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
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
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
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, 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
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
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, 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
Morocco will soon accept bids for a $4.6 billion natural gas project, reports Bloomberg on Sunday quoting Energy Minister Aziz Rabbah. In an interview in Abu Dhabi, he said that the Kingdom is intending to «process gas for power and provide gas to industry». «This is a project to build an integrated plant to process gas», he said indicating that the bid will be for a group to build the industrial unit as the financial and technical consultants were chosen. The
On her way to school, a young girl was assaulted on Friday in Toronto because of her hijab, reports The Guardianaq and La Presse. Khawlah Noman, 11, was approached by an individual in his twenties. The latter cut off the girl's veil using a pair of scissors, according to Toronto police. Je pense de tout cœur à Khawlah Noman, qui a lâchement été attaquée ce matin à Toronto. Le Canada est un pays ouvert et accueillant. Les attaques de ce genre ne