Morocco GDP To Grow By 4.7 Per Cent During Third Quarter Of 2015
Middle East Monitor Morocco's GDP is expected to grow by 4.7 per cent during the third quarter of 2015, the country's planning agency said on Tuesday. The agency said in a statement that "the agricultural sector will record a growth of almost 16.4 per cent during the...
Interview With Director Gini Reticker “These Women Do Not Need To Be Saved, They Need To Be Heard”
Qantara.de Interview with director Gini Reticker "These women do not need to be saved, they need to be heard" A new project highlighting women in the MENA region and their struggle during and after the Arab Spring goes against the usual Western image of the docile,...
Maxim Resources Extends Morocco Exploration Deadline
Proactive Investors Jamie Ashcroft Additional work will enable Maxim to take Hassi Berkane to the next stage of exploration. Maxim Resources (CVE:MXM) has secured a further six months for the current exploration period at the Hassi Berkane block, onshore Morocco. The...
Hundreds Of Lawyers Back Moroccan Women On Trial Over Outfits
AFP Hundreds of lawyers have registered to defend two women who went on trial in Morocco on Monday accused of "gross indecency" for wearing dresses considered provocative, an activist said. The move came as protesters took to the streets of the capital, Rabat, in...
Sahara: What If Ban Ki-Moon Exacts Lifting The Blockade On Tindouf Camps?
Polisario Confidential by Khalid Ibrahim Khaled The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is expected in September or early October in Western Sahara and in the Tindouf camps (southwestern Algeria) on what will be his first official visit to the region, reports Al Quds Al...
Morocco Inflation Rises To 2 pct In May
Reuters by Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco's consumer price inflation rose to an annual 2 percent in May from 1.7 percent in April, the High Planning Authority said on Monday. Food inflation was 3 percent, up from 2.5 percent. The non-food price index rose to 1.3 percent...
Morocco Arrests Nine For Daesh Propaganda
Morocco said on Thursday it arrested nine suspects for spreading Daesh militant group propaganda and trying to recruit people to join the extremist organisation. The arrests were carried out in a number of cities and towns in the North African country, the interior...
Morocco: Fez Uni To Act As Anti-ISIS Cultural Bulwark Royal Decree To Turn It Into Center Of Moderate Islamic Training
ANSAmed Fez's Qaraouiyne university is the oldest in the world and is the only Arab university founded by a woman. Set up in 859 and still fully active, a royal decree will now make it into a hub for studies on contemporary Islam and a cultural bulwark against ISIS....
San Leon Energy Signs Onshore Morocco Rig Deal
Irish Times Europe and North Africa-focused oil and gas company expects well to spud in August. Europe and North Africa-focused oil and gas company San Leon Energy has signed a rig contract for a drilling programme onshore Morocco. The rig contract has been signed...
Morocco Breaks Up Militant Cell Linked To Islamic State
Reuters By Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco said on Thursday security forces had dismantled an Islamist militant cell affiliated to the Islamic State group, including members with knowledge in handling weapons and explosives. North African governments are on high alert after...