Polisario: Why The DRS Co-opts Taleb Omar
Polisario Confidential by Khalid Ibrahim Khaled Senior officers of the Algerian military intelligence services (DRS) have made their decision. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, the so-called Premier of the Sahrawi republic, will take over the ailing Mohamed Abdelaziz, according...
Morocco And Peugeot Agree On 557 Million-Euro ($632 Million) Investment For Car Factory
US News & World Report AP by Paul Schemm Morocco and French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen on Friday signed an accord to build a new factory aimed at producing up to 200,000 cars annually for the African and Middle East market. The factory involves an investment of...
Sound Oil Appoints Morocco Country Manager
Rigzone by Rigzone Staff Southern Europe and Mediterranean-focused junior energy company Sound Oil announced Friday that, following its recent entry into Morocco, is has appointed Luca Madeddu as the firm's managing director for the country. Madeddu, previously...
Morocco: Fashion Becomes Occasion For Migrants
ANSAmed The name chosen, 'Migrants du monde', is unmistakable as is its main end - giving a new occasion through fashion to those who leave their country for choice or need. In just a few years, this has become a phenomenon not just of fashion but also for its way to...
Morocco Elected To Chair Third Committee For UN General Assembly
Morocco, in the person of the kingdom’s ambassador to the UN Omar Hilale, was unanimously elected, on Monday, June 15 , 2015 as chair of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly for its upcoming 70th session. Morocco’s election, on behalf of Africa, as chair of...
Morocco: Farm Produce Consumption Grows
ANSAmed by Diego Minut Moroccans prefer products with safe traceability. Eating good and healthy food is not only a western mantra, as shown by the booming consumption of farm produce in Morocco. Indeed consumption of products rigorously made in Morocco has now...
Western Sahara: What’s Behind Susana Malacorra’s Visit With The Polisario
Sahara News by Ali Haidar UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is putting pressure on the Polisario again, the objective being to force the Algeria-backed Sahrawi movement to soften its position in a bid to resume negotiations with Morocco over the Western Sahara issue....
Morocco’s Jan-May Trade Deficit Drops By A Quarter As Oil Price Falls
Reuters Morocco's trade deficit fell 25.3 percent to 63.12 billion dirhams in the five months to the end of May compared with a year earlier, thanks to lower energy import prices as oil prices fell, the foreign exchange regulator said on Monday. The trade gap was down...
OECD Strengthens Co-operation With Morocco – Signs Morocco Country Programme Agreement
OECD.org The OECD and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a two-year Country Programme which will support Morocco’s reform agenda. This agreement signed in Paris by OECD Secretary-General Mr. Angel Gurría and Mr....
Foreign Investment In Africa Surged In 2014
AFP Foreign investment in Africa surged in 2014, fueled in part by higher spending in North Africa as worries about the Arab Spring recede, according to a study by Ernst & Young. Total foreign investment in Africa rose to $128 billion in 2014, more than double the...