On Friday, May 17, the Moroccan Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry and Innovation (FMIIP) held a workshop exploring the medicinal and pharmaceutical potential of cannabis. Chaired by Mohamed El Bouhamdi, the event highlighted the economic opportunities in this sector. Medical cannabis «could generate an annual market value of 4.2 to 6.3 billion dirhams by 2028, if Morocco captures a 10-15% share of the European market», El Bouhamdi told Le360. His statements reflect the
The trial of Said Naciri and Abdenbi Bioui, former presidents of Casablanca's Prefectural Council and the Oriental Regional Council respectively, will open on Thursday, May 23, at the Casablanca Court of Appeal. The two PAM leaders will appear alongside 23 other defendants in the «Sahara Escobar» international drug trafficking case. Judicial sources, cited by Le360, reveal the charges against the defendants, with around twenty currently in pre-trial detention. Abdenbi Bioui faces
As part of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development's (BMZ) «Decent Jobs for a Just Transition» initiative, an information meeting was held in Rabat on Thursday, May 16. Representatives from the German Embassy, BMZ, GIZ, and KfW Development Bank attended. During the meeting, the Investment Facility for Employment (IFE) and the Partnership for Employment Program (PPE II) launched their respective calls for proposals: IFE's 2nd call for projects in Morocco
A declassified 1984 CIA document reveals Algeria's efforts to bolster the Polisario Front by strengthening its ties with Iran and Syria. This move was seen as a response to the rapprochement between Morocco's King Hassan II and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the mid-1980s.
«Mohammed Temim, Ambassadeur du Maroc, a la Comédie Italienne» is the title given to a painting of Antoine Coypel in 1682. The painting is expected to be exhibited from Sunday 22nd of October to 25th of February 2018 at the Palace of Versailles allowing visitors to know more about the story of Mohammed Temim, the ambassador of Moulay Ismail sent to meet Louis XIV.
As part of the program organized by the Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) at the International Book and Publishing Fair (SIEL) in Rabat, Italian-Moroccan journalist Karima Moual presented her book entitled «Cold in Italy and other stories of an Italy born elsewhere». A round table discussion promoting the book, published by Luiss University (Rome), brought together Halima Hadir, an Italian-Moroccan textile engineer and fashion designer, and Yassine El Aouak, founder
On the Nouveau Souffle stage set up at the Place des Nations Unies, the Jazzablanca festival (June 6-8, 2024) offers free, open-access concerts alongside paid ones. Featuring emerging artists mixing jazz, folk, reggae, rock, gnawa, and other ancestral music, this program, in partnership with Société Générale Maroc, includes six names selected on the basis of a call for applications launched by the festival at the beginning of the year: The Leila, Anass Oublaïd
From May 15 to 19, the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are organizing the first edition of the Forum of Directors of African Military Schools. Yesterday, a series of presentations and lectures were given at the Collège Royal de l'Enseignement Militaire Supérieur, in Kenitra, on the prospects for cooperation in the field of higher military education. Officers from Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Nigeria, Mauritania, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Mali were
The 33rd ordinary Arab summit concluded on Thursday, May 16, in Manama, Bahrain. The summit's Final Declaration focused heavily on the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians. The Arabs called for the deployment of UN international protection and peacekeeping forces in the occupied Palestinian territory until the two-state solution is implemented. The summit's call echoes proposals by both the Biden administration and the Israeli government for a peacekeeping force. Last October, Israel's
«We note with regret that economic integration and integration among the countries of our organization has not yet reached the level to which we aspire, despite the fact that our countries have all the ingredients for success», King Mohammed VI said, in reference to the Arab Maghreb Union. In his speech to the 33rd Summit of the Arab League, which opened on Thursday in Manama, Bahrain, he further emphasized that «this situation is not inevitable, but requires the adoption of
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