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Thu, 11 Mar 2021 20:40:47 +0000
Morocco’s Vaccination Campaign Garners International Recognition
Rabat – Morocco is receiving a variety of international recognition for its national vaccination campaign against COVID-19.  Observers from the world’s premier financial institution, a French top health expert, and expats receiving their...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 20:25:33 +0000
Morocco’s Dakhla To Host Sahraouiya Women Challenge for Solidarity
Rabat – The seventh Sahraouiya Women Challenge for Solidarity will take place in Dakhla, Morocco from March 13-20.  The association “Dakhla Lagoon for the development of sport and cultural animation” and the Dakhla Attitude group are h...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:57:49 +0000
Casablanca, Hong Kong Trade Centers Sign Cooperation Pact
Rabat — Casablanca and Hong Kong trade center representatives signed on Wednesday a partnership agreement that aims to reinforce economic cooperation and bilateral trade between the two cities. The agreement between the Casablanca Finance City Auth...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:05:08 +0000
Morocco’s Cannabis Legalization: Benkirane Freezes PJD Membership
Former Head of Government Abdelilah Benkirane has suspended his membership with the Justice and Development Party (PJD), after Morocco’s government council adopted a bill legalizing cannabis production for therapeutic use. Benkirane announced t...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:29:44 +0000
Energy Dialogue: UN Names Morocco ‘World Champion’ in Innovation
Rabat – Participants in the UN’s High Level Dialogue on Energy named Morocco as a “high-level champion of dialogue” on the theme “innovation, technology and data.” Morocco received the designation during the UN’s...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:23:58 +0000
WEF Names Moroccan Sanae Lahlou 2021 ‘Young Global Leader’
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has recognized Moroccan woman Sanae Lahlou as one of its 112 Young Global Leaders of 2021. This young leader is the director of consulting firm Mazars’ Africa Business Unit in Morocco. Sanae Lahlou became a Young ...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:16:03 +0000
French-Moroccan Mostafa Salhane Receives France’s Terrorism Victim Medal
Rabat – French-Moroccan Mostafa Salhane, who helped apprehend the Algerian terrorist behind the 2018 Strasbourg attacks, received during a commemoration ceremony on Wednesday the National Recognition Medal for Victims of Terrorism from French P...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:11:08 +0000
Despite Rhetoric, Britain Supports Authoritarian Regimes Worldwide
Rabat – Rabat – Freedom House, a US non-governmental organization, has published a report labeling 64 countries out of 210 as ‘not free’. Remarkably, the report shows that Great Britain does business with the majority of regimes the r...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:05:22 +0000
Morocco Unveils New National Geology Plan
Rabat – Morocco’s Minister of Energy, Mines, and Environment Aziz Rabbah chaired on Wednesday the presentation ceremony of the National Geology Plan 2021-2030 (PNG) at the ministry’s headquarters in Rabat. Through the elaboration of the pla...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:54:35 +0000
Suriname to Open Consulate in Morocco’s Dakhla
Rabat – The Republic of Suriname decided to open a consulate in Dakhla, southern Morocco, Surinamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Albert Ramdin announced today. The official announced the news after his talks with Morocco’s Minister of Foreign...



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