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Morocco’s Omnidor to Invest MAD 3 Billion in Five Years
Rabat - Omnidior has unveiled its strategy for 2020. The real estate subsidiary of Omnipar plans 3 billion Dirhams of investments in five years to build 8,000 residential units (60 per cent average...
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Bahraini Shiites Should Want Freedom for Everyone
Istanbul - Wherever you look in the Arab world today you see political turmoil, conflict and internal feud. Bahrain is one such country. Readers will remember that the winds of change caused by the...
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Delivery of Public Services in MENA Fails to Meet Citizens’ Needs: WB
Rabat - A new report released Thursday by the World Bank has shown that the delivery of essential public services in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) "is failing to meet the...
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Morocco’s Anti-Crime Office to Be Given Expanded Powers
Rabat - If adopted, the new draft law of proposed amendments to the Penal Code could give the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) - an offshoot of Morocco's domestic intelligence agency...
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Dieudonné’s Casablanca Performance Canceled By Demand of Jewish Organization
Taroudante - The performance of controversial French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala scheduled for April 29th in Casablanca has been canceled apparently by demand of a French Jewish organization....
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Moroccan Family Arrested on Its Way to Join ISIS
Rabat - A Moroccan family from Melilla has been arrested in Turkey on their way to Syria to join the ranks of terror group known as the Islamic State, Spanish Interior Ministry said Saturday. The...
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Morocco Second for Economic Growth in MENA in 2015: IMF
Taroudante- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a global economic outlook study for 2015, ranking Morocco second after Qatar in terms of economic growth. In its paper entitled "Uneven...
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Morocco Sent Bouteflika Flowers, Chocolate When He Was in Paris Hospital
Rabat- During his stay at the Val de Grace Hospital in Paris, France, between April and July 2013, the Moroccan government sent Algerian Presiden Abdelaziz Bouteflika a bouquet of flowers and three...
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Morocco Arrests Seven-strong Criminal Gang Operating in Several Cities
Rabat - The anti-organized crime squad of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), an offshoot of Morocco’s domestic intelligence agency (DGST), arrested seven members of a criminal gang...
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Morocco Donates 10,000 Cattle Semen Doses to Improve Red Meat Production in Mali
Bamako - A Moroccan donation of 10,000 cattle semen doses meant to improve red meat production was handed on Friday to Mali's rural development ministry. The ceremony was attended by Malian rural...
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Boat Carrying 700 Sub-Saharan Immigrants Capsizes Off Libyan Waters
Rabat – About 700 sub-Saharan immigrants are accounted for off Libyan waters, according to the UNHCR. According to Italy’s ANSA news agency, an estimated 700 people were aboard and only 28 people had...
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Moroccan Real Madrid Fans Unveil Spectacular Tifo in Bernabeu Stadium
Rabat - The association of Moroccan fans of Real Madrid, known as Pena Casa Madridista, delighted the 80,000 Madrid fans who were present at the Santiago Benrebeu stadium on Saturday. The Moroccan...
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Two Moroccans Among 100 Most Powerful Arabs Under 40
Rabat - Two Moroccans were included on the Arabian Business Magazine's annual list of the 100 Most Powerful Arabs Under 40. Most of the personalities selected for this year's list were from Gulf...
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US ambassador to Morocco: I love Moroccan cuisine
Taroudante- During the Moroccan-American food week, which ended Saturday on the shores of Bouregerg in Rabat, US ambassador to Morocco Dwight L. Bush expressed his love for Moroccan cuisine. Bush...
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Moroccan Man Sets Himself on Fire as Germany Refused to Grant Him Asylum
Rabat - A Moroccan citizen set his body on fire in the streets of the state of Saxony, Germany on Saturday after German authorities refused to grant him political asylum in the country and decided to...
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3.7-magnitude quake hits Morocco’s Al Hoceima Province
Rabat- A 3.7-magnitude tremor on the Richter scale was felt on Sunday in the Al Hoceima province, the National Geophysics Institute announced in a statement. The quake occurred at about 11.56 a.m.,...
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King Mohammed VI Named Personality of the Year for Family Cohesion
Rabat- King Mohammed VI of Morocco was named “personality of the year for family cohesion” by the Arab Family Award. The award was bestowed on the Moroccan monarch in "recognition of his efforts and...
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Clinton Foundation Restricts Foreign Donations, Morocco Not In the List
Rabat - The Clinton Foundation has decided on Wednesday night to limit foreign donations to only six foreign countries that have previously “funded Clinton Foundation programs.” After waves of...
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Another Boat Carrying 300 Immigrants Capsizes in the Mediterranean
Rabat - After a boat carrying an estimated 700 people sank off the Libyan coast over the weekend, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday it had received a distress call from...
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ISIS Terrorists Execute Group of Ethiopian Christians in Libya
Rabat - A new video released on Sunday by the so-called Islamic State shows militants affiliated with the terror group in Libya executing two groups of Ethiopian Christians. Titled "Until There came...
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