Maroc : Nouveaux avantages fiscaux en faveur des auto-entrepreneurs en 2019

La Direction générale des impôts (DGI) informe, dans un communiqué, les auto-entrepreneurs que les dispositions de la loi de finances au titre de l'année 2019 ont prévu deux mesures fiscales en leur faveur. Il s'agit premièrement d'une réduction des taux de l’impôt sur le revenu applicables au chiffre d’affaires encaissé par l’auto-entrepreneur, indique la DGI. Ce chiffre d'affaires est soumis, à

Imlil killings : The Swiss suspect was in direct contact with ISIS, says BCIJ director

More details on the Swiss-Spanish national accused of having links with the killing of the two Scandinavian tourists near Imlil have been made public by the director of Morocco's Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), Abdelhak Khiame. Interviewed by Swiss newspaper 24 Heures and quoted by French-language newspaper Le Desk, the Swiss suspect was radicalized in Geneva after converting to Islam. According the same source, the Swiss national who also bears a Spanish citizenship is a

Marrakech : Premier centre de tri et de valorisation des déchets ménagers et assimilés

La préfecture de Marrakech vient de se doter du premier centre de tri et de valorisation des déchets ménagers et assimilés, le plus grand de son genre au niveau national, qui aura un grand impact sur la protection de l'environnement et l'amélioration du cadre de vie des populations. Située au sein du centre d’élimination et de valorisation des déchets ménagers et assimilés dans la commune de M'Nabha (préfecture

The next African Union summit scheduled for the 9th of February in Addis Ababa

The 32nd Ordinary Summit of the African Union will be held in the Ethiopian capital from the 9th to the 11th of February, says the continental organization. The meeting will discuss «refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in Africa : Towards durable solutions to forced displacement». The Executive Council (of Foreign Ministers) will start working on the resolutions that have to be submitted to the Presidents for approval. It is clear that, unlike the summit held in

Unlike Morocco, Mauritania allows its nationals living abroad to vote during elections

Just like Algeria and Tunisia, Mauritania has just granted its nationals living abroad the right of taking part in parliamentary elections. On Friday, January the 4th, Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), a body that runs elections in Mauritania, shared the final lists that includes the names of candidates running for four parliamentary seats granted to Mauritanian diaspora in Africa, Asia, Europe and America, said the Mauritanian Press agency. The vote is scheduled for

Migration : The European Union says aid granted to Morocco will be delivered soon

After Spain's secretary of state for migration Consuelo Rumi announced that she would fly to Brussels to enquire about the money the European Union is granting Morocco, the body responded in a letter sent on Friday, January the 4th. In a letter, the European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn said that aid granted to Morocco won’t be delayed, reports Spanish news agency Europa Press. The Commissioner stressed that

One third of women arrested for terrorism in Spain are Moroccan

«Nearly 35% of women arrested for terror-related cases in the last decade in Spain are Moroccan», concluded a study conducted by the two criminologists Ariadna Trespaderne and David Garriga. These 21 women were aged between 19 and 25. They were mostly single with a migration background, explains the study quoted by online newspaper Ceuta al dia. 60.9% of these women are Spanish and 34.8% of them are Moroccan. 56.5% of them were born in Spain and 39.1% in Morocco. On the other

Tourist arrivals up 8.5% in Morocco by end of November

A total of 11.3 million tourists visited Morocco in the first eleven months of 2018, up 8.5% compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the Tourism Observatory. The number of foreign tourists increased by 15%, while the arrivals of Moroccan expatriates rose by 2%, said the Observatory which has just published its statistics on tourism in Morocco for November 2018. The increase of foreign tourists concerns several countries, including Italy (+ 15%), Germany (+ 10%), France (+

An ONCF train runs off its rails near Casa Port railway station after collision

An ONCF train derailed on Friday morning near Casa Port railway station in Casablanca. The incident took place at around 8am. The reasons behind the train’s derailment are not known. Contacted by Yabiladi, a source within ONCF, Morocco’s national railway operator, confirmed the information. The same source stated that «it was a minor accident that did not impact rail traffic». Meanwhile, ONCF has not communicated on the incident yet. Meanwhile, ONCF reacted to the

Maroc : Le conseil de gouvernement adopte un projet de loi sur les sacs en plastique

Le Conseil du gouvernement, réuni jeudi, a adopté le projet de loi n°57.18 modifiant et complétant la loi n°77.15 portant interdiction de la fabrication, l'importation, l'exportation la commercialisation et l'utilisation des sacs plastiques, a indiqué le ministre délégué chargé des Relations avec le parlement et la société civile, porte-parole du gouvernement, Mustapha El Khalfi. Présenté par le