Morocco to Celebrate Eid Al Mawlid November 20
Rabat- In a statement, Morocco’s Ministry of Endowment and Islamic Affairs announced that as the 1st of Rabi Al Awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar fell on November 9, Eid Al Mawlid...
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 ArticleTimes Ranking: 3 Moroccan Universities Rank in Top 1,000 Worldwide
Times Higher Education (THE) included more than 1,250 universities in it’s list. THE notes that Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University in Fez has international exchange programs with several universities...
View ArticleBank Al-Maghrib: Morocco’s Foreign Currency Reserves Down 1.8% in 1 Year
Rabat – While the number is a decrease from 2017, it represents a slight increase from November 2015 (MAD 220.8 billion) and a larger increase from November 2014 (MAD 168.25 billion) During the week of...
View ArticleAppeals Court Expels Arguing Appellant, Moroccan Journalist El Mahdaoui
Rabat- The first appeal hearing of journalist El Mahdaoui, sentenced to three years in prison for failing to report “an attempt to undermine internal state security” to the national police, did not go...
View ArticleEurope Mulls Tracing Products from Western Sahara
On November 5, Lalonde presented her mission report on extending the EU-Morocco fisheries deal into the waters off of the southern provinces in the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee...
View ArticleMoroccans Buy 141,033 Cars in 10 Months, Mostly Dacias and Renaults
According to statistics published by the Association of Importers of Vehicles in Morocco (AIVAM), the country sold 141,033 vehicles by the end of October compared to 137,366 vehicles sold in the same...
View ArticlePope Francis to Visit Morocco in March 2019
Rabat – The pope’s visit, announced Tuesday, will take in Rabat and Casablanca, two cities with Catholic congregations. The pope will spend two days in Morocco March 30-31 at the request of King...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Congratulates Japan’s Emperor on Anniversary of Ascension
Rabat – King Mohammed VI sent congratulations to Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife Empress Michiko on the 28-year anniversary of Akihito’s ascension to the throne, according to the state-run news...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI’s Peace Proposal to Algeria is a Smart Move
By Majid Morcelli Rabat – Even though officials in Algeria have kept silent, some Algerian media have dismissed the proposal as King Mohammed VI’s attempt to distract from the upcoming roundtable that...
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