Economic growth is expected to reach 4.3% in 2017, compared to 2016 when it was 1.2%, and to return to 3.1% in 2018, according to Bank Al-Maghrib forecasts. «Overall, after reaching 1.2% in 2016, growth is expected to increase to 4.3% in 2017 and return to 3.1% in 2018», Bank Al-Maghrib forecasts said on Tuesday during the 3rd quarterly meeting of its Board for 2017.
Diorh, a consulting firm in the development and optimization of human resources, organized a conference, today in Casablanca, to present the findings of a survey on the level of compensation in structured companies in Morocco in more of 14 sectors. The findings give an overview about the significant differences between managers and non-executives in Moroccan companies, across all sectors. In addition, the salaries of leaders in Morocco are much higher than those based in Spain, Germany or
Casablanca is set to host the Design Week, which will be an opportunity for designers and creaters to gethaer for seven days, according to a press release issued by the Houna collective, the organizer of the event. Casablanca Design Week, «a unifying event, conceived as a free initiative and enameled by exhibitions, meetings and discoveries, to confirm the dimension of Casablanca as a place of creation» will be held from the 24th to the 30th of October and will bring together
While the General Directorate of Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) has denied the circulating news suggesting that a hunger strike has been initiated by several Hirak detainees, the Moroccan Observatory of Prisons declared on Monday that the health of prisoners in the local prison in Ain Sbaa, Casablanca is deteriorating. Meanwhile, demonstrations and arrests have been resumed in the Rif province as the trial of activist Nawal Ben Aissa is scheduled for the 23rd of October.
On Tuesday, 26th of September, representatives from eight European countries and Canada visited Laayoune. «They are expected to meet with local authorities, members of the MINURSO and civil society (unionist and separatists», said a source from the city to Yabiladi. Diplomats, who have just spent three days in Dakhla, will leave Laayoune on Thursday 28th of September and a delegation from the US embassy will take its place. The US mission will be led by the human rights
Two Burkinabe migrants died on Saturday night near Beni Ensar after being asphyxiated by tear gas fired by the Moroccan security forces, according to El Faro de Melilla. The information was confirmed yesterday by Spanish journalist Helena Maleno, a specialist on migration issues. She also reported that four other men had to be taken to the hospital for medical assistance. On Sunday, early in the morning, a group of migrants tried to reach Melilla by "a sort of tunnel or old sewers" near Beni
Henley-Partners-Kushnov agency recently published the 2016 Quality of Nationality Index. The report ranked 159 countries worldwide. Morocco was listed 125th globally, dropping four places in the scale compared to the 2015 ranking.
«A soldier in the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) contingent of the UN Multi-Dimensional Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) in the Central African Republic was seriously wounded on Friday during an exchange of fire with an anti-Balaka armed group», MAP news agency reports quoting a military source. «The anti-Balaka armed group attacked a FAR contingent patrol at 15:16 on an escort mission to a UN logistics convoy,» the source said. The attack took place 100 km west of Bangassou,
On the sidelines of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Kingdom of Morocco and UNICEF organized a panel at the UN headquarters to promote South-South cooperation in the field of child development. Early childhood development is essential for achieving the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well as several of its objectives, particularly those related to the eradication of poverty, hunger and improved nutrition, lifelong learning, achieving gender
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders reacted to the condemnation of Mr. Hamid El Mahdaoui, director of the Moroccan news website Badil.info, and the detention of Mr. Rabie Al-Albak, correspondent of Badil.info in Al Hoceima, as well as the degradation of his health, on the website of the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH). As a reminder, on 12 September 2017, the Al Hoceima Court of Appeal sentenced Mr. Hamid El Mahdaoui to one year in prison and