Morocco Jan-Mar trade Deficit Rises 5.5 Pct
Reuters By Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco's trade deficit rose 5.5 percent to 37.28 billion dirhams ($3.88 billion) in the first three months of 2016 compared with a year earlier, due to higher equipment and wheat imports, the foreign exchange regulator said on Wednesday....
Algiers More Worried Than The Polisario By Morocco–GCC Summit
Polisario Confidential by Khalid Ibrahim Khaled In Algeria, neither Algerian leaders, nor Polisario leaders were expecting such a heavy blow: the announcement of a summit between King Mohammed VI and the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council, on April 20 in Riyadh....
Disaster Preparedness In Morocco To Receive US$200 Million Boost
World Bank The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$ 200 million Program for Results operation to support Morocco’s preparedness to respond to natural disasters. The operation will reward the achievement of specific results in the way the government plans...
GCC Backs Up Morocco Stance On All Issues – King Salman
KUNA KUWAIT NEWS AGENCY Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud reaffirmed the solidarity of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states with the Kingdom of Morocco in all issues, notably the Western Sahara question. The GCC states fully support Morocco's efforts...
Ban Ki-Moon Rocked By MINURSO Scandal
Sahara News by Ali Haidar The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, who is not yet at the end of the tunnel because of the dispute he ignited with Morocco by his blunders and bias, has been rocked by a new scandal within the United Nations mission in the Sahara, the...
UN Chief Warns Of Terror Threat In Western Sahara
ABC News By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Tuesday that Morocco's expulsion of most of the U.N. peacekeeping mission's civilian staff in the disputed Western Sahara will likely be exploited by "terrorist and radical elements"...
Morocco: One Of The World’s Oldest Libraries Is Renovated
ABC News By Samia Errazzouki, Associated Press The settling dust from renovations and the banging of tools aren't ideal sights and sounds for a library — but this is no ordinary library. Founded 12 centuries ago by a pioneering woman and nestled in the old medina of...
Why Morocco Can Be A Model For Jewish-Arab Partnership
+972 Magazine By Ron Gerlitz Throughout much of my life, I have been engaged in attempts to improve Jewish-Arab relations in Israel. But a recent trip to Morocco, where Jews and Muslims lived in harmony for centuries, filled me with hope for my country. Life after the...
Morocco To Decide Next Month On Flexible Exchange-Rate Steps
Bloomberg Ahmed Feteha Steps and time-frame will be discussed with IMF next month. Morocco considering renewing IMF $5 billion credit line. Morocco will decide how and when it will shift to a flexible exchange-rate system when an International Monetary Fund delegation...
Bill For Child Benefit Sent Abroad Falls 20%, Most Money Goes To Europe Society
Dutch News NL Workers in the Netherlands with children living in other countries cashed in €41m in child benefits last year, according to figures from the social insurance bank SVB. This is well down on the 2013 total of nearly €52m, news website nu.nl says. In the...