britain), and the focus became 'cannabis factories' where skunk was grown. Imports to the UK are now from skunk-obsessed Netherlands, Daly said. He says, 'It's a mixture of clampdown by Moroccan governmentÃÂ ...
Ward's Auto
March 1, 2018
Nexteer representatives signed a memorandum of understanding with the Moroccan government to confirm its investment plans in July 2017. This was followed by the signing of the official agreement by King Mohammed VI as well as Moroccan government officials and Nexteer Automotive representativesÃÂ ...
Xinhua
February 15, 2018
RABAT, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Moroccan government is fully mobilized to support Morocco's bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Prime Minister, Saad Eddine El Othmani, said here on Thursday. The government will fulfil all the "necessary commitments" to win the bid for the 2026 tournament,ÃÂ ...
ESI Africa
February 15, 2018
French renewable energy producer, Voltalia has obtained permits for the development of two hydropower plants with a capacity of 9.8MW and 7.2MW, respectively in Morocco. This was revealed during a Photovoltaica congress of renewable energies in Marrakech. Delivered by the Moroccan Ministry forÃÂ ...
Morocco World News
February 14, 2018
Rabat – The government is preparing a plan to grant a monthly MAD 1,000 payment to one million Moroccan families, as a solution to eliminate or drastically reform the Compensation Fund. The proposed subsidy payment was announced today by Minister Delegate for General Affairs and Governance,ÃÂ ...
The North Africa Post
February 11, 2018
Head of the Government, Saad Eddine El Otmani, Saturday, visited the eastern town of Jerada, which has witnessed unrest and protest in the wake of the death of three miners in abandoned mines late last year and promised economic alternatives benefiting the locals. During his visit, which came followingÃÂ ...
The Hill
February 5, 2018
The Government of Morocco hired four new K Street firms to represent its interests in Washington in a shifting of its lobbying roster. ... Last year, the Moroccan government terminated its Moroccan-American Center for Policy, a government-run lobbying arm, according to Justice Department disclosures.
Morocco World News
December 31, 1999
Rabat – Following recent enormous security escalations and the ensuing humanitarian crisis in the long-running Syrian civil strife, the Moroccan government has issued a statement that firmly condemns the use of chemical weapons and the resort to air strikes, reiterating the Kingdom's diplomaticÃÂ ...
New Telegraph Newspaper
February 16, 2018
Kenya was the original host but because they were not ready with facilities, the North African country was named in October last year as host. Within three months, Morocco staged a near flawless event with 16 African countries on parade. In the past years, the football authorities and government of MoroccoÃÂ ...
Morocco World News
February 16, 2018
Rabat – In a statement released on Thursday this week, the Ministry of Interior revealed Moroccan government's recent humanitarian operations in the regions and localities hit by recent low-temperature levels and heavy snowfalls. All necessary means—human and logistical, the statement said, wereÃÂ ...
African Review
February 16, 2018
The project is in line with the Moroccan government's goal to boost energy production across the country. Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, said, “Morocco has no choice but to strengthen its local energy production capacity and pave the way for promising investments in energy supply. It must also pursueÃÂ ...
Xinhua
February 16, 2018
RABAT, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Moroccan government is fully mobilized to support Morocco's bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Prime Minister, Saad Eddine El Othmani, said here on Thursday. The government will fulfil all the "necessary commitments" to win the bid for the 2026 tournament,ÃÂ ...
ESI Africa
February 16, 2018
French renewable energy producer, Voltalia has obtained permits for the development of two hydropower plants with a capacity of 9.8MW and 7.2MW, respectively in Morocco. This was revealed during a Photovoltaica congress of renewable energies in Marrakech. Delivered by the Moroccan Ministry forÃÂ ...
Morocco World News
February 15, 2018
Rabat – The government is preparing a plan to grant a monthly MAD 1,000 payment to one million Moroccan families, as a solution to eliminate or drastically reform the Compensation Fund. The proposed subsidy payment was announced today by Minister Delegate for General Affairs and Governance,ÃÂ ...
SeafoodSource (blog)
February 14, 2018
The Moroccan government recently announced ambitious plans to strengthen its aquaculture industry, aiming to take full advantage of the country's 3,400 kilometers of marine coastline, which fronts both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. A national fisheries plan, Halieutis, which has been inÃÂ ...
The North Africa Post
February 12, 2018
Head of the Government, Saad Eddine El Otmani, Saturday, visited the eastern town of Jerada, which has witnessed unrest and protest in the wake of the death of three miners in abandoned mines late last year and promised economic alternatives benefiting the locals. During his visit, which came followingÃÂ ...
Morocco World News
February 7, 2018
Kohler's proposal was welcomed by the separatist group, while the Moroccan government was reluctant to meet with Polisario leadership following the group's provocative illegal actions conducted in the buffer zone of Guerguerat. On January 26, Morocco's Government Spokesman Mustapha El KhalfiÃÂ ...
Independent
February 6, 2018
“This may well not be a terrorism case at all, but rather a twisted effort to punish yet another leader of a protest movement that the Moroccan government seems determined to crush.” HRW said Iamrachen was accused of praising and inciting acts of terrorism in Facebook posts about news including theÃÂ ...
Undercurrent News
February 5, 2018
The European Commission, on Jan. 31 2018, initialed a new trade agreement with the government of Morocco. The document -- signed in Brussels, with two Moroccan ministers present -- ignores the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of Dec. 21 2016, which stated that WesternÃÂ ...
The Hill
February 5, 2018
The Government of Morocco hired four new K Street firms to represent its interests in Washington in a shifting of its lobbying roster. ... Last year, the Moroccan government terminated its Moroccan-American Center for Policy, a government-run lobbying arm, according to Justice Department disclosures.
Morocco World News
January 30, 2018
Rabat – The Moroccan government has announced that it will not renew its IMF Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL). The deal, signed in 2011, will end in July 2018. According to the IMF, the PLL “provides financing to meet actual or potential balance of payment needs of countries with sound policies,ÃÂ ...
Yabiladi in English
January 29, 2018
The Moroccan government is planning to get inspired by India's all-in-one biometric ID system to group all the social assitance services in one single payment. Estimated read time: 2'. Morocco to benefit from the Indian biometric cards system to fight against poverty./Ph. DR. Moroccan officials areÃÂ ...
Asharq Al-awsat English
January 29, 2018
The conference, organized by the IMF in cooperation with the Government of Morocco, is taking place in Marrakesh on Jan. 29-30, ... "The IMF is partnering with the Moroccan government, the Arab Monetary Fund, and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development to hold this conference to discussÃÂ ...
Xinhua
January 29, 2018
Co-hosted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Arab Monetary Fund, Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development and the government of Morocco, the high-level conference focuses on promoting higher economic growth, job creation and inclusiveness in the Arab World. Held under theÃÂ ...
Kuwait News Agency
January 28, 2018
FEZ, MOROCCO, Jan 28 (KUNA) -- A renowned Kuwaiti poet was feted in a lavish ceremony late Saturday for his profound efforts to bring exposure to Moroccan and Arab culture. In a star-studded gala that brought together Moroccan government officials and a number of literary figures from across theÃÂ ...
Middle East Online
January 26, 2018
RABAT - The Moroccan government on Thursday denounced the Human Rights Watch's annual report on the human rights situation in the world. A statement issued by the human rights ministerial commission said on Thursday that the Moroccan authorities expressed their rejection of the false accusationsÃÂ ...
CPI Financial
January 22, 2018
Moody's: Government of Morocco introduces gradual foreign exchange rate. The Morocco (Ba1 positive) Ministry of Finance launched a gradual foreign exchange rate liberalisation policy.
Aljazeera.com
January 18, 2018
"The adoption of fees for registration in educational institutions concerns only affordable families, according to regulations that take into account the level of income and ability to pay," Moroccan government spokesman, Mustapha el-Khalfi, told Al Jazeera. However, many Moroccans are concerned that theÃÂ ...
Xinhua
January 15, 2018
RABAT, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Morocco started on Monday the gradual floating of its currency dirham, whose trading ended in a very stable fashion in the first day. After months of hesitation, the Moroccan government decided on Friday to start the gradual floating of its currency, raising the official band ofÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
January 12, 2018
It is clear that the Moroccan Government uses the border to exercise political pressure; more people managed to cross the fence in three days than in the six previous months last February, in the run up to the EU – Morocco negotiations on agriculture and fisheries. It is also worth noting that Morocco doesÃÂ ...
Ecofin Agency: Economic information from Africa
January 12, 2018
(Ecofin Agency) - December 10, 2017, 48 investment and amendment agreements' projects were approved, in various sectors, by the national committee on investments of Morocco, chaired by Saad Eddine El Othmani (photo), Prime Minister. These projects, with an overall cost of DH32.32 billion ($3.4ÃÂ ...
Xinhua
January 11, 2018
RABAT, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Moroccan government has approved 48 new investment projects worth 3.5 billion U.S. dollars in various sectors, the prime minister's office said in a statement on Wednesday. The projects will create 6,190 direct jobs and 13,952 indirect ones, the statement said following aÃÂ ...
Global Voices Online
January 10, 2018
Stories about life in Western Sahara — a disputed territory controlled by the Moroccan government — are rarely told by people who live there. In a militarized environment with aggressive controls on media and citizen reporting, few stories of Western Sahara reach audiences beyond the immediate region.
FIS
January 10, 2018
The government of Morocco considers Western Sahara as a territory of the southern province, and seeks to defend it from any possible threat that may affect its integrity. The adviser's opinion follows a judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU of December 2016, which determined that EU agreements forÃÂ ...
africanews
January 9, 2018
The Moroccan government has subsequently hatched a plan to fight against the cold. Under the codename “Operation Cold Weather”, the plan should allow the distribution of blankets, food, other essentials in remote villages. Sometime last year, three sub-Saharan African countries also reportedÃÂ ...
UN News Centre
January 6, 2018
The UN mission, known by its French acronym, MINURSO, was deployed that year to oversee a ceasefire and a UN settlement plan; however, disagreements between the Government of Morocco and the Polisario Front prevented the holding of the anticipated referendum on the territory's future. A revisedÃÂ ...
Middle East Monitor
January 5, 2018
The Moroccan government promised on Thursday to set up a “new development plan” for the country's north-east region nearly two weeks after protests against the local political elites started in the city of Jerada. The government has said that it wants to commit to “a new participatory development plan toÃÂ ...
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