Live Hirak : Police units fire teargas at protesters

A number of «Hirak» activists and citizens are set to participate to a march scheduled a week ago on the 20th of July 2017. Banned by the local authorities, security forces and locals in the city of Al Hoceima are getting ready.

Amnesty International : Gdim Izik trial «marred by failure to adequately investigate torture claims»

Following the Gdim Izig trial, Amnesty International has published an article reacting to the verdict pronounced today by the Sale court. The organization states that the Moroccan court «marred by failure to adequately investigate torture claims».

2017 Change Readiness Index : Is Morocco unable to face change ? 

Morocco is ranked 57th among the countries that are ready to change and evolve in the world. This was claimed by the 2017 Change Readiness Index, published every two years by Swiss firm KPMG. Ranking details below.

New study : Morocco, home to the first warm-blooded mammals 270 to 222 million years ago

Warm-blooded animals that managed to survive mass extinction events lived in Morocco 222 million years ago. A study released yesterday suggests that a number of fossils found previously in the Kingdom belong to the first kind of mammals that were able to maintain body heat.

The Polisario Front claims the arrest of 19 Moroccan nationals for smuggling

The Polisario Front announced on Monday the arrest of 19 Moroccans for smuggling and drug trafficking. Through its media outlets, the separatist movement is trying to draw attention away from the drug trafficking war that broke off earlier this month between Brahim Ghali  and Mohamed Lamine Ould El Bouhali‘s gangs.

Hirak : Activists react to the 20th of July march ban

Several leading figures of the Hirak popular movement reacted on Monday night to the prohibition of a peaceful march, scheduled for Thursday the 20th of July in Al Hoceima. Among them, El Mortada Iamrachen who launched an appeal for Moroccans living abroad currently on holidays.

Managed floating in Morocco : Would a 5% fluctuation band be higher than expected ?

The process of floating the national currency has not been finalized yet. The central bank is still obligated to set a fluctuation band that would tie the value of the dirham through a managed float highly suggested by the International Monetary Fund. Announced as a potential 5% fluctuation band by the Head of the government, the CGEM alongside the GPBM both deem it higher than they had expected. 

SaSafit, an association that prevents young Moroccans from turning to criminality 

Saliha Bochhah is a thirty-year-old young woman who goes to work every day in order to help women and most precisely those of Moroccan descent, thanks to her association named SaSafit, which enabled her to find hope where there were any. 

Moroccan Jews : A long-lasting history of co-existence

The Moroccan Jewish community is living in peace with Muslims here in the kingdom. Establishing a harmonium relationship that dates back decades ago before the foundation of Israel in 1948. Unlike other Arab countries Morocco remains one of the most tolerant nations towards Jews.

Arab countries investment attractiveness : Morocco one of the top 5 leading countries

Morocco has been ranked 5th among the most attractive Arab countries for foreign direct investment. The Annual report issued by the Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation considers Morocco as an appealing destination for foreign investors in the Maghreb region.