Morocco: a severely sanctioned magistrate The Higher Council of the Judicial Power has just ordered the revocation of a judge practicing in a court of First Instance, sentenced for corruption. The magistrate was caught in the act, while he received the sum of 500 dirhams from a citizen in exchange for the return of his […]
“Frightening conflict levels” between Moroccans and Algerians The former Tunisian president, Moncef Marzouki, worries the growing divisions between the peoples of the Maghreb, especially between Algerians and Moroccans. “In my father’s generation, there was no difference between a Tunisian, an Algerian and an Moroccan. They were part of the same student union in North Africa […]
Morocco strengthens its army with the Chinese drone TB-001 The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are preparing to receive the Chinese Drone TB-001, capable of transporting up to 1.5 million ammunition. Known as “double tail scorpion”, this drone developed by the Chinese company Sichuan Tengden SCI-Tech Innovation Co. LTD has a 40-hour flight autonomy and […]
Morocco: WhatsApp banned for the Royal Gendarmerie Following the court decision announcing a report drawn up via WhatsApp, the Royal Gendarmerie invited regional commandments, barracks, centers and patrols to strict compliance with the texts in force and to avoid sending any document via messaging applications and Social networks. In this judgment rendered last December, the […]
Tourism in Morocco: MREs spend much more than national tourists Morocco has made record tourist revenues in 2024. According to the Exchange Office, these income reached 112.5 billion dirhams, an increase of 7.5 % compared to the previous year. In detail, national tourists have spent less than Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) who visited the kingdom […]
Currency traffic in Morocco: the alert foreign exchange office The authorized foreign exchange points and counters located at Mohammed V International Airports in Casablanca and Marrakech-Menara are in the viewfinder of the exchange services under the exchange office. Based on specific information from reports received indicating that certain flows exceeded legal tourist allowances and came […]
Date fraud: Algeria infiltrates the Moroccan market via Tunisia While the Algerian dates are undesirable in Morocco, Tunisian distributors have found the trick to cum with Moroccan importers. As the sacred month of Ramadan approaches, Tunisian operators bypass the refusal of Moroccan merchants to import Algerian dates. They buy these dates at low prices, then […]
Rabat-Casablanca motorway: Morocco imposes Moroccan companies The National Society of Motorways of Morocco (ADM) is preparing to relaunch the call for tenders for the construction of thecontinental highway Rabat-CasablancaRecently canceled due to not taking into account national preference. This new call for tenders which will be launched in the coming days, should give pride of […]
Tourism: Morocco attacks Indians Morocco plans to establish a direct air link with India in order to strengthen trade and tourist exchanges between the two countries. Morocco wants to intensify its economic and tourist relations with India. In this context, discussions are underway with Moroccan and Indian companies for the establishment of a direct airline […]
This scourge that hurts Morocco Despite the adoption in 2015 of the national control strategy, corruption does not decrease in Morocco due to the main resistances encountered, both in terms of intra-state as in the whole of society, and in particular in the economic field . Ahmed Bernoussi, secretary general of Transparency Maroc, depicts a […]