Morocco’s Religious Diplomacy In Africa – Analysis
By FRIDE By Ghita Tadlaoui Over the past decade, Morocco has tried to diversify its traditionally northern-oriented foreign relations southwards. Developing closer economic and political relations with Sub-Saharan African countries, Rabat hoped, would help raise...
Validation Agreement With Morocco Enters Into Force
European Patent Office An agreement allowing European patent applications and patents to be validated with effect for Morocco entered into force on 1 March. This brings to 41 the number of countries for which patent protection can be obtained on the basis of a single...
Morocco Promotes Role As Mediator Of Moderate Islam
Al Monitor For several years, Morocco has been positioning itself as the champion of “moderate” Islam in order to emphasize its role as mediator in the Sahel and West Africa. Mbarka Bouaida, minister delegate of Foreign Affairs, headed the Moroccan delegation at a...
Proactive Weekly Oil And Gas New Summary – Gulf Keystone Petroleum, Petroceltic And Providence Resources
Proactive investors As crude prices remain depressed, it was a busy and significant week for the sector. Here are some standouts. Gulf Keystone (LON:GKP) shares advanced as the Kurdistan focused oil firm put up the for sale sign. The company revealed this week it was...
Morocco Reports Six-Fold Spike In Foreign Filming
The Associated Press Morocco saw a six-fold increase in the amount of money foreign film companies spent in the country to make movies, the head of the film commission said Saturday. On the final day of the National Film Festival in Tangiers, Sarim Fassi-Fihri said...
For A True Arab Spring, The Region Must Move To A Green Economy
The Daily Star Four years ago, I addressed the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development in Montenegro, to present an Arab perspective on regional priorities. This was at the onset of the Arab uprisings that started in December 2010. At that time, we hoped...
Morocco Continues Energy Diversification Push With LNG Roadshow
FORBES Christopher Coats, Contributor Morocco announced plans to continue its push for energy diversification with an effort to increase liquefied natural gas imports over the next five years, including a new terminal in the town of Jorf Lasfar worth $4.6 billion,...
ASTA Hosts Moroccan Tourism Delegation
Contact: Jennifer Michels (pr@asta.org) ASTA - American Society for Travel Agents The American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) held a signing ceremony here today with Abderrafih Zouitene, CEO of the Moroccan National Tourist Office, and other dignitaries and press...
Crew Members Attacked And Hospitalized Filming In Morocco
Deadline.com by Ali Jaafar Two crew members working on NBC’s drama Odyssey have been attacked and hospitalized while filming in Morocco, Deadline has learned. A first assistant director and make-up artist were leaving a restaurant late at night near their apartment in...
Morocco Denounces Amnesty Torture Report
Al Akhbar Morocco has rejected accusations by Amnesty International regarding torture and ill-treatment of detainees in Moroccan prisons. In a Wednesday statement, the inter-ministerial delegation for human rights said that Amnesty's report "does not reflect the...