From The Vault: Moroccan Woman Blazing Trail Across Fshing Sector
Intrafish Ola Sletten In a rigidly traditional culture and industry, engineer is bucking the odds and carving out a successful career. Sjovik pelagic trawler Midoy Dakhla 1, which operates from Dakhla in Western Sahara, is a unique ship, and one of the things that...
Fitch Affirms Morocco At ‘BBB-‘; Outlook Stable
Reuters (The following statement was released by the rating agency) PARIS/LONDON, April 22 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed Morocco's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'BBB-' and 'BBB' respectively. The Outlooks are Stable. The...
WB Grants Morocco 200 mln USD For Disaster Risk Management Efforts
Xinhuanet The World Bank Board of Directors on Thursday approved a 200 million dollars Program for Results operation to support Morocco's disaster risk management efforts. The operation will reward the achievement of specific results in the way the government plans...
Food Prices Push Morocco Annual Inflation Up To 1.8 pct In March
Reuters By Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco's annual consumer price inflation rose to 1.8 percent in March from 0.9 percent in February, due to higher food prices, the High Planning Authority said on Friday. Annual food inflation jumped to 3.6 percent from 1.1 percent the...
GCC Supports Morocco In Western Sahara Claims
Al Bawaba via SyndiGate.info A marathon participant runs through the Sahara desert in Morocco. (AFP/Jean-Philippe Ksiazek) The GCC countries expressed total solidarity with Morocco in its dispute with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s infuriating description of...
Gulf Arabs Back Morocco In Western Sahara Rift With UN
Reuters by William Maclean Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), GCC-Moroccan summit meeting, first Gulf War, Operation Desert Shield,Gulf Arab rulers back fellow monarchy Morocco in its row with the United Nations over the disputed...
Morocco To Overhaul School Textbooks
ANSAmed Morocco's government has ordered the revision of hundreds of state school textbooks to remove what they consider to be discriminatory and intolerant material, particularly images and references of a sexist nature. Other content to be revised in the 390...
So-Called Arab Spring Turned Out To Be A Calamitous Autumn, King Mohammed VI
The North Africa Post King Mohammed VI pointed out Wednesday that the so-called Arab Spring which caused destruction, chaos and human tragedies turned out to be a calamitous autumn and that the Arab world is going through a difficult period. He also warned against the...
Sound Energy Spuds First Tendrara Well Onshore Morocco
Your Project News Sound Energy, the European / Mediterranean focused upstream oil and gas company, is pleased to confirm the commencement of drilling of the first well at Tendrara, onshore Morocco. With the rig-up completed on 15 April, the well was spud on 20 April...
UN’s Ban Demands Western Sahara Mission Be Fully Restored
The West Australian AFP UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the Security Council to restore the UN mission's role in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, warning that extremists could move in to exploit the situation. Ban said in a report obtained by AFP...