Africa, Ambitious Project Strongly Backed by King Mohammed VI
Rabat – Africa is an ambitious project strongly supported by King Mohammed VI, says Youssef Amrani, chargé de mission at the Royal Cabinet. It is a project based on the principles of shared growth,...
View ArticleMedhi Benatia Takes Hiatus from Moroccan Football Team
Rabat – Moroccan footballer Medhi Benatia has decided to take a hiatus from Morocco’s national soccer team in order to devote himself to his club Juventus, he announced on his official website on...
View ArticleRabat and Casablanca Below Top 100 Cities with Best Quality of Life: Report
Rabat – The Mercer firm has published its 2017 ranking of cities with the best quality of life, featuring Rabat and Casablanca for the second year in a row. The Moroccan capital comes 116th in the...
View ArticleMorocco Exhibits Cultural Heritage at Moscow International Travel & Tourism...
Rabat – Morocco is taking part in the 24th Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MITT), taking place on March 14-16. Rabat – Morocco is represented during this event by more than 20...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Inaugurates First Solidarity-Based Market in Morocco
Casablanca – King Mohammed VI launched, on Wednesday in Casablanca, the 19th Annual national solidarity campaign 2017, organized on March 15-25 by the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity under the...
View ArticleWeekly Direct Shipping Service Launched Between Morocco and Russia
Rabat – The worldwide shipping group CMA CGM has launched a new linking service between Morocco and Russia called “AGAX,” allowing the delivery of vegetables and fruits in eight days without any...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Dismisses Abdelilah Benkirane as Appointed Head of Government
Rabat – King Mohammed VI has relieved Abdelilah Benkirane from his position as head of government, a communique from the Royal Cabinet said on Wednesday evening. Two days after the legislative...
View ArticleBenkirane Urges PJD not to React to King’s Decision to Sack Him
Rabat – Following King Mohammed VI’s decision to relieve Abdelilah Benkirane from his duties as appointed Head of Government, Abdelilah Benkirane has urged the Justice and Development Party’s (PJD)...
View ArticleNetherlands Election: VVD Party wins Most Seats According to Exit Polls
Rabat – Early results in the Dutch election are showing Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) has won 31 out of the 150 seats available and it’s enough to put them in...
View ArticleFormer Minister: King’s Decision to Sack Benkirane ‘in Line with Constitution’
Rabat – Khalid Naciri, member of the political bureau of the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS), has stated that King Mohammed VI’s decision to dismiss Abdelilah Benkirane is “perfectly in...
View ArticleBenkirane’s Dimissal: PJD’s Politiburo to Hold Meeting Thursday
Rabat – The General Secretariat of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) said it would hold a meeting on Thursday, following King Mohammed VI’s dismissal of Benkirane. Abdelaziz Rebbah, member of...
View Article5th International Africa Development Forum Kicks Off in Casablanca
Rabat – The 5th edition of the International Africa Development Forum (FIAD) kicked off in Casablanca on Thursday. President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, chaired the opening of the...
View ArticleBurkina Faso President Hails Bilateral Relations with Morocco
Casablanca – President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kaboré highlighted his country’s “exemplary” relations with Morocco on Wednesday at the 5th International Africa Development Forum in...
View ArticlePace of Gdim Izik Trial Picks up as Defendants Take the Stand
Rabat – As of the third day of the reprise of the Gdim Izik trial in the Criminal Chamber of the annex of Courts of Appeals of Salé, Wednesday, only five out of the 24 defendants charged with the...
View ArticleAbdelilah Benkirane: PJD Welcomes King’s Decision on a Positive Note
Rabat – The General Secretariat of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) held their due meeting on Thursday following King Mohammed VI dismissal of Abdelilah Benkirane. As shown in a live video...
View ArticleMoroccan Entrepreneur Launches Europe’s Largest Cyber Defense Center
Rabat – The largest private cyber defense company in Europe, founded by Moroccan entrepreneur Mohamed Boumediane, launched a new center in Montpellier, France on March 7, 2017. The center required an...
View ArticleCAF Elects Ahmad Ahmad New President
By Safaa Kasraoui Rabat – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) elected Ahmad Ahmad to chair the African Football Institution on March 16 in Addis Ababa. Results of the election: Ahmed Ahmed: 34...
View ArticleMorocco to Switch to Daylight Saving Time on March 26
Rabat – Moroccans will turn their clocks forward by one hour (GMT+1) on Sunday, March 26, at 02:00 a.m. The announcement was made Thursday by the Civil Service and Administration Modernization...
View ArticleAftati: “Benkirane is the PJD, and the PJD is Benkirane”
Rabat – Former Member of Parliament for the Justice and Development Party, Abdelaziz Aftati, has publicly stated that the decision to dismiss Benkirane is an attempt to divide the PJD. In his comment...
View ArticleBenkirane: King’s Decision Affected Some PJD Members
Rabat – The Secretary General of the Justice and Development Party, Abdelilah Benkirane, has revealed that the King’s decision to dismiss him has had “some effects” on some other members of the PJD. In...
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