Morocco: Country’s Efforts Have Effectively Reduced Terror Threat – U.S. Department of State
Washington — Moroccan authorities' counter terrorism efforts in 2010 have "effectively reduced" the terror threat in Morocco, said the U.S. Department of State in its annual report on world terrorism, released Thursday evening in Washington. In this report, which...
Morocco: Activists Challenge Electoral List Quotas
In response to a recent proposition by the interior ministry, a group of Moroccan pro-democracy associations called for cancelling the women and youth quota in the parliament. The Movement for Democracy of Equality described the bill as a violation of the new...
Morocco’s inflation jumps above f’cast in July
* Annual inflation in July at 1.8 pct vs 0.7 pct in June * Food prices drive rise in inflation to above 2011 f'cast * Surge in prices follows wage, subsidy increases (Adds details and background) By Souhail Karam RABAT, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Inflation in Morocco jumped...
Cash-strapped Morocco hit with higher subsidies bill
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco said on Thursday the amount it will spend this year on subsidies will be 6 percent percent higher than previously thought, straining state finances already suffering from the global slowdown. Morocco has a widening budget deficit after it...
Morocco: HM the King Chairs New Ramadan Religious Lecture
Casablanca — HM King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, flanked by HRH Prince Moulay Rachid and HH Prince Moulay Ismail presided, on Monday at the royal palace in Casablanca, over a new religious lecture in a series of such lectures held during the Muslim fasting...
Chapter 2. Country Reports: Middle East and North Africa Overview
OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM Country Reports on Terrorism 2010 August 18, 2011 The Near East region remained one of the most active in terms of terrorist activity in 2010. Multiple terrorist organizations displayed the capability and intent to strike...
Obama leads calls for Syria’s Assad to quit
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama Thursday led a chorus of calls by world leaders for Syria's president to step down, as the United Nations warned his regime could be guilty of crimes against humanity. Obama also slapped harsh new sanctions on Syria,...
FM welcomes Liberia’s ‘full solidarity’ with Morocco regarding the Sahara issue
Rabat - Morocco's Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri, welcomed the "full solidarity" of Liberia with Morocco regarding the Sahara issue following a meeting on Thursday with his Liberian counterpart in Rabat Toga Grayewea McIntosh. "We welcome the determination of...
Morocco has financial difficulties, not crisis – Govt. spokesman
Rabat - Morocco is not in financial crisis, but it has financial difficulties due to the complex situation caused by the global financial crisis, said on Thursday Communication Minister, Government Spokesperson, Khalid Naciri. At a press conference after the weekly...
Morocco calls on creating an African bank for food solidarity
Rabat - Morocco's Secretary of State to the Foreign Minister Mohamed Ouzzine called, Thursday in Rome, on setting up an African bank for food solidarity. Speaking on behalf of the Group 77 and China at the high-level operational meeting of FAO member states on Horn of...