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Morocco set to increase industry's share in GDP

Paris - Morocco endeavours to increase the share of industry in its GDP through the Industrial Acceleration Plan, Minister Delegate in charge of Small Enterprises and the Integration of the Informal...

Moroccan athletes dominate podium of Santurce-Belbao international race

Madrid - Moroccan female athletes dominated the podium of the Santurce-Bilbao International race which took place on Sunday. Hanane Ouhaddou won the 15.8 kilometer race in 54 minutes and 10...

Morocco, on right track in human rights promotion- ICC Prosecutor

Marrakech - Morocco is on the rights track in terms of advancing human rights, Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), said on Thursday in Marrakech....

Morocco eyes mutually beneficial' partnership with China

Beijing - Morocco wants to build "strong, lasting and mutually beneficial" partnership with China, based on the centuries-old ties of friendship and solidarity, Foreign Minister, Salaheddine Mezouar,...

Dakar: Le Maroc appelle au renforcement des programmes culturels de l'OIF pour faire barrage à l'extrémisme

Dakar - Le Maroc a appelé, mercredi, l'Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) à renforcer davantage ses programmes culturels pour faire barrage aux discours extrémistes. L'engagement de...

Publication des actes de la deuxième rencontre internationale de Dakhla sur les dynamiques des intégrations régionales et prospective des territoires dans la mondialisation

Rabat - Les actes de la deuxième rencontre internationale de Dakhla (21 et 22 novembre 2013) viennent d'être publiés dans un ouvrage intitulé "Intégration régionales et prospectives des territoires,...

Plusieurs prix décernés à des Algériens au Festival du film amazigh d'Agadir

Alger - Plusieurs prix ont été décernés à des artistes algériens lors de la huitième édition du Festival international du film Issni nÆOurgh du film amazigh (Finifa) qui s'est déroulé du 18 au 21...

Fouzi Lekjaa Elected Member of UAFA Executive Office

Rabat - Head of the Moroccan Football Association (FRMF), Fouzi Lekjaa, has been unanimously elected as member of the Executive Office of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA), FRMF said....

Morocco can pull Africa towards economic progress Ethiopian Operator

Morocco, a country that achieved great political and economic progress, can bring in a precious contribution to pull Africa towards more economic progress, Engidu Legesse, Chief Executive Officer of...

Job creation and economic development, main goals of USAID in Morocco

Marrakech - The USAID's main objectives in Morocco are job-creation and economic development, said on Friday assistant administrator of the US agency for international development (USAID), Alina...

European Union unveils 10 million Euro-program to support Morocco's migration policy in 2015

Brussels - The European Union announced that i twill launch in 2015 a program, worth 10 million Euros, to support the Moroccan migration policy....

North African Economic Research Council Seeks to Promote Cooperation with Morocco

Marrakech - The North African Economic Research Council seeks to strengthen its cooperation ties with Morocco, Chonchol Gupta, the center's financial consultant, said Friday in Marrakech....

Attijariwafa Bank, PayPal launch AttijariPayPal

Marrakech - Morocco's Attijariwafa Bank and Paypal, the world's leading online payment platform, launched Friday in Marrakech AttijariPayPal service, a partnership that would allow Moroccan traders...

Bouaida Says Holding GES in Morocco, Implementation of Roadmap to promote Moroccan-American partnership

Marrakech - The 5th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES-2014), held on November 19-21 in Marrakech, is part of the implementation of the roadmap to promote strategic partnership between Morocco and...

Standard & Poor's Maintains Morocco's BBB-/A-3, Outlook Stable

Rabat - The international rating agency Standard & Poor's has maintained Morocco's BBB-/A-3' long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on the Kingdom of Morocco,...

2014 Global Entrepreneurship Summit officially opens in Marrakesh

Marrakech - The fifth annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES 2014) officially opened Thursday in Marrakesh in the presence of high level delegations from around the world....

Gabonese president in Morocco to take part in 2014 GES

Rabat - Gabonese president Ali Bongo Ondimba arrived early on Thursday in Marrakesh to take part in the 5th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit held on November 19-21 in the red city. On his...

Kaci Tizi Ouzou, un grand nom de la culture algérienne n'est plus

Alger - Le comédien algérien Hamid Lourari, connu sous son nom d'artiste Kaci Tizi Ouzou, est décédé mercredi en début de soirée à Alger, à l'âge de 83 ans, après une longue carrière à la radio et à...

Erdogan on official visit to Algeria to bolster commercial ties

Algiers - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a delegation of cabinet ministers and business people arrived in Algeria Wednesday for a visit aimed at improving commercial ties, Algiers said....

French citizen remanded in custody in Marrakech over suspicions of sexual assault on minors

Rabat - A French citizen was remanded in custody on Tuesday in Marrakech over suspicions of sexual assaults against minors.  The general prosecutor at the first instance court of Marrakech...