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“Morocco is interested in developing an underwater capability. We will work with Morocco to develop its underwater capacity. Morocco is currently buying submarines (…),” Portuguese Defense Minister João Gomes Cravinho said Friday, July 12, according to media sources. He spoke after talks with Abdellatif Loudyi, Minister Delegate in charge of …

Royal Navy coast guards rescued 161 candidates for irregular migration in the Mediterranean from Friday to Saturday, a military source said. The candidates, mostly from sub-saharan Africa, were in trouble on board makeshift inflatable boats, the same source said. The rescued have been safely returned to the Mediterranean ports of …

The national platform “Morocco Digital University”, dedicated to open and massive online courses (MOOC), was launched Friday in Rabat. Developed in partnership between the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research and the French Public Interest Group “GIP FUN-MOOC”, this platform, the first of its kind …

Fuel prices will rise again as of July 15th. Contacted by media, the president of the National Association of Service Station Managers Jamal Zrikom said that an increase of 10 cents will affect the price of diesel while the price of gas will rise by 27 cents. In Casablanca, the …

The defense of the defendants in the case of the murder of the two Scandinavian tourists in the region of Imlil (El-Haouz province) on Thursday requested a psychological expertise on the defendants, during a hearing of the Criminal Chamber in charge of business Terrorism near the annex of the Court …

In Morocco, the HCP expects economic growth of 2.7% in 2019 and 3.4% in 2020. Climate hazards, slow recovery of non-agricultural activities, domestic demand satisfied by imports … all variables that would have impacted national economic activity. The year 2020 may well be the year of the resumption of economic …

The trial of Imlil’s drama is almost over. The verdict is soon expected and the lawyers will present their last arguments on Thursday. The public minister has asked for the death penalty for the three main defendants of the bestial murder of the two young Scandinavian tourists. Another request required …

Portuguese justice on Tuesday sentenced a 65-year-old Moroccan man for recruiting young Moroccans for the terrorist organization Daesh. The accused, Abdesselam Tazi, had been detained for more than two years in Portugal on seven counts. He is notably accused of having financed the recruitment of young fighters for Daesh by …

The Moroccan authorities have aborted some 40,300 illegal emigration attempts since January 2019 so far, said the wali, director of migration and border surveillance at the Interior Ministry, Khalid Zerouali. This figure represents an increase of 25% compared to the same period of 2018, said Zerouali in an interview with …

Another big drug seizure in Tangier. The Tangiers-Med port security district authorities seized a record shipment of 27.3 tons of Hashish on Sunday night aboard three international cargo trucks registered in Morocco. The vehicles were preparing to leave Morocco by sea to Europe and were supposed to carry a cargo …