August 3, 2011 (by Lieven Dewitte) – The first four of 24 new block 52 F-16s produced for the Royal Moroccan Air Force have left the Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas, en route to Morocco. An arrival ceremony will be held in Morocco later this week. The first 22 aircraft will be ferried [...]
Morocco announced that it was looking to sell 7 percent of its stake in Maroc Telecom on the country’s Stock Market, the finance ministry said in a press statement on Wednesday. The Moroccan government currently holds a 30 percent stake in the biggest telecom company, with France’s Vivendi owning 53 percent. The ministry said in [...]
One of the less noted aspects of the “Arab Spring” is how secure the region’s monarchies appear to be. But why? They too have their inequalities and their restricted franchises- in the case of Saudi Arabia, no franchise. Nevertheless, Morocco, Jordan, Oman, with the exception of Bahrain, have avoided a tempestuous confrontation between protestors and [...]
The first four of 24 new Lockheed Martin Block 52 F-16s for the Royal Moroccan Air Force have left the factory in Fort Worth, Texas, for Morocco, where they will arrive later this week. Lockheed Martin on Monday said the four jets had departed for Ben Guerir Air Base, which is a former US air [...]
LONDON | Tue Aug 2, 2011 11:19am EDT LONDON Aug 2 (Reuters) – * Morocco lets Libyan firms stay in business * Transfer of dividends, debt payment barred RABAT, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Morocco is allowing firms partly owned by Libyan authorities to conclude current transactions that would keep them in business – but without [...]
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San Francisco / Morocco Board News– Not only are the American people watching as powerless spectators the political battle in Washington among elected officials as to how they are going to get out of the nightmarish quagmire they put themselves in, but the whole world is watching with expectations. Among those who are worried about [...]
By Souhail Karam RABAT | Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:41pm EDT RABAT (Reuters) – Thousands of Moroccans marched on Sunday to press the Arab world’s longest-ruling dynasty to relinquish more of its sweeping powers and stamp out corruption. The protests coincided with the holding of a centuries-old Be’ya, or allegiance ceremony, where hundreds of regional [...]
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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]
Morocco: Discharge leads to Ecological Disaster
New York / Morocco Board News– Thousands of fish of various species lying on the banks of the Moulouya River in Northern Morocco, they were poisoned by an industrial chemical discharge. The environmental NGOs are pointing the finger at a sugar factory called SUCRAFOR, which is owned by local conglomerate, ONA. It is one of [...]