Morocco’s Ismail Douiri Receives Harvard’s Alumni Achievement Award
Rabat - Ismail Douiri, co-CEO of Attijariwafa bank, Morocco's largest Bank, has been awarded the 2015 Alumni Achievement Award during the seventeenth annual Harvard Business School Africa Business...
View ArticlePrincess Lalla Salma, Most Beautiful First Lady in Africa
Rabat- The African website Africacradle the reference site in the world of African people, released its 2015 ten Most Beautiful First Ladies in Africa, ranking Princess Lalla Salma, consort of...
View ArticleMarrakech Chosen World’s Top Tourist Destination: TripAdvsior
Rabat - Marrakech has been named the world's number one destination for travelers, says the 2015 Travelers' Choice awards for Destinations conducted by leading travel website TripAdvisor. Marrakech...
View ArticleBank-Al-Maghrib Predicts 5 Percent Growth in 2015
Rabat - Bank Al-Maghrib, Morocco's central Bank, has announced that the country's economy is expected to grow by 5 per cent in 2015, up from a previously announced 4.4 per cent, and up from 2.5 per...
View ArticleMoroccan Couple Among Victims of Airbus Crash in France
Barcelona - A Moroccan man and his wife are among the victims of Germanwings Airbus A320 crash, on Tuesday in south eastern France, killing 150 passengers, said a Moroccan diplomatic source in...
View ArticleRoss Meets With Leaders of Polisario in Tindouf
Rabat- The Personal Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations for the Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, held Tuesday a meeting with the Polisario Front in the Tindouf camps just three weeks...
View ArticleDallas Arabic Teachers Lead Group of U.S. School Students on Moroccan Tour
by Elisabeth R. Myers Washington- Tamara Haddad and Hicham Jennane, teachers of Arabic at schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, led a group of six American middle and high school students of...
View ArticleMessi, the World’s Highest Paid Football Player
Rabat - Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been named the world's highest paid footballer. According to a survey conducted by French sports magazine France Football, Messi's total income for 2014 stood...
View ArticleMorocco: OCP’s Profits Fall 11, 7% in 2014
Rabat - The Moroccan state-owned Office Chérifien de Phosphates (OCP), the world's largest phosphate producer and a leading global fertilizer player, posted an 11.7 per cent fall in 2014 net profit to...
View ArticleMorocco Hosts The Casablanca Insurance Forum on April 15-16
Rabat - The second edition of the Casablanca Insurance Forum eyes the digital revolution of the African insurance sector. The forum will take place on April 15-16 in the Hyatt Regency Casablanca. This...
View ArticleIsrael Downplays Terror Threat For its Citizens Visiting Morocco
Rabat - Israeli authorities have downplayed the terror threats in Morocco for its citizens by including the kingdom among countries where only "normal vigilance" is required. The Counter-Terrorism...
View ArticleDissident Group Raises Moroccan Flag Inside Tindouf Camps
Rabat - Kifaya, a dissident group inside the Tindouf camps, has released a video in which it shows support for the territorial integrity of Morocco. In the video posted in YouTube, the Moroccan flag...
View ArticleMorocco’s Ministry of Education Launches a Project to Videotape Lessons
Rabat - With a view to democratizing educational services and providing equal opportunities for all Moroccan students, the Ministry of Education has launched a project to videotape lessons. The...
View ArticleBillboard Festival Casablanca: Bringing Contemporary Art to Public Space
Rabat - This year’s edition of the Billboard Festival Casablanca will take place on April 1-15. This year’s project will take place in Casablanca, where 63 full-size billboards will display the...
View ArticleMorocco’s Al Akhawayn Leader of the Year Award Honors Community Leaders
Rabat - Each spring semester, the Leadership Development Institute of Al Akhawayn University organizes a “Leader of the Year Award.” The ceremony will take place on April 23rd and The ceremony awards...
View ArticleSaudi-led Coalition Starts Airstrikes Agaisnt Houti Rebels in Yemen
Rabat - In a new twist in the arms wrestling between Saudi Arabia and Iran in the proxy war they are waging in Yemen, the Saudi kingdom has started a series of airstrikes against the Houti rebels, a...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Disappointed With Projects Presented by Two Ministers
Rabat- King Mohammed VI took the country by surprise on Wednesday when he decided to cancel his inauguration of a project proposed by the Ministry of Interior in conjunction with the Ministry of...
View ArticleTunisian Bardo Museum Reopens on Wednesday: Emotions and Complaints
Tunis - The Tunisian Ministry of Culture organized a symbolic ceremony on Tuesday, March 24 to honor the 21 victims, including a Tunisian police officer, and to announce the opening of Bardo Museum on...
View ArticleMorocco Participates in Saudi-led Coalition Against Houtis in Yemen
Rabat- Morocco has reportedly joined Saudi Arabia in its aerial bombardment of the Houthi rebels in Yemen by deploying six fighter jets, Al Arabiya news channel reported. The kingdom expressed...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Offers MAT Private Jet to Travel to Nigeria
Rabat - King Mohammed VI has put a private jet at the disposal of the players and administration staff of Football Club Moghreb Tetouan. The club can now travel to Nigeria to play their second leg...
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