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The Brussels police court sentenced the driver responsible for an accident that killed a pedestrian on February 2 on the Philippe Werrie square in Jette to four years in prison. In addition to the prison sentence, he must pay a heavy fine.
In the midst of the crisis related to the Covid-19 pandemic, remittances from Moroccans Residing Abroad (MREs) have only seen a 3% drop. But from July onwards, MRE remittances have shown surprising increases.
The French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced on Tuesday, October 6 that the draft law that gave birth to the word "separatism" was changing its name in favor of: "Draft law strengthening secularism and republican principles".
The Kuwaiti real estate developer, Alargan International Real Estate, is about to launch its major real estate project in Morocco. It is thus unlocking 314 million dirhams more than two years after its establishment in the kingdom.
The Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) is studying the development of a hybrid photovoltaic/wind power plant that can power a green hydrogen plant. It will have an electrolysis capacity of around 100 MW. For the successful completion of this major project, the agency will benefit from the support of an international technical advisor.
Illicit financial outflows from Morocco reached nearly $16.6 billion, or 155 billion Moroccan dirhams, between 2013-2014. This is according to a statement from a UN report published this week on the African continent.
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) announced on Wednesday the dismantling of a terrorist cell in Tangier. This operation made it possible to know the intentions of the cell affiliated with the Islamic State group.
Morocco will reach a production of 140,000 tons of olive oil according to the forecasts of the Spanish company "Juan Vilar" for the 2020-2021 agricultural season. It will thus be the fifth largest producer in the world.
Faced with lack of rain, the scarcity of water resources exacerbated by the overexploitation of groundwater, farmers and individuals in southern Morocco find themselves in a total impasse. Faced with the extremely low level of dams in this region, an SOS is being launched.
Casablanca and Rabat concentrate 81.7% of tax revenues, according to the Court of Auditors in its report on the execution of the 2019 state budget. In terms of corporate income tax (IS), out of a tax population of 493,617 taxpayers recorded, only 358,617 are active. The active population does not pay its annual obligations, however.
The health crisis has not spared any sector of activity in Morocco. In the freight transport sector, professionals report a sharp drop in their activity and remain very pessimistic about a rapid recovery in the sector.
The preliminary budget report forecasts an average annual growth rate of 4.5% between 2021 and 2023. Will this growth be sufficient to erase the damage from the health crisis?