The Ethiopian capital hosted on Monday a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council. Morocco did not attend the meeting to prove that the Western Sahara conflict is a matter of the United Nations and not the African Union.
The US government announced yesterday, Tuesday, the ban of laptop computers and tablets on flights coming from 10 countries. The decision includes Morocco along with other North African and Middle-Eastern countries. According to the New York Times, two senior American Counterterrorism officials have claimed that «the Islamic state is developing a bomb hidden in portable electronics». They have made it clear to the American daily newspaper that the decision was taken to prevent
Just like last year, Morocco is slowly progressing in the 2016 Human Development Report. Ranked 123th in the world, the kingdom is still dwelling at the bottom of the list.
The Yemeni parliament reacted yesterday evening on being banned from attending the 24th conference of the Arab-Parliamentary Union organized in Rabat the 20th and 21st of March 2017. The Parliament thanked Nabih Barri, president of the Arab Inter-Parliament who was absent during the conference, for boycotting the event.
The American business magazine Forbes has released its annual ranking of the wealthiest people in the world. The list did not exclude Morocco, for it includes three well-known Moroccan figures namely Othmane Benjelloun, Aziz Akhanouch and Anas Sefrioui. Othmane Benjelloun led the list of three Moroccan billionaires published by Forbes with a total net worth of 1.9 billion US Dollars. The wealthiest man in Morocco, according to Forbes, is the chairman of BMCE Bank of Africa, the panafrican
Organisation Maroc Culture announced that the famous American pop singer and song writer, Demi Lovato, is going to perform on the 19th of May 2017 at Mawazine Rythms of the World Festival. The former Disney star’s fans will get the chance to see her perform on the “Swissi” scene in Rabat along with other international singers that were invited by the festival organisers. 24 year-old Demi is a singer, song writer and actress who made her debut as a child actress in 2008.
King Mohammed VI presided yesterday in tangier the launching of a 10 billion project. Morocco and the Chinese Group “Haite” will build a new industrial and technology city of 2000 hectares. Financed by the “Haite” group, BMCE Bank of Africa and the Moroccan government, the project aims to host 300,000 inhabitants and create 100,000 jobs. It is a site that will attract 200 multinational corporations and boost the economy of the region. «'Mohammed VI Tangiers Tech
Saadeddine El Othmani, recently named Prime Minister, is meeting tomorrow Tuesday the general secretary Of the Authenticity and Modernity party to initiate talks about the formation of the government. El Othmani is later going to sit with other parties’ representatives including the socialist Union of Popular forces party.
The 2017 world happiness Report ranks Morocco 84th in the world and 4th in Africa. Supported by the UN, the annual report tracks the happiness of 155 countries based on several features such as education, democracy heath and employment. While the rest of the world is celebrating the international day of happiness, Africa is ranked as the unhappiest continent on this planet. An annual report released on Monday by the UN has ranked Morocco fourth in a list of the happiest countries in Africa.
“Compact with Africa” is a project designed by the G20 to promote the economy of Africa and help African countries through financial initiatives. The launch of the project took place in Baden-Baden, Germany and was attended by the Moroccan finance Minister Mohammed Boussaid.