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• Morocco Mandates Nurseries in Government Offices to Boost Gender Equality
  27 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  Ministerial departments and public services will now be equipped with nurseries, according to a circular from the Minister in charge of Public Administration and Civil Service Reform, Mohammed Benabdelkader.
  Facilitating women’s access to positions of responsibility is the objective of this new measure. Decided by the Minister, this initiative aims to strengthen gender equality as stipulated in the Constitution.
  The same circular reminds that these nurseries will have to be set up at (…)

• Morocco’s Interior Ministry Denies Rumors of Disciplinary Action Against Officials
  30 September 2019, by Sylvanus

  Following rumors of disciplinary sanctions against authority agents, the Ministry of the Interior provided a formal denial on Friday, September 27. These are, according to this department, "false information."
  In a clarification, the Ministry of the Interior "categorically denies these unfounded allegations, which remain false information."
  It is in these terms that the Ministry of the Interior put an end to the rumors reporting that "sanctions and disciplinary measures have been taken (…)

• Morocco to Overhaul Leadership in Over 200 Public Administrations
  17 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  After the ministerial reshuffle, major changes are expected at the level of the heads of public administrations. In accordance with the royal instructions, the Head of Government, Saad Eddine El Othmani, is working hard to make the necessary changes in the ranks of the officials of the administrations concerned.
  According to sources contacted by TelQuel, there are more than "200 public administrations and institutions currently led on an interim basis, not to mention strategic bodies (…)

• Morocco Seizes Assets of Officials in Multi-Million Dirham Corruption Crackdown
  29 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  The Moroccan justice system has carried out precautionary seizures of the assets of many local elected officials and parliamentarians, in order to force them to pay several million dirhams unduly received or embezzled from the State, following judgments.
  Several elected officials from Marrakech, including parliamentarians, some members of the City Council, a former municipal tax collector, the former Vice-President of the City Council, are affected by these seizures.
  The Regional Court (…)

• Algerian Senior, in France Since 1966, Wins Reprieve from Deportation Threat
  30 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  While he was threatened with expulsion in January, Mohand finally obtained an appointment at the prefecture to study his case and renew his residence permit. The 70-year-old man of Algerian origin, who was the victim of an "administrative imbroglio", is finally smiling again.
  Mohan owes a great debt to the press, in particular to Le Parisien, who mentioned his case. The same day the article was published, the septuagenarian of Algerian origin and residing in Savigny-sur-Orge received a (…)

• Morocco Opens New Consulate in Murcia, Spain to Serve Local Community
  3 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  Long demanded by Moroccans residing in the Murcia region, the opening of the Moroccan consulate was officially announced this week.
  Until now, Moroccans from the entire region had to go all the way to Valencia, more than 220 km away, to obtain identity documents or to solve certain administrative problems, causing a lot of expenses in the process.
  The Consulate of Murcia will issue Moroccans residing in the region with documents such as Moroccan national identity cards, passports or (…)

• Morocco Braces for Mass Exodus: Over 69,000 Civil Servants Set to Retire in 2024
  6 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  In total, 69,360 civil servants of the State will be admitted to retirement in 2024.
  National Education and Higher Education, Health and the Ministry of Finance are departments with considerable numbers of civil servants who will retire in 2024, reports L’économiste.
  Thus, nearly 14.74% of the staff of the National Education and Higher Education will retire between 2019 and 2024. This will be followed by the staff of the Health and the Ministry of Economy and Finance with, respectively, (…)

• Morocco Cracks Down: Over 100 Local Officials Dismissed for Corruption
  9 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  The Ministry of the Interior is currently carrying out a purge within the municipal elected officials. About a hundred people are concerned.
  In total, 33 commune presidents, 15 vice-presidents and 34 members of local councils have been dismissed and are also being prosecuted for acts contrary to the laws and regulations in force, undermining the ethics of the public service and the interests of the commune, indicates a report from the Ministry of the Interior.
  In detail, 21 elected (…)

• Morocco’s Education Minister to Dismiss Top Officials Over Project Delays
  21 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  Saaïd Amzazi, Minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, intends to dismiss some executives from his department.
  AREF directors, central or provincial directors, these are the executives who are on the starting line, reports the newspaper Al Massae.
  Among them, there is the question of Youness Belkasmi, the ministry’s secretary general. Saaïd Amzazi will part ways with this civil servant who has already accumulated 14 years in this (…)

• Israeli Arrested in Morocco Passport Fraud Scheme, Paid $7,500 for Fake Documents
  23 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  After the dismantling of a vast network of document forgery, an Israeli confessed to having acquired Moroccan nationality, a passport and an identity card in exchange for a "modest" sum of money.
  J.T, an Israeli of Palestinian origin, is one of the 26 defendants currently in pre-trial detention. He admitted to having paid a sum of $7,500 to Ali M. -another detainee in this case- in order to obtain Moroccan nationality, a passport and an identity card, reports the newspaper Al Ahdath Al (…)