Le Maroc sous la neige : 5 000 kilomètres de routes fermées cette année

Le ministre de l'Equipement, du transport, de la logistique et de l'eau, Abdelkader Amara, a affirmé, lundi, que près de 5 000 kilomètres de routes nationales, régionales et provinciales ont été fermés au cours de cette année, en raison des chutes de neige «exceptionnelles». En réponse à une question orale sur les «Mesures prises pour le désenclavement des régions encerclées par la

Abdellatif Merdas’ murderer sentenced to death

Hicham Mouchtari, accused of killing in March 2017 MP Abdellatif Merdas, has been sentenced to death, reports Media 24. The accused was found guilty Monday, January the 15th, after a hearing that took place in Casablanca’s Appeal Court. The sentence was required by the public prosecutor. His widow, Ouafae Ben Samadi, his nephew, Hamza Mouchtari, as well as Roukia Shahbou, are all considered as accomplices, actively participating in the commission of the crime. They were sentenced to life

USA’s APHIS lifts the ban on citrus imports coming from Berkane

The U.S is to lift a ban it imposed on citrus imports coming from the Berkane region, reports on Tuesday Fresh Fruit Portal. The embargo on Moroccan tangerines, clementines, mandarins and sweet orange was put when the country detected Mediterranean fruit fly, known as Medfly, in the imports in December 2016. According to the same source, the ban imposed by the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency (APHIS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture responsible for

The attack targeting a veiled girl in Toronto did not happen, according to police

An incident involving a 11-year-old girl who claimed that her hijab was cut by an individual outdoors «did not happen», according to the Toronto police, reports CTV news on Monday. On Friday, local police said it was investigating about a girl that claimed being attacked by a man with a pair of scissors while going to school in the eastern part of the city. According to the police, the girl was on her way to school when she noticed that a man was trying to cut her hijab with a

Le déficit de la balance commerciale du Maroc frôle les 190 MMDH

Les échanges extérieurs du Maroc ont été marqués par une aggravation du déficit de la balance commerciale de 2,6% à 189,8 milliards de dirhams (MMDH) durant l'année écoulée, contre 185 MMDH en 2016, selon les données de l'Office des changes. Les importations ont atteint 434,7 MMDH, soit une hausse de 6,3%, alors que les exportations ont progressé de 9,3% à 244,9 MMDH, indique l'Office des changes dans

Spain’s MCP invests in the construction industry by acquiring a stake in TGCC

Mediterrania Capital Partners, a Barcelona-based private equity fund, is to acquire through its third fund (MC III) a stake in ‘Travaux Généraux de Construction de Casablanca (TGCC)', a building and real-estate company, announced the company in a communiqué sent to Yabiladi on Monday. The new acquisition is set to support the company, founded in 1991 by Mohammed Bouzoubaa and operating in Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa, through its expansion plan in both the

Masdar installs more than 19,000 solar home systems in Morocco

Masdar, the Middle East’s largest exporter of renewable energy, announced on Monday, 14th of January, at the Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Week that it has managed to equip around 128,000 homes with solar home systems, reports the Emirates News agency. According to the same source, the company has installed a «landmark off-grid solar power project that extends energy access to 19,438 homes in more than 1,000 rural villages in Morocco». The project entitled «the

Bank al-Maghrib sets dirham band on the first day of the new exchange rate regime

As announced on Friday, 12th of January, Morocco is adopting a new exchange rate. On the first day of this new regime, the dirham is determined within a band of 8.9969-9.4524 Moroccan dirhams to the U.S. dollar set by Bank al-Maghrib, reports Reuters on Monday. This was revealed also by Medias 24, which indicates that every morning; Morocco’s Central Bank will have to determine the currency reference exchange rate against the dirham on the basis of quotations from banks with the status

Décès de deux femmes dans une bousculade au point de passage de Bab Sebta

Deux femmes ont trouvé la mort suite à une bousculade survenue ce lundi matin au point de passage de Bab Sebta, apprend-on auprès des autorités locales de la préfecture de M’diq-Fnideq dans un communiqué. Une enquête a été ouverte par les autorités compétentes sous la supervision du parquet en vue d’élucider les tenants et aboutissants de cet accident, ajoute-t-on de même source.  Ces

Orlando Bloom celebrates his 41st birthday in Marrakech

Orlando Bloom, a British-born Hollywood actor, celebrated his 41st birthday in Marrakech, attending the third race of the Formula E season on Friday, 12th of January, reports E News. Accompanied by his famous friend, Leonardo DiCaprio, the star mostly known for his epic role in the film series Lord of the Rings, quad biked in the desert all while posing with Alejandro Agag, founder and CEO of Formula E. He also drove one of the race cars with the help of Sam Bird, ABB FIA Formula E Champioship