King Mohammed VI Visits Antsirabe Mosque, Names it Mohammed V Mosque
Antsirabe – King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Prince Moulay Ismail, visited, on Wednesday, the “Antsirabe Mosque” which the sovereign re-named after his grandfather late king Mohammed V. King Mohammed...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI, Malgasy President Launch Construction of Hospital,...
Antsirabe – King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Prince Moulay Ismail, and President of the Republic of Madagascar, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, launched, on Wednesday in Antsirabe, the construction works of...
View ArticleBahraini FM: Morocco Enjoys Status Separatists Can Never Attain
Manama – Morocco enjoys an important history in supporting African countries, said on Tuesday Bahraini foreign minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, underlining that a separatist movement can...
View ArticleSpain: 25 Drug Traffickers Caught, Among Them Moroccans
Casablanca — Spanish authorities have announced on Wednesday that they have arrested of 25 people and seized 5.5 tons of drugs over the course of a six-month-long investigation, reports Telquel. Over...
View ArticleGlobal Oil Shale to build a MAD 3Billion Cement Plant in Tarfaya
Rabat – Global Scandinavian energy company, Global Oil, has announced its decision to build a MAD 3billion Cement Plant in Tarfaya, located 1200 km south of Rabat. The decline in hydrocarbon prices...
View ArticleSalé: Police Officer Uses Firearm in Arrest of Criminal
Rabat – A police motorcycle officer discharged his firearm to subdue a criminal under the influence of narcotics, brandishing a bladed weapon, Tuesday, in the Al-Rahma neighborhood of Salé. Morocco’s...
View ArticleMorocco’s Municipal Districts Go Digital
Casablanca — In an effort to facilitate administrative procedures for Moroccan citizens, one company is taking steps towards digitizing the work of several moukataâs, or Moroccan offices of prefecture,...
View ArticleLockheed Martin To Upgrade Moroccan M-16s As Per New $16.3 Million Contract
Rabat – Lockheed Martin signed a $16.3 million contract to upgrade Moroccan F-16 aircraft, according to an announcement made by the United States Pentagon on Tuesday. The Department of Defense said the...
View ArticleAluminum Company ‘Strugal’ Settles in Larache
Casablanca — Strugal, the international leader in aluminum manufacturing, has set up a new industrial unit in the Larache region of Morocco. Strugal’s investment in its new Larache site amounts to...
View ArticleRoyal Air Maroc Reports Double-Digit Growth in Traffic in November
Rabat – Royal Air Maroc saw double-digit passenger growth in November due to the tourism boost the kingdom received from the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Marrakech this month,...
View ArticleAl-Sisi Publicly Supports Bashar’s Regime in Syria
In an interview with the Portuguese broadcaster RTP, Egyptian president Abdelfattah Al-Sisi is expressing support for Bashar Alassad’s regime in Syria. Amid the unprecedented state of tension between...
View ArticleMorocco to Expand English Language in Moroccan Schools
By Soumaya El Filali Rabat – Minister of Education and Vocational Training in Morocco, Rachid Belmokhtar, declared in a speech on Monday during the tenth session of the Assembly for “Azziman Council,”...
View ArticleEgypt Welcomes Outcome of Arab-African Summit With Polisario Participation
Casablanca – Egypt has chosen to continue participating in the Africa-Arab World Summit despite the withdrawal of Morocco and several other Arab countries in response to the presence of the Polisario...
View ArticleBritish Court: BP to Pay Bank of Abu Dhabi $68 Million
Rabat – A British court has ordered the oil and gas major British Petroleum to pay the National Bank of Abu Dhabi more than $68 million to resolve an issue related to the sudden closure of SAMIR,...
View ArticleMorocco Helps Prevent a Terrorist Attack in France
Casablanca – Morocco has reportedly contributed to the arrest of seven people suspected of preparing a terrorist attack in France. Morocco has helped prevent a terrorist attack in France by revealing...
View ArticleOxford Business Group Lauds Morocco’s Economic Growth
Casablanca — Last month, the Oxford Business Group published its annual report on Morocco’s economic growth, displaying the many sectors in which the Moroccan economy has substantially grown and...
View ArticleSaad Lamjarred Cleared of US Sexual Assault Charges
Rabat – Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred has reportedly been cleared of “American woman’s sexual assault charges,” according to Rifat Harb, the woman’s lawyer. Speaking to Al Arabiya English, the lawyer...
View ArticleAutomobile Industry: Morocco Signs 9 Agreements for MAD 441 Million
Casablanca — Nine new investment agreements aiming to grow the Moroccan automobile industry were signed on Wednesday in Tangier. At the 5th Annual of Tangier-Med’s Automative Meetings, a conference...
View ArticleFatima Nejjar and Omar Benhammad Given Two-Month Suspended Prison Sentence
Casablanca — Former MUR officials Fatima Nejjar and Omar Benhammad have been handed a two-month suspended prison sentence. Though they were initially place in detention and later granted a temporary...
View ArticleQuestions About COP22 We Need Answers To
Rabat – A whole year now lies ahead of the Moroccan presidency of COP22; a year in which to make the best of the decisions that have been made in Marrakech. It is also a year to sort out the decisions...
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