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October 22, 2019

Morocco's Marrakech hosts 2nd int'l conference on justice

RABAT, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The 2nd International Conference on Justice kicked off on Monday in Morocco's central city of Marrakech, with the presence of more than 800 representatives from nearly 70 countries.

Held"...

October 22, 2019

Morocco’s National Defense Budget to Increase by 29%

Rabat – Morocco’s 2020 finance bill will account for an increase in the kingdom’s national defense budget.

The budget is set to increase by nearly 30% in 2020, from MAD 35.155 million to MAD"...

October 21, 2019

Education Minister Inaugurates Construction Work of University Northern Morocco

Rabat – Morocco’s Minister of Education and Vocational Training Said Amzazi inaugurated on Sunday, October 20 the construction work for a multidisciplinary university in Taounate in northern Morocco.

Taounate"...

October 20, 2019

Morocco’s Education Minister Says New Bill Will Deliver Quality Education

Rabat – Morocco’s Education Minister is optimistic about the prospects of the series of new reforms initiated to improve performance at Moroccan schools,. The minister says that the broader goal is to boost teaching quality and equal opportunity.

According"...

October 15, 2019

Government Presents 2020 Draft Appropriation Bill To Economic and Social Partners

Rabat - Head of Government Saad Dine El Otmani held a meeting, Monday in Rabat, with representatives of the most representative trade unions and Moroccan Employers' Body (CGEM) in order to present the provisions of the 2020 Draft Appropriation Bill.

In"...

October 15, 2019

Kagame: Africans Should Shoulder Responsibility to Contribute to Africa’s Development

Rabat – President of Rwanda Paul Kagame has expressed his ambition to collaborate with African leaders who contribute to the development of the continent.

Having arrived in Morocco on October 12 to take"...

October 15, 2019

Minister of Agriculture: ‘Apple Prices Are Too Low, They Should Be Higher’

Rabat – Morocco’s minister of fisheries and agriculture, Aziz Akhannouch, visited the National Apple Fair in Midelt, central Morocco, on Thursday, October 10.

Footage documenting the minister’s"...

October 13, 2019

International Road Transportation Professionals to Go on Strike

Rabat – The Moroccan Association for Intercontinental Road Transportation in Morocco (AMTRI-Maroc), the Moroccan Association for Transportation and Logistics (AMTL), and the National Federation for Multimodal Transportation (FNTM) have called all international Road Transportation"...

October 12, 2019

Minister of Education Announces Opening of 46 New Second Chance Schools-Morocco

Rabat – The ministry of national education, vocational training, higher education and scientific research’s headquarters in Rabat hosted yesterday, October 10, the inauguration ceremony of the 2019-2020 academic year of second chance schools.

During"...

October 10, 2019

Morocco reshuffles cabinet, keeps foreign and finance ministers

Morocco announced a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, reducing the number of jobs to 23 but keeping the foreign, finance and interior ministers in their posts, Reuters reports.

King Mohammed VI approved the list"...