Honoring A Muslim King Who Saved His Jewish Citizens
The Jewich Week by Peter Geffen Special To The Jewish Week It was truly an extraordinary moment. The majestic doors of Congregation B’nai Jeshurun on Manhattan’s Upper West Side opened one evening last month and in walked Her Highness, Princess Lalla Hasna of Morocco,...
Morocco Solar Body Invites Bids For 400MW Plant
Trade Arabia Masen, Morocco's agency for solar power, has invited bids for the development of a solar power plant with a total capacity of 400 MW, a report said. International bids have been called from February 1 for the development of the first phase of the Noor...
Morocco Government Adopts Draft Bill On Pension Reform
Reuters by Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco's government adopted a bill on Thursday outlining planned reforms to the pension system that unions say would damage workers rights and have vowed to block. The proposed changes to state pension funds include an increase in the...
Morocco Arrests Seven On Suspicion Of Islamic State Ties
Yahoo News Reuters by Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco said on Friday its security forces had arrested a group of seven suspected Islamist militants linked to Islamic State, including the group's leader, who has been recruiting fighters. The North African kingdom, an ally of...
Morocco’s Changing Civil Society
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace On December 12, 2015, the Théâtre de l’Opprimé (Theatre of the Oppressed) performed its play B7al B7al (“All Equal”) in the streets of Ain Sebaa, a neighborhood of Casablanca, in front of a crowd of hundreds. The play...
Morocco Suspends Mobile Internet Voice Calls
Reuters by Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco has stopped calls made through mobile internet connections, the national regulator announced, a move that could boost voice revenues for local telecom operators. The ban will apply to the three mobile operators in Morocco who offer...
Morocco Government Adopts Draft Bill On Pension Reform
Reuters Morocco's government adopted a bill Thursday outlining planned reforms to the pension system that unions say would damage workers rights and have vowed to block. The proposed changes to state pension funds include an increase in the retirement age to 63 by...
The Polisario’s New Leadership Attacked From All Sides
Sahara News by Ali Haidar The reelection of the Polisario leadership during the separatists’ 14th congress held last December in the Tindouf camps has been decried by internal dissents and by opponents living in exile. The head of the Polisario, Mohamed Abdelaziz, and...
Spain Backs Argentina’s Statement On Falkland Islands, Mentions Gibraltar Issue
Eurasia Review by Eurasia Review Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation said it shares the call contained in a statement by Argentina’s Foreign Affairs Ministry to seek a peaceful and lasting solution with the United Kingdom through bilateral negotiations...
Morocco GDP Grows 4.7 pct In Q4 2015, To Slow To 2 pct In Q1
Reuters by Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco's economy grew 4.7 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2015, up from 2.2 percent in the similar 2014 period thanks to higher agricultural output, the national planning agency said on Wednesday. Morocco announced a record...