The biggest drivers of homicides in Morocco are intimate partners and family members, a UN study reveals. Compiled by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the study concludes that criminal activities kill more people than armed conflicts.
The Athletics Integrity Unit, a body founded to combat doping in the sport of athletics, announced, Wednesday, that Moroccan long-distance runner Abderrahmane Kachir has been suspended for violating anti-doping rules, Inside the Games reports. The body founded in 2017 by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has decided to provisionally suspend the athlete after it detected the presence of ibutamoren in his body. The Moroccan runner is ranked 1,665th by IAAF’s
Nominated twice by President Donald Trump, the United States ambassador to Morocco David Fischer has waited 586 days to get confirmed by the Senate. This delay is dubbed unprecedented, especially as previous American ambassadors to the Kingdom waited on average three months.
Morocco’s BMCI has sought a €60 million line of financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), news agency for economic and sectorial information ECOFIN reported said on Wednesday. The fund will be used by the bank to finance Moroccan export-import companies. The loan will be transferred to the bank through the Trade Facilitation Program, an EBRD body set up to promote foreign trade. Data quoted by ECOFIN show that exports by Moroccan firms increased
According to the recent report of the UN Special Rapporteur on racism Tendayi Achiume, Amazigh communities and migrants experience discrimination in Morocco. She urged the Moroccan government to shoulder its racial equality commitments.
It is official now, the rematch between Moroccan-Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer Badr Hari and Rico Verhoeven has been scheduled, Dutch newspaper Parool reports. The two men will be meeting for the second time on December 21 at GelreDome in Arnhem, Netherlands. The heavyweights fought for the first time in 2016. Their heated match ended in a dramatic way, after Hari broke his arm, allowing Verhoeven to win. By the end of the game, Hari promised to come back stronger and beat his
Morocco’s House of Councilors passed, Tuesday, a law on Takaful, a type of Islamic insurance, Reuters reports. Takaful-branded insurance companies will be able to introduce the Islamic system in the Kingdom once it is published in the official bulletin, Islamic banking professionals told the British news agency. «We need in Morocco a supreme financial services authority to ensure a better coordination between the different regulators: central bank, insurance regulator
Platinum Power, a renewable energy investor minority-owned by American capital market company Brookstone Partners, is partnering with CHINA FIRST HIGHWAY ENGINEERING COMPANY (CFHEC) to build a hydropower plant in Morocco, the firm told Reuters on Wednesday. The two firms will have to build and run the $300 million hydropower plant, Platinum Power’s chief executive Omar Belmamoun said in a statement relayed by the British press agency. The two firms will also be partnering for similar
Historical accounts suggest that in 557 A.H, two men disguised as Moroccan pilgrims, planned to steal to the Prophet’s grave in Madina. The story is linked to an Egyptian sultan and a dream he saw.
Morocco is planning to open a tender for operating and maintaining its 230-megawatt solar plant near Midelt, Reuters reported Wednesday, quoting the Moroccan agency for sustainable energy (Masen). On its website, the agency said that the first stage of this tender was launched and that this pre-qualification round will last until September 16. In May, 2019, Masen announced the bidder for Noor Midelt I, an 800 MW solar plant. The winning consortium is France’s EDF Renewables, UAE’s
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