Macroeconomic risks remain moderate overall in an international environment marked by uncertainties, according to Morocco’s Central Bank (Bank Al-Maghrib). "In an international environment marked by uncertainties (persisting trade and geopolitical tensions, rising protectionism, Brexit concerns, markets volatility) macroeconomic risks remain moderate overall," said the Bank in a statement issued after the eighth meeting of the Coordination and Systemic Risk Monitoring Committee (CSRMC),
Following the terror attack that targeted, Tuesday, the Libyan Foreign Ministry in Tripoli, killing three people, an authorized source from the Moroccan Foreign Ministry confirmed to Yabiladi that no Moroccan national was killed in Libya. Contrary to several reports, including the one published by Turkish news agency Anadolu, the woman who was injured in the attack is Libyan and not Moroccan, the same source added. The same thing was announced today by the Libyan Foreign Ministry which said in
The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) will launch, in January 2019, a big campaign for restoring the Trans-Maghreb railway line. According to Tunisian newspaper L’Economiste Maghrebin, the first phase of this campaign will focus on «attracting donors and promoting this project which will affect Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, the three countries that this train crosses». The second phase of the said campaign will target Mauritania and Libya. The same source recalls that after a
Algeria is submitting, in March 2019, on behalf of Maghreb countries an application to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to include Couscous in the Intangible Cultural Heritage List, the Algerian news agency (APS) reported. The decision was announced by Algeria’s Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi, during the opening ceremony of a Museums Fair held in Ain Defla. «It is useless to say that Couscous is a shared heritage for all
On Christmas Eve, a Moroccan man forced his way into a church shouting «Allah». The incident took place in a small town called Maclodio (Lombardy region), causing panic, Italian news agency ANSA reported. The 35-year-old Moroccan man, who looked weird, has reportedly uttered sentences in Arabic, the same source added. Church attendees were terrified after realizing that the man kept one of his hands behind his back. It turned out later that the man was unarmed. The city’s
Opposition in the Tindouf camps is resuming its activities. Days after Futuro Sahara rebuked the «discourse» of the Polisario leadership, the Sahrawi Initiative for Change (SIC), created last year, announced that it is back on track. The movement’s representation in Spain hosted a meeting last week, inviting several Spanish politicians, NGOs and reporters. «During this meeting, attendees discussed the recent round table that was held earlier this month in Geneva
Every year, US President and the first lady reply to phone calls on Christmas Eve answering from children's questions on Santa’s location and their gifts. This year, first lady Melania Trump told children on the phone that Santa was in Morocco, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. On one of her phone calls, Melania Trump told a kid that «Santa was in the Sahara». «Several minutes later, she reported that Santa was far away in Morocco but would be at the
Imazighen are expected to celebrate Yennayer, the first month of the Berber Year, on January the 13th. 130 MPs have signed a petition addressed to the Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani, reports Alaraby. These MPs are asking El Othmani to make of January the 13th a national holiday in the Kingdom, stressing that the people of the Maghreb region have been celebrating the day for centuries.
Last week, Algeria hosted the first edition of the African Games of Sports and Work (20-23 December). The event was organized by the Africa sports and work organization, created in Gambia in 2001 and headquartered in Yaounde. The sports event was marked by the participation of «Sahrawi sportsmen» from the Tindouf camps, report pro-Polisario newspapers. On Monday, the Front’s news agency wrote that the Polisario «team» won gold medals in the event, during which
A Moroccan woman is among the three people who lost their lives in a terror attack that targeted, Tuesday December the 25th, the Libyan Foreign Affairs Ministry in Tripoli. Quoting Libyan officials, Turkish news agency Anadolu reported that 21 people were injured in the attack, stressing that a Moroccan national was one of the three people killed today in Tripoli. The Moroccan victim is believed to be a cleaning lady who worked for the governmental department. According to the same source, a
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