As part of national solidarity, development projects have been initiated in the city of Tamesna. A protocol agreement was recently signed between the Al Omrane group and the Cheikh Zaid Ibn Soultane Foundation for the transfer of two plots of land totaling nearly 6 hectares in order to carry out a residential complex of 500 housing units and a university hospital center.
Initially scheduled for the month of June, the deadline given to the Special Commission on the Development Model (CSMD) has been extended. It now has an additional 6 months, on the instructions of King Mohammed VI.
Moroccan economist and academic Najib Akesbi stated that despite the negative consequences, the coronavirus pandemic offers an opportunity for policymakers to make some bold and essential reforms. This was during a videoconference organized by the Association for Development and Citizenship of Marrakech.
In order to breathe new life into tourism, severely affected by the COVID-19 health crisis, the regional tourism committees (CRT), bringing together industry professionals, are already thinking about the strategies to be adopted. They have already proposed a tourism recovery plan, submitted to the Minister of Tourism, Nadia Fettah.
Despite the efforts made to help Moroccans feel less the adverse effects of the crisis related to the coronavirus, 4.3 million households operating in the informal sector do not benefit from any social protection. Oxfam calls on policymakers to work for the effective management of these types of inequalities, at the risk of having to deal with other crises outside of the coronavirus one.
The measures taken in many countries to stop the spread of the new coronavirus (covid-19) have had many consequences on different sectors, on the labor market and of course, on household life. If poverty and social inequalities will become more insistent over time, it is because the pandemic has managed to slow down the frequency of money transfers from the diaspora to African countries.
The Director of the Treasury and External Finance stated that "Morocco is the only country on the African continent to have investment grade bonds on the international financial market."
All Moroccans have their stone to contribute to the development process of their country. It is in this context that Chakib Benmoussa, the president of the special commission on the development model (CSMD), accompanied by the CEO of the OCP group, Mostafa Terrab, held, Thursday in Paris, a meeting of exchanges and sharing with Moroccans residing in France.
The world’s largest solar power tower, Noor, is located in Morocco and is propelling the Kingdom towards the future of renewable energy, according to the French monthly magazine "Sciences et Avenir".
The "Moroccan singularity" and the developments achieved by the Kingdom since the accession to the throne of King Mohammed VI were discussed by the French continuous news channel, BFMTV.
The presidents of Ceuta and Melilla have invited the Moroccan government to reopen the borders giving access to the enclaves, at the risk of suffocating and isolating their economy.
Corruption in the Arab countries is reaching alarming proportions and affects all spheres of society. Citizens of the MENA region are constantly complaining about this scourge and its enormous consequences on their daily lives.