US Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita signed a deal today aimen agreement today cementing the two countries’ defense relationship through the next decade. Full details of the accord, signed during Esper’s visit to Rabat, have not…
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Tags : Morocco, USA, military cooperation,
Following a first workshop organized last February on identifying OECMs in 11 countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean region, the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs took the initiative to unite all relevant stakeholders and national …
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Tags : Algeria, Morocco, biodiversity,
Dubai – Mubasher: Aramex has announced a fire outbreak at its warehouse facility in Casablanca in Morocco, according to the company’s disclosure to the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on Wednesday. The fire has caused some damages at the facility, but there were no injuries…
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(Washington, DC) – Moroccan authorities have jailed an outspoken journalist and activist, Omar Radi, on espionage and other charges that seem backed by scant evidence, Human Rights Watch said today. His judicial investigation, scheduled to begin on September 22, 2020, raises concerns that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence one of the few remaining critical voices in Moroccan media.
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Tags : Morocco, Espionage, jounalists, press,
Since the government’s first actions in the late 1990s, Morocco has undertaken an in-depth review of its energy strategy. This overhaul has been achieved through a number of concrete projects. First, positioning Morocco as a leading player in North Africa and the Mediterranean; early attempts included entering into joint venture negotiations, in the mid-1990s, on the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline with Algeria, Spain, and Portugal.
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Tags : Morocco, coronavirus, covid 19,
Snake charmers, storytellers and crowds of tourists; the legendary Jamaa El Fna square of Morocco’s Marrakesh is almost as famous for the number of visitors as its colorful performers. But with tough government restrictions imposed to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, the tourism industry on which Marrakesh depends screeched to a halt. Now the 11th century UNESCO World Heritage site is almost empty, and the city is facing an unprecedented crisis.
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Tags : Morocco, Marrakesh, tourists,
Western Sahara, a region rich in resources, is a territory on the northwest coast of the African continent. It was a Spanish protectorate until 1975. Since then, Western Sahara, declared a non-autonomous territory by the United Nations…
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This report analyses the health-related tax measures that will allow Morocco to mobilise more revenues to finance its healthcare system. Morocco is progressively anticipating and preparing its graduation from international support in the area of health financing, which will require raising additional tax revenues to ensure financial sustainability. This goal is important in itself but also because Morocco has not reached all of the health targets set out in the Sustainable Development Goals.
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RABAT (Reuters) – Working conditions are so bad for some medics in Morocco handling a surging coronavirus outbreak that they have staged protests against inadequate staffing and poorly equipped facilities. The kingdom recorded a …
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A phone call between Morocco’s foreign minister and the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs underlined the two countries’ commitment to diplomacy and cooperation. Rabat – A phone call between Morocco’s foreign minister and the US under secretary of state for political affairs…
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