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Tensions emerge during international economic mission

A visit in early June by some fifteen MPs affiliated to the parliamentary network of the World Bank and the IMF laid bare certain rivalries between Morocco's elected representatives.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 09.06.2023

Top French military college gears up for annual Africa forum

The Paris-based Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale (IHEDN) will hold the 23rd Forum de l'IHEDN sur le Continent Africain (FICA) from 26 June to 1 July.

Subscribers only Defence 09.06.2023

Why Moroccan phone operators are not rushing to launch 5G

Promised for 2022, 5G is not yet offered by any of the country's three major telephone operators, Maroc Télécom, Orange and Inwi. We look at the reasons behind this.

Subscribers only Business 07.06.2023

Interior minister thwarts justice reforms

In early May, the cabinet decided to suspend discussions on justice minister Ouahbi's new legal bill, apparently in the face of opposition from interior minister Laftit.

Subscribers only Politics 02.06.2023

Mohammed VI's start-up fund swings into action

Yassine Soual, a former director of investments at Bpifrance, has just joined the continent's largest fund dedicated to start-ups, Al-Mada Venture Capital.

Subscribers only Finance 31.05.2023

How Morocco joined Spain and Portugal for 2030 World Cup bid

President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation Fouzi Lekjaa receives the president of the International Football Federation (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe, upon their arrival at the Sale airport, ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup draw, on 13 January 2023. © Fadel Senna/AFP

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 30.05.2023

Western Sahara question looms large over Morocco-Tanzania relations

Having long backed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Tanzania has in recent months been courted on multiple fronts by Morocco. Algeria, meanwhile, is not sitting on its hands.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.05.2023

Cannabis regulatory body keeps legal hemp sector waiting

A tender for the elaboration of a strategy for the development of legal cannabis in Morocco has been cancelled. The kingdom's cannabis regulatory body blamed procedural issues but gave no further details on the U-turn.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 29.05.2023

OCP poised to deliver fertilisers to Burundi

Bujumbura has turned to Morocco's OCP, which has been expanding rapidly on the continent of late. If it goes ahead, the deal will consolidate Rabat's 'phosphate diplomacy'.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders 26.05.2023

Managem aims to be key battery metals player via partnerships with Glencore and Renault

The Moroccan group is to start producing recycled cobalt in July at its plant near Marrakesh in partnership with Swiss trading giant Glencore. It is also finalising studies into the production of cobalt sulphate for use by Renault in the manufacture of its electric batteries.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity Traders 25.05.2023

OCP plans more fertiliser plants in West Africa

After opening its first fertiliser plant in Nigeria last October, phosphate giant OCP, 95% owned by the Moroccan state, is keen to repeat that success elsewhere in West Africa. It is prospecting in Togo and Senegal.

Subscribers only Business 19.05.2023

Bugshan clan gears up to import Lamborghinis

Already importers of Hyundais and Aston Martins, the powerful Saudi family will soon be adding the Italian sports car to its Moroccan catalogue via Bugshan Automotive Group.

Subscribers only Business 18.05.2023

An Israeli delegation is due in Morocco in mid-June to play golf and do business

An Israeli business delegation is due to visit Morocco in mid-June. The delegation will be composed of representatives from the world of finance, health, and real estate and will meet with several leading figures in Moroccan business.

Free access Business 17.05.2023

Rumours of AFRICOM's departure from Stuttgart are unfounded

Following statements from a number of senior US figures, recent weeks have seen repeated talk of the US Africa Command's HQ leaving Germany for somewhere in Africa itself. But AFRICOM is staying in Stuttgart.

Subscribers only Defence 16.05.2023

Samir Goudar, president of Marrakech-Safi region, moves dam project ahead

Three engineering firms have been designated to carry out feasibility studies on six dams in the Marrakech-Safi region. The area has been hit hard with drought and is racing against the clock to build 16 reservoirs.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 15.05.2023

Changes to US import taxes reopen market to OCP

The US Department of Commerce has relaxed conditions on Moroccan fertiliser imports, but local phosphate producer The Mosaic Co, the US competitor of the Moroccan market leader OCP, has not had its final say on the matter.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 11.05.2023

OCP negotiates partnership with Paris Peace Forum

Though tension between Paris and Rabat is high, massive Moroccan phosphate miner OCP may sponsor the upcoming French event.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 10.05.2023

Brahim Mojahid returns to Tiznit-Laâyoune-Dakhla expressway project

Moroccan construction group Mojazine, led by Brahim Mojahid, former PAM president of the Béni Mellal-Khenifra regional council, has won another contract for the vast Tiznit-Dakhla expressway project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 03.05.2023

French group Alstom in a pickle in Casablanca

Alstom is still not going to be able to deliver all of its tramway trainsets for lines T3 and T4 in Casablanca, due to the delay in the delivery of the maintenance centre, which has been postponed several times.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 02.05.2023

Where has the new development model gone?

Members of the opposition are asking what the Moroccan government has done with the new development model, with the national pact still not signed.

Subscribers only Politics 02.05.2023

Comedian Jamel Debbouze's troubled business ventures in Morocco

The annual comedy event that the French-Moroccan stand-up comic and film actor launched in Marrakech has just been cancelled, the latest in a series of setbacks Debbouze has suffered in his business affairs in Morocco.

Subscribers only Business 01.05.2023

Jamel Debbouze during the Cesar Film Awards in Paris, on February 2023.

Explosives specialist Cadex eyes up Libyan market

Morocco's leading civil explosives company Cadex has its sights set on the Libyan market. No small challenge given the country is under a UN arms embargo, which affects explosives for civilian use too.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 28.04.2023

Cash-strapped power & water utility renews vehicle fleet

The Office national de l'électricité et de l'eau potable (ONEE) has just selected the offers of Chaabi LLD and Wafa LLD for its long-term vehicle leasing contract, the subject of a call for tenders that was awarded on 4 April 2023.

Subscribers only Business 26.04.2023

French Senate trip postponed indefinitely

A delegation from the French Senate was supposed to travel to Rabat at the end of this month, but the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs decided otherwise. This is a clear sign of tension between France and Morocco.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.04.2023

French Senate President Gérard Larcher, 3 November 2022.

Tanger Med poised to take over Ashapura's mining ports contracts

The Indian mining company's perceived failure to deliver on its contractual obligations led Conakry to hand over the construction and management of river and maritime port infrastructure to a Moroccan firm.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 25.04.2023

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Morocco

Tensions emerge during international economic mission

Top French military college gears up for annual Africa forum

Why Moroccan phone operators are not rushing to launch 5G

Interior minister thwarts justice reforms

Mohammed VI's start-up fund swings into action

How Morocco joined Spain and Portugal for 2030 World Cup bid

Western Sahara question looms large over Morocco-Tanzania relations

Cannabis regulatory body keeps legal hemp sector waiting

OCP poised to deliver fertilisers to Burundi

Managem aims to be key battery metals player via partnerships with Glencore and Renault

OCP plans more fertiliser plants in West Africa

Bugshan clan gears up to import Lamborghinis

An Israeli delegation is due in Morocco in mid-June to play golf and do business

Rumours of AFRICOM's departure from Stuttgart are unfounded

Samir Goudar, president of Marrakech-Safi region, moves dam project ahead

Changes to US import taxes reopen market to OCP

OCP negotiates partnership with Paris Peace Forum

Brahim Mojahid returns to Tiznit-Laâyoune-Dakhla expressway project

French group Alstom in a pickle in Casablanca

Where has the new development model gone?

Comedian Jamel Debbouze's troubled business ventures in Morocco

Explosives specialist Cadex eyes up Libyan market

Cash-strapped power & water utility renews vehicle fleet

French Senate trip postponed indefinitely

Tanger Med poised to take over Ashapura's mining ports contracts

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Morocco

Tensions emerge during international economic mission

Top French military college gears up for annual Africa forum

Why Moroccan phone operators are not rushing to launch 5G

Interior minister thwarts justice reforms

Mohammed VI's start-up fund swings into action

How Morocco joined Spain and Portugal for 2030 World Cup bid

Western Sahara question looms large over Morocco-Tanzania relations

Cannabis regulatory body keeps legal hemp sector waiting

OCP poised to deliver fertilisers to Burundi

Managem aims to be key battery metals player via partnerships with Glencore and Renault

OCP plans more fertiliser plants in West Africa

Bugshan clan gears up to import Lamborghinis

An Israeli delegation is due in Morocco in mid-June to play golf and do business

Rumours of AFRICOM's departure from Stuttgart are unfounded

Samir Goudar, president of Marrakech-Safi region, moves dam project ahead

Changes to US import taxes reopen market to OCP

OCP negotiates partnership with Paris Peace Forum

Brahim Mojahid returns to Tiznit-Laâyoune-Dakhla expressway project

French group Alstom in a pickle in Casablanca

Where has the new development model gone?

Comedian Jamel Debbouze's troubled business ventures in Morocco

Explosives specialist Cadex eyes up Libyan market

Cash-strapped power & water utility renews vehicle fleet

French Senate trip postponed indefinitely

Tanger Med poised to take over Ashapura's mining ports contracts

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