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• Morocco Slips to 55th in Global Military Power Rankings
  20 January 2022, by Armel

  Morocco is ranked 55th in the 2022 ranking of major military powers, down two places from last year.
  According to the specialized website Global Firepower, which identifies among 140 countries in the world those with the most advanced means to determine the most efficient military powers each year, the kingdom has regressed two ranks after a 53rd place in 2021.
  According to the figures, the Royal Armed Forces have 325,000 soldiers, including 200,000 active in military service, 100,000 (…)

• Marrakech Ranks Among Top 25 Global Travel Destinations for 2022
  21 January 2022, by Sylvanus

  Marrakech is in the top 25 of tourist destinations that will be the most popular in 2022. This is the result of the ranking of a specialized website.
  The Tripadvisor website has unveiled its top 25 tourist destinations that will be the most popular in 2022, where the world is still facing the Covid-19 pandemic. Dubai (United Arab Emirates) tops the ranking. It owes this position to its modern architecture, water activities, high fashion boutiques and gourmet restaurants, the emirate (…)

• Marrakech Ranks 8th in Time Magazine’s Top 10 African Destinations for 2022
  24 January 2022, by Sylvanus

  Marrakech is among the 10 best places to visit in Africa in 2022. Cairo is also in this ranking.
  Marrakech ranks 8th behind the Okavango Delta, Botswana (9th) and ahead of Lake Kivu, Rwanda (7th) in the ranking of the 10 beautiful places to visit in Africa in 2022, established by the magazine Time. The ochre city owes this place to its souks (markets) and the Semmarine souk. There you can find carpets, leather goods, silverware and dishes of all shapes and sizes. In Marrakech, every (…)

• Morocco Slips in Global Corruption Rankings, Now 87th Out of 180 Countries
  26 January 2022, by Armel

  Morocco has fallen in the ranking of the fight against corruption, according to the new Corruption Perception Index 2021 of Transparency International. The Kingdom is indeed in 87th place out of 180 countries.
  With a Corruption Perception Index (CPI) score of 39/100, Morocco is ranked 87th globally, thus losing one place compared to the 2020 ranking and 7 places compared to 2019.
  This poor score is the result of the "endemic" nature of the scourge in the country, Transparency Maroc (…)

• Forbes Ranks Two Moroccan Billionaires Among Africa’s Wealthiest
  28 January 2022, by Sylvanus

  Two Moroccans are featured in the latest annual ranking of the largest African fortunes by the American business magazine Forbes, released on January 24. Who are they?
  Aziz Akhannouch and Othmane Benjelloun are the two Moroccans present in the top 18 of the largest African fortunes. With an estimated fortune of $2.2 billion in 2021, higher than his estimated fortune in 2020, the former occupies the 13th place on the Forbes list. The current head of government, who has "withdrawn from any (…)

• Forbes Ranks 4 Moroccan Women Among Top 50 Business Leaders in MENA Region
  2 February 2022, by Sylvanus

  Nezha Hayat, president of the Moroccan Capital Market Authority, ranks 9th in the ranking of the 50 most powerful businesswomen in the Middle East-North Africa region, losing one place compared to 2021. Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch is ranked 14th, gaining five places compared to last year. As for the administrator of the Holmarcom group and boss of Eaux Minérales d’Oulmès, Miriem Bensalah Chaqroun, she moves from 36th place in 2021 to 16th this year. The CEO of Diana Holding, Rita Maria Zniber, (…)

• Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi Named to CAF Team of the Tournament for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
  8 February 2022, by Ginette

  Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi is in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) team of the tournament for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Sofiane Boufal is on the bench in this ranking.
  Achraf Hakimi, the Atlas Lions’ full-back, owes this place in the CAF team of the tournament to his performances during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, which took place from January 9 to February 6 in Cameroon. In this ranking, we also find players like Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané or Vincent (…)

• Morocco Climbs to 24th in FIFA World Rankings, 2nd in Africa
  10 February 2022, by Ginette

  The updated FIFA ranking this Thursday, February 10 places Morocco in 24th place globally and 2nd in Africa.
  The Atlas Lions further improve their position in the FIFA ranking with 1547.42 points, thus making a jump of 4 places. Morocco thus takes 24th place in the world and 2nd in Africa.
  Morocco owes this breakthrough to the results obtained during the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations CAN Cameroon 2021, where it was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
  At the top of the (…)

• Morocco Ranks 95th in Global Democracy Index, 3rd in MENA Region
  11 February 2022, by Sylvanus

  Morocco is the third democracy in the MENA region behind Israel and Tunisia and ahead of Algeria. This is revealed by the latest ranking established by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
  Morocco is 95th out of 167 countries, according to the report titled "Democracy Index 2021: The China Challenge". The kingdom records a score of 5.04 out of 10, on par with Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the MENA regional level, it ranks third behind Israel (23rd global rank with 7.97) and Tunisia (75th (…)

• Morocco Surges to Second Most Popular Winter Destination for French Tourists
  12 February 2022, by Sylvanus

  Morocco is the second most popular destination for French people for winter holidays. This is the result of the ranking of the online comparator Liligo, which conducted a study in collaboration with the polling institute Opinionway.
  After the reopening of Moroccan airspace on February 7, French tourists are eager to reach Morocco. The kingdom occupies the second place in the ranking of destinations considered by the French for the February holidays, behind Dubai (United Arab Emirates). (…)