Government

April 26, 2018

3 Moroccan Academics Receive French Solidarity Award

Three Moroccan academics received gold medals of French Solidarity in recognition of their merits, skills, and their important role in the promotion of the francophone studies and the rapprochement between Morocco and the French-speaking countries.

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April 26, 2018

Meknes-East Highway Increases Toll Booths

In celebration of the debut of the 13th Annual International Agriculture Fair (SIAM), the Moroccan National Society of Highways (ADM) announced the opening of new toll booth stations on the Meknes-East highway. The Meknes-East Highway already has six toll booths in service, and announced that it intended to open an additional four. The increase in toll booths reflects ADM’s goal to modernize and invest more in national highway infrastructure. ADM emphasized its wish to consolidate transport time and improve traffic circulation in......

April 26, 2018

Morocco Provides Healthcare Facilities to 770,000 Diabetics: Minister of Health

Around 770,000 diabetics are granted access to healthcare facilities in Morocco, said Minister of Health Anas Doukkali, responding to a question posed by Istiqlal party about healthcare system in the country during the council meeting held in Rabat on Tuesday, April 24.

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April 26, 2018

Morocco’s Tourist Arrivals Increase 24% During 1st Trimester of 2018

The tourism sector in Morocco continues to forge on, with 24 percent of tourism growth recorded during the last three months of 2018, according to Morocco’s Ministry of Tourism, Air Transport, and Handicrafts.

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April 26, 2018

UN launches youth initiatives in four Muslim states

The United Nations has launched a project to support youth-driven initiatives in education, science, culture and the media in Jordan, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, according to a press statement released on Tuesday.

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April 26, 2018

Deputy PM Phạm Bình Minh meets Moroccan official

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh received Moroccan Secretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mounia Boucetta on Tuesday.

Boucetta is visiting Việt Nam to co-chair the fourth meeting of the Việt"...

April 26, 2018

Belarus showcases its products, innovations at SIAM expo in Morocco

Belarus is showcasing its products, science and technology solutions at the 13th International Agriculture Show SIAM 2018 running in Meknes (Morocco) on 24-28 April, BelTA has learned from the National Center for Marketing and Price Study at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, which"...

April 26, 2018

World Bank Group, IMF to hold 2021 annual meetings in Morocco

The 2021 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, in October 2021, following a vote by the Boards of Governors of the two institutions, the IMF announced Wednesday.
The IMF said in a statement 'the"...

April 25, 2018

Moroccan refinery can gain much from an Iraq alliance

Iraq is reported to be making an offer to Morocco that may result in relaunching operations at the shuttered 200,000 barrels a day refinery in Mohammadiya. If the deal goes through, and I am enthusiastic, it could prove strategic to both. Dow Jones had reported BB Energy and another European"...

April 25, 2018

Morocco’s inheritance laws are hurting women and must be reformed

One hundred Moroccan intellectuals have signed a petition demanding that the country’s sexist inheritance rule be repealed. I am among the signatories. This rule, ta'sib, is enshrined in the Moroccan family code, a document that outlines laws and rules related to family matters. It is, overall, a fairly progressive document – but not when it comes to inheritance. Ta'sib decrees that “female orphans who do not have a brother must share the inheritance with the male relatives closest to the deceased … even if unknown and [has] never been part of the family”. As I’ve argued in my research on the subject,......