King Mohammed VI has appointed this Thursday Fouzi Lekjaa, President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) Chairman of the World Cup 2030 Committee, the Royal Office said in a…
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Morocco Earthquake: Government Says Public Employees’ Donation Will Be Voluntary
by Prasad Bandaby Prasad BandaRabat – Morocco’s government has reassured citizens that the contribution of public employees to the special fund for managing the earthquake will be voluntary. The government stressed that the contribution of government…
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Rabat – Pop icon Madonna has expressed her solidarity with Morocco following the tragic earthquake that hit the Al Haouz region last week. Taking to Instagram, Madonna shared her heartfelt…
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Moroccan Partners Collaborate to Promote Moroccan Innovation Abroad
by Myint Nyanby Myint NyanA new partnership between the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), the Moroccan Agency for the Development of Investment and Exports (AMDIE) and the Mohamed VI Polytechnic University (UPM6) was…
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After Morocco’s Devastating Earthquake, the Tourism Industry Rallies Round
by Kan Khineby Kan Khine“My family is safe,” our tour guide Sara Chakir said as we huddled in the streets outside Fez’s medina, waiting for aftershocks until the early hours. Morocco’s 6.8 magnitude earthquake…
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IMF Announced $1.3 Billion Loan Agreement with Morocco Amidst Earthquake Recovery Efforts
Rabat – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level agreement with Morocco to provide a significant $1.3 billion loan, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told Reuters in an…
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The West is Right to Offer Morocco Help – But Disaster-Hit Countries Are Not Obliged to Accept It
The international narrative around the aid response to Morocco’s earthquake has been a rather shabby one. Unnamed western officials have sniped over how Rabat was slow to ask for help…
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Morocco Rejects French Foreign Minister’s Comments That Macron Will Visit
by Deepak Mirzaby Deepak MirzaMorocco rejected on Saturday remarks by French Foreign Minister Catherina Colonna who siad President Emmanuel Macron will visit Morocco. A government official said Macron has neither an agenda nor a…
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Morocco, U.S. Launch Joint Naval Exercise ‘Atlas Handshake’ in the Atlantic
by Prasad Bandaby Prasad BandaRabat – The Royal Moroccan Navy and the U.S. Navy have embarked on the latest edition of their joint naval exercise “Atlas Handshake,” aiming to deepen maritime cooperation between the…
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Morocco Will Host the Next Meeting of the IMF and the WB With the Focus on the African Economy
For more than half a century, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) have not held a meeting in Africa. Morocco will be in charge of breaking that…
