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Saham Group, one of the largest Moroccan companies operating in the sectors of insurance, health plans, roadside assistance, and other sectors, looks determined to expand its presence in Africa, two years after buying the second largest continental insurer, Ivory-coast based Read more
Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier has started production of its components in Morocco at a temporary facility without waiting for the completion of construction works of its principal plant. Hence, the first Bombardier components made in Morocco started coming out from Read more
The new economic and social development plan for Morocco’s southern provinces that was disclosed this week by the President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, Chakib Benmoussa, will make of these provinces a regional development hub in north-west Africa. Read more
During a conference entitled Trust Women that was organized by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The International Herald Tribune Middle East female rights activists to talk about the women situation during the Arab Spring that are occurring. First, Queen Noor, Read more
Mahmood Sharif Mahmood, an advisor at the Gulf state’s ministry of foreign trade has given reasons why the UAE has put a temporary halt to its investments plans in countries hit by the Arab Spring. He said that they are Read more
The equivalent of 18,704 tons of live bluefin tuna, a protected species subjected to fishing quotas, were traded via Panama between 2000 and 2010, without being reported to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) – the Read more
The British company Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, an independent Africa focused oil and gas exploration company, announced that it has signed, through it wholly owned local subsidiary, Chariot Oil & Gas Investments (Morocco) Ltd. an agreement with Morocco under Read more
As internal conflicts between tribes and militant of different camps threaten Libya’s stability raising doubts over the level of security, the government is busy in the markets trying to buy white sugar as stocks have increasingly depleted. The country’s importation Read more
Alarmed by the worsening humanitarian situation of hundreds of thousands of displaced Syrians and by their increasing numbers, the United Nations refugee agency and its humanitarian aid partners on Thursday requested an additional $295 million to help fund the refugees’ Read more
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon made it clear that the United Nations will not monitor human rights in the Western Sahara and does not intend to modify the terms of its mediation in this long lasting regional conflict. “The Read more