Moroccan Inflation Eases To 1.4 pct y/y In October
Reuters by Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco's consumer price inflation eased to an annual 1.4 percent in October from 1.6 percent in September as food prices dropped, the North African state's High Planning Authority said on Friday. Food inflation eased to 3.6 percent from...
Moroccan Law Bans Plastic Sacks Every Citizen Currently Uses 900 Per Year
ANSAmed The Moroccan parliament has unanimously voted to outlaw plastic sacks beginning in July 2016. The law prohibits the production, importation, sale and use of plastic shopping sacks. Transgressors will have to pay heavy fines, totaling as much as 100,000 euros...
Algerian Minister Denies Shift In Position Over Western Sahara
Middle East Monitor The Algerian Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs, Abdelkader Messahel, has insisted that his country’s position on the Western Sahara conflict has not changed. “Algeria’s position on the Western Sahara conflict has not changed since the United...
Morocco Provided Intelligence To Help France In Paris Raids: Sources
Reuters by John Irish and Gerard Bon Moroccan security officials provided information that helped their French counterparts launch raids in the Paris suburb of St.Denis on Wednesday, a Moroccan source said. "We exchanged information. Morocco gave information this...
Western Sahara-EP: Total Rejection Of Amendments Hostile To Morocco
Sahara News by Ali Haidar All amendments hostile to Morocco that some pro-Polisario MEPs wanted to introduce to the European Parliament 2014 annual report on human rights and democracy in the world were totally rejected by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European...
Jewish Cemetery Restoration Work
JTA.org A five-year program to repair Morocco’s Jewish cemeteries was cited as an example of “peaceful coexistence” at a Washington ceremony marking its accomplishments. Houses of Life, as the program is known, was celebrated Tuesday at a congressional office...
Paris Attack Victims: Father-Of-One Died When He Took A Bullet For His Girlfriend
The Telegraph One of them is Moroccan. One of Mohamed's cousins, Akram Benmbarek, wrote on Facebook that Mohamed had died, while his wife was in a critical condition. He said: "I just learned that one of my cousins was a victim in the #Paris attack. A newly wed...
Morocco: Cimar Sees 7.6% EBITDA Rise In 3Q15
By ICR Newsroom Published 16 November 2015 Italcementi-owned Ciments du Maroc (Cimar), Morocco, saw its turnover rise 1.8 per cent to MAD823m (EUR77.4m) in 3Q15, according to analysts at BMCE Capital Bourse. The figures do not reflect the current slowdown in public...
Morocco Launches Tender For Mobile Satellite Licences
TELECOMPAPER The Moroccan government has launched a tender for Global Mobile for Personal Communication System (GMPCS) mobile satellite phone service licences. Interested parties have until 2 December to purchase the bidding documents for MAD 24,000. It was reported...
Moroccan Insurer AFMA Aims To Raise $18 Million In Share Listing
Reuters By Aziz El Yaakoubi Moroccan insurance broker AFMA SA plans to raise 180 million dirham ($18 mln) in an initial public share offer, the country's stock market watchdog said on Monday. AFMA is owned by private Moroccan holding company Tenor group, which has...