King Mohammed VI presided on Monday at the royal palace in Rabat, a ceremony during which the Moroccan-Nigerian agreement regarding the launching of the Gazoduc and the fertilizers project was signed. The event was attended by the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama who recalled the King’s last visit to Abuja where he met the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari. After a few months the two countries have succeeded to launch the implementation of the two bilateral
In a survey released yesterday 15th May by the High Commission for Planning, 97.1 per cent of Moroccan families expect food prices to increase while 1.4 only awaits the opposite, the Middle East Monitor reports today. The same source states that 87.4 per cent of families think that supply costs have increased during the past 12 months compared to 0.6 who claimed the contrary. The survey suggests that one third of Moroccan families had to borrow money to afford the spending of the first quarter
The World Bank Morocco Country Economic report is back to investigate the economic growth of the country. Released today by the international financial institution, this review urges Morocco to boost youth’s integration in the economic and social process.
Released on the 12th of May, the 2017 Fragile States Index has ranked Morocco 84th among other countries, assessing their social, economic and political situation. The ranking considers the Kingdom an improving nation yet assigns it an «elevated warning» state.
Prime Minister, Saadeddine El Othmani, promised to solve the crisis of the Syrian refugees stuck in a no man’s land near the borders that seperate Morocco and Algeria, announced Mohammad Habach, head of the Syrian Peace Initiative to Al3omk website. The Islamist, who used to back Bachar Al Assad regime before joining the opposition, claimed that El Othmani has promised in a conversation held over the phone to «examine the issue and initiate talks» to find a solution for the
The Moroccan diva, Latifa Raafat, is not willing to retire anytime soon, The National reports. The 52-year-old singer denied rumors of her retirement stating that : «I don’t know where that came from, to be honest. I am still enjoying my work and it keeps me going.» Latifa has been around for three decades now, she participated in the creation of several successful songs such as «Maghyara», «Dunia», and «Ya Hli Ya ‘Ashrani». «As
A Moroccan UN peacekeeper was killed today 13th of May in an attack in the Central African Republic, the United Nations reports. Moroccan soldiers were targeted during the night in the town of Bangassou by an armed group. «In the firefight, one peacekeeper of the Moroccan contingent died from gunshot injuries», the UN mission MINUSCA stated in a communiqué. This attack comes merely days after a previous one that targeted Moroccan peacekeepers on the 8th of May 2017 in the
Youssef Ksiyer, the Moroccan comedian, is back again with another hilarious video. After mentioning the three things that Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have in common, it is time to move to another annoying phenomena that people have been encountring all over the internet these days. Ksiyer is all about fake news in his second short clip in english. With the emergence of social media, internet users have to deal everyday with a huge number of false, unnecessary and confusing news. So brace
Muslim and Jewish Moroccans were reunited recently in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in a cultural event that highlights the diversity and richness of the Moroccan culture and the traditional Moroccan Jewish art. During this ceremony organized by the Israelite consistory of Luxembourg, presided by Albert Aflalou and attended by the consul general of Morocco in Liège, Hassan Touri, the attendees watched the movie «Tinghir-Jérusalem, les echos du mellah». The documentary
Morocco will allow the stranded refugees in its borders enter its territory only if they «pass through the regular diplomatic channels», Middle East Monitor reports. The Minister in Charge of Moroccans Residing Abroad and Migration, Abdelkrim Benatiq declared to the same source that : «The refugees have to go either through the Tunisian embassy or any other embassy in another country, and then we will process their case files in accordance with the immigration and asylum