La Commission des finances et du développement économique à la Chambre des représentants a approuvé, lundi, le projet de loi n°91.18 modifiant et complétant la loi n°39.89 autorisant le transfert d'entreprises publiques au secteur privé et ce, en deuxième lecture. Les amendements apportés au projet de loi ont concerné, essentiellement, l'harmonisation avec les dispositions de la Constitution 2011, en particulier
Over 12 million tourists visited Morocco in 2018, up by 8% compared to the year before, head of the Moroccan tourism office (ONMT), Adel El Fakir, said Tuesday in Casablanca. These figures indicate a sound tourism industry, he added, noting that the Moroccan tourism industry is one of the most competitive ones in the world. Indeed, this industry has achieved, between 2000 and 2018, an annual growth of 6 pc, which is 2 points higher than the global growth of the sector, El Fakir said This
Moroccan Prosecutor has issued an international arrest warrant against Egyptian journalist Ahmed Mansour who works for Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera. Reports indicate that the Interpol’s office in Lyon, France, has also issued an arrest warrant against the famous journalist, following a request submitted two weeks ago by Morocco. The Egyptian TV anchorman is wanted because of his alleged «customary marriage». In 2015 Mansour chose this kind of marriage, which is not
The training of Moroccan teachers in English was at the center, on Monday in London, of a meeting between Minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research Said Amzazi and Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Alistair Burt. During these talks, held on the sidelines of the World Education Forum, in the presence of Director of the British Council John Mitchell and Secretary of State for vocational training
Morocco’s Ahmed Charai has joined the International Crisis Group, a non-profit, non-governmental organization that carries out field research on violent conflict and advances policies to prevent, mitigate or resolve conflict. This membership will allow Morocco to influence the editorial choices of the ICG, headed by American lawyer Robert Malley who served at the National Security Council under Barack Obama from February 2014 until January 2017. As a member of the International
Two of Horst Kohler's collaborators visited, on January the 17th and 18th, Laayoune. «In the city, Elfi Klabunde, German, and Hékène Halling, Swedish, met representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees», a well-informed source told Yabiladi. «They then flew to the Rabouni camp. Their stay in the Polisario will come to an end on January the 25th. They are expected to meet members of the UNHCR delegation there», the same source
The funeral of Maren Ueland took place Monday, January the 21st, in Time, a municipality in Rogaland county. The church service was attended by Morocco’s ambassador to Norway, Lamia Radi, Norway’s health minister and several dozen students from the University of Southeastern Norway, where Maren and her Danish friend used to study, reports AFP quoted by the Daily Mail. Ahead of the service, the Moroccan ambassador told TV2 that «Morocco wanted to be present today to
Les clubs marocains du Hassania d'Agadir, de la Renaissance Berkane et du Raja de Casablanca évolueront dans le groupe A de la Coupe de la Confédération africaine de football (CAF), à côté de l'AS Otoho du Congo, au terme du tirage au sort effectué ce lundi au Caire. Seize équipes, dont huit arabes, se sont qualifiées à la phase des groupes de la Coupe de la CAF et ont été réparties en quatre
A Polish lawyer was reportedly expelled from Morocco on January the 16th for «having spoken with pro-Polisario students», reports online newspaper Por Un Sahara Libre. On Wednesday the police «broke into the house of a Sahrawi student involved in cultural activism, where layer Justyna Paulina Wrobel was staying», the same source wrote. The student told the Nushatta Foundation that «law enforcement officers who wore plainclothes stormed his house,
En mission d'entrainement, un avion de chasse Mirage F-1 des Forces royales air (FAR) s’est écrasé, dans la journée du 21 janvier 2019, aux environs de 12h30, dans la région de Taounate. Un communiqué de l'Etat-Major Général des FAR, relayé par l'agence MAP, précise que ce crash a été causé par une panne technique. Le pilote, qui a réussi à s’éjecter de l’avion, est