Fitch Affirms Morocco at ‘BBB’ – Outlook Stable
Reuters (The following statement was released by the rating agency) PARIS/LONDON, October 23 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed Morocco's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'BBB-' and 'BBB' respectively. The issue ratings on...
From Terror To Counterterror In North Africa
Mareeg.com by Moha Ennaji-FEZ Over the past several months, an encouraging trend has begun to emerge in North Africa: the number of jihadi recruits for Daesh (the pejorative Arabic acronym for the “Islamic State”), particularly from Morocco, has begun to diminish,...
Moroccan Inflation Eases To 1.6 pct y/y In September
Reuters by Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco's consumer price inflation eased to an annual 1.6 percent in September from 1.7 percent in August as non-food prices dropped, the High Planning Authority said on Thursday. Food inflation rose slightly to 3.9 percent from 3.5 percent...
UAE Backs Morocco’s Autonomy Plan For Western Sahara
posted by North Africa Post The United Arab Emirates has backed Morocco’s plan to grant autonomy status to Western Sahara in a bid to resolve the decades-old territorial regional and artificial conflict which is undermining the Maghreb union. In a joint communiqué...
Sound Energy Progresses Morocco Asset Acquisition
Rigzone by Rigzone Staff Sound Energy has signed heads of terms with Maghreb Petroleum Exploration S.A. (MPE) for the purchase of MPE's 25 percent carried working interest in three onshore oil and gas exploration permits located in the Sidi Moktar region of Morocco....
Morocco Trash Pickers Help Fight Climate
AFP http://www.digitaljournal.com Pulling carts piled high with plastic bottles or rummaging through unofficial dumpsites, informal trash collectors abound on the streets of Morocco. Dubbed "Mikhala" in the local Arabic dialect, the thousands of rubbish pickers...
Schlumberger In Sound Morocco Deal
Upstreamonline.com Schlumberger is joining UK junior Sound Oil at an onshore Morocco licence that may see the oilfield services behemoth take part payment based on future output.
Middle-class Frustration Fueled The Arab Spring
WorldBank.org FEATURE STORY Judging by economic data alone, the revolutions of the 2011 Arab Spring should have never happened. The numbers from the decades before had told a glowing story: the region had been making steady progress toward eliminating extreme poverty,...
Report: Gulf Investments In Morocco Up 82% In 2014
Middle East Online Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) investments in Morocco increased by 82 per cent in 2014 compared to 2013, the Moroccan Ministry of Finance said. The ministry explained in a report yesterday that the GCC investments in Morocco amounted to 10.2 billion...
Sahara: Christopher Ross In Rabat
Sahara News by Ali Haidar The UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, is currently in Rabat, where he met Monday afternoon Moroccan Foreign Minister, Salaheddine Mezour. The meeting was reported by MAP news agency but no details on...