L’Office chérifien des phosphates (OCP) et Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) ont décidé d'étudier la création d’une joint-venture de production d’engrais de classe mondiale, ayant vocation à détenir des actifs industriels aussi bien à Jorf Lasfar au Maroc qu’à Ruwais aux Emirats Arabes Unis. Ce projet vient renforcer le partenariat entre les deux groupes, annoncé en décembre 2017, relatif
Morocco’s OCP group and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company known as ADNOC have signed an agreement to look at the «phased creation» of a new fertilizers joint venture with plants in the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom, reports Reuters. «The agreement builds on the expanded partnership model we announced last year, as we open our entire value chain to reliable, value-adding, long-term partners, who can complement our capabilities and resources, and enhance our
Morocco has appointed Monday, 14th of May, for the first time, a woman as a Crown prosecutor, reports MAP news agency. In a ceremony held yesterday in Rabat by the the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, Rahmona Ziani was named a crown prosecutor, the first to held a similar position in the country. The reception was attended by head of the Supreme Audit Institution Driss Jettou. Ziani has served for 58 years at the Commercial Court of Appeal in Khemissat and Meknes. On the same
Morocco’s Ciment de l'Afrique (Cimaf) is to build a cement plant in Bouaké, Ivory Coast, expected to produce 300,000 tons of cement per year, reports Journal de Brazza citing the Cimaf’s managing director Khalid Iben Khayat. «We have acquired the land and are preparing the permits to begin construction», said Khalid Iben Khayat. Journal de Brazza recalls that in November 2011, Cimaf Group laid the foundation stone of its first plant in Côte
La Direction du trésor et des finances extérieures (DTFE), relevant du ministère de l'Economie et des finances, a procédé à l'élaboration d'un recueil englobant l’ensemble des offres d’appui au financement au profit des très petites, petites et moyennes entreprises (TPME). Élaboré avec la collaboration de la coopération allemande, dans le cadre des actions entreprises pour favoriser l’inclusion
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected, Monday, the appeal filed by the Moroccan Royal Football Federation and Spanish-Moroccan forward Munir El Haddadi against FIFA and the Spanish football governing body, says the Court in a press release. Morocco’s request to allow Barcelona player Haddadi join the Atlas Lions for the 2018 World Cup in Russia has been rejected previously by FIFA in March 2018. The «decision is now confirmed and the request to change the sporting
The man suspected of sexually assaulting a «Koh-Lanta»’s participant was arrested Monday, May 14, after he arrived in the Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, says AFP. He was released on the same day after being heard by the police, denying all accusations, says Le Parisien. The latter was «placed in custody by the Seine-Saint-Denis police», reports Bobigny public prosecutor. The arrest took place after the daughter of international coach Hervé Renard
Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis is expected to visit Morocco on Wednesday to meet his counterpart, Nasser Bourita, says Europe Press. The two leaders will discuss issues of common interest, including trade, migration policies and the fight against terrorism. Relations between the two countries «are doing well», diplomatic sources said, adding that Alfonso Dastis' visit intends to respond to Nasser Bourita's visit on May 3, 2017 in Spain - his first official trip as
The Ministry of Interior announced Monday, 14th of May, that the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation arrested 4 individuals affiliated to «ISIS», aged between 20 and 27 years old. The arrestees were operating in Fez, Casablanca, Kenitra and Midar (near Nador), says the same source. The first elements of the investigation revealed that the suspects were spreading propaganda, promoting ISIS ideology and were inciting others to carry out terrorist attacks in the Kingdom, says the
Moroccan lender CFG Bank is planning to expand operations in French-speaking countries in West Africa through Ivory Coast or Senegal, says Bloomberg. The bank founded in 1992 wants to begin «strategic alliances» in one of the above-mentioned countries by 2019, Laureen Kouassi-Olsson, the regional head of Western and Central Africa at Amethis Finance, a private-equity which acquired a 13-percent stake in CFG told the same source. «We’re looking at these two countries