Friend of the Sea pushing omega-3 sustainability
Friend of the Sea (FOS), the non-government organisation that certifies wild and farmed seafood, is backing the marine-sourced omega-3 supply with a commitment to publicise supplier efforts that meet its criteria. It notes 32 “fish oil, fishmeal and omega-3”suppliers...
Facebook Has Uncertain Future in Africa
Protesters hold "f"s in recognition of social network site Facebook's role in the North African revolts, during a protest by thousands over civil rights, in Rabat, Morocco, March 2011. U.S. media reports say Facebook is set to make an initial public offering of stock...
Team DHL Freight pushing pedals in a big way
A DHL Freight team is participating in Mission Morocco – an attempt to cover 2,777 km with speed bikes in maximum 31 days - for a fund-raising project for the charity SOS Kinderdörfer. The team’s three cyclists have just set a milestone by going over a huge mountain...
Joy of cinema opens up for Morocco’s blind
The Zinbabwe Independent AS Aziz Bouallouchen walks into the foyer of a plush cinema in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, he is given not a pair of 3D glasses that one can expect to find in many cinemas around the world but a pair of headphones. Bouallouchen, in his...
Morocco wants consensus resolution on Syria
Morocco, the only Arab country currently sitting on the UN Security Council, vowed Wednesday to push for a consensus resolution on the deadly crisis in Syria. "We are committed with all our partners to achieving a consensus on this resolution," Foreign Minister...
New government revises Morocco’s growth forecast down to 4.2%
First Published: 2012-02-02 Moroccan government revises its 2012 growth forecast to 4.2 percent, short of target set by country's new prime minister. Middle East Online RABAT - The Moroccan government on Thursday announced it had revised its 2012 growth forecast to...
Morocco predicts lower growth for 2012
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco's finance minister predicted Thursday the North African kingdom's growth rate for 2012 would drop to 4.2 percent because of the economic crisis in Europe. Morocco has had an average growth rate for the past five years of around 4.8...
July capacity rise for Morocco refinery
www.ArgusMedia.com London, 2 February (Argus) — Capacity at Morocco's only refinery at Mohammedia will rise to 218,000 b/d by 1 July with the start-up of a new 88,000 b/d crude distillation unit, according to an official at state refining company Samir. Capacity might...
Morocco: The ride of our lives on the ships of the desert
'He gently settled Lucien on top of an alarmingly large beast while we all clambered aboard our various animals' By Rosie Millard Last Updated: 3:44PM GMT 02/02/2012 It may have been scorpion-free, but a family trip to the Moroccan Sahara made for a challengingly...
In Morocco, Islamist and Jew have embraced
THE JEWISH CHRONICLE ONLINE By Andrew Rosemarine, February 2, 2012 Follow The JC on Twitter Serge Berdugo, the ebullient Secretary-General of Moroccan Jewry, is upbeat as the first-ever Islamist-headed government takes office in Morocco. A former minister of tourism -...