Sébastien A.
Africa Logistics magazine, the journal for African Logistics Executives, has fallen under the charm of Marrakech and designates it as one of the most exciting destinations for European tourists.
The decision of the Casablanca city hall to harmonize the urban aesthetics of the city and put an end to the disorder related to the occupation of public space is provoking the anger of professionals in the cafe and restaurant sector.
Based on information provided by the control services of the General Directorate of Taxes, inspectors from the National Financial Intelligence Authority (ANRF) are conducting investigations into money laundering operations organized in real estate located in cities in the north of the kingdom, mainly in Tangier. Moroccans also holding Spanish, Dutch and Belgian nationalities are among the alleged buyers.
The return of US President-elect Donald Trump could provoke an intensification of tension and rivalry between Morocco and Algeria, which could lead to a direct confrontation between the two countries, vying for hegemony in the Maghreb, which could harm Spain. This is at least what experts on international relations think.
Morocco has progressed five places in the 2024 global ranking of human freedom, established by the Cato Institute in the United States and the Fraser Institute in Canada. However, the kingdom receives a zero score on LGBTQ+ rights.
The Moroccan wine industry has a bright future ahead. Morocco ranked second among African wine producers, just behind South Africa.
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, father of the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad, has chosen Morocco to spend the end-of-year holidays.
François Bayrou is conducting a series of consultations to form his government. Aziz Senni, an entrepreneur from Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines) of Moroccan origin and close to Prime Minister Aziz Senni, is said to be in the running for the Ministry of Labor or SMEs or Secretary of State.
The director of a bank branch was arrested by the judicial police elements of Rabat and then placed in pre-trial detention in the Al Arajat 2 prison after two years on the run. He is accused of having falsified a customer’s power of attorney to withdraw checkbooks, with the complicity of a network of banking document trafficking.
Questioned by Idriss Sentissi, president of the Mouvement populaire (MP) group in Parliament, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, Minister of Economy and Finance, explains that fuel prices in Morocco are (almost) following global trends.
French journalist Anne-Laure Bonnet faced a huge wave of criticism and insults after posting photos of herself in a Moroccan caftan.
The US State Department has given the green light for the sale to Morocco of American air-to-air bombs and missiles. The cost of this acquisition is estimated at $178 million.