Morocco’s PJD Party Faces Mass Layoffs After Election Loss Hits Finances
7 October 2021
After its electoral defeat, the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) is forced to lay off its employees due to a sharp drop in its revenues.
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Morocco Opens Doors to Foreign Doctors, Easing Restrictions on Medical Practice
4 September 2021
Morocco will soon welcome the first foreign doctors on its soil. The legal framework already exists with the adoption of a new law on the practice of medicine, in particular, (…)
COVID-19 Surge Challenges New School Year as Distance Learning Concerns Grow
24 August 2021
Scheduled for Friday, September 10, the school year is taking place in a context marked by the resurgence of Covid-19. The situation is a major concern for the Ministry of (…)
Morocco’s Economy Contracts 6.3% in 2020 Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Central Bank Reports
1 August 2021
The Governor of Bank Al-Maghrib, Abdellatif Jouahri, presented on Saturday to King Mohammed VI the annual report of the Central Bank on the economic, monetary and financial (…)
Morocco Approves $970 Million in New Investments, Creating 8,000 Jobs
23 July 2021
23 projects of investment conventions and addenda to investment conventions, for a total amount of 9.74 billion Dirhams (MMDH), were examined and approved on Friday by the (…)
Moroccan-Born Entrepreneur Appointed Vice President of Economy for France’s Occitanie Region
6 July 2021
Jalil Benabdillah, 55, is now a regional councilor, vice-president in charge of the economy, employment, innovation and reindustrialization. Originally from Morocco, this (…)
Morocco’s Plan to Hire Foreign Doctors Faces Opposition from National Medical Order
18 June 2021
The National Order of Physicians expresses its opposition to the Moroccan authorities’ project to recruit foreign doctors. It also questions the scientific value of certain (…)
Moroccan Seasonal Workers Stranded as Border Dispute Halts Repatriation
6 June 2021
In addition to its political and diplomatic consequences, the crisis between Morocco and Spain has socio-economic repercussions. Since the kingdom has kept its borders closed (…)
Moroccan Tourism Industry Pleads for Royal Intervention Amid Crisis
1 June 2021
The Moroccan tourism sector is in agony, and with it, tens of thousands of families who depend on it and are on the brink of begging. The collective of the new generation of (…)
Moroccan Caterers Demand Government Aid Amid COVID-19 Crisis
27 May 2021
Caterers no longer know which door to knock on. Given the many measures taken by the government to help certain sectors impacted by the health crisis, these professionals, (…)