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SAMIR Refinery’s CEO Exits Morocco Leaving Unpaid Employees
Fez- With the dispute between the government and SAMIR refinery having reached an impasse, the CEO of the company left Morocco leaving unpaid taxes and employees. SAMIR’s CEO, Saudi Arabian Mohamed...
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Oil Company SAMIR Accused of Smuggling Oil Outside Morocco
Fez - The problems of oil company SAMIR seem endless. Following a scandal over unpaid taxes, now a high-ranking Moroccan official has accused the CEO of the company, Saudi billionaire Mohamed Houssein...
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Hamid Chabat Runs for President of the Fez-Meknes Region
Fez - Hamid Chabat, the secretary general of the Independence Party, has declared his candidacy to run for President of the Fez-Meknes region in Morocco. While his party did not win the majority of...
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Morocco Ranks 74 in the 2015 Open Budget Survey: Report
Fez - The International Budget Partnership released a report that ranks Morocco in the 74th position in effective governance and transparency. The report indicates that IBP, which aims at “advancing...
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Moroccan Government Begins Providing Stipends to Needy Widows
Fez - The Moroccan government has begun giving payments to widows who are in difficult situation, according to Head of Government Abdelilah Benkirane The allocations currently benefit 10,500 widows,...
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Moroccans Can Travel To 56 Countries Without a Visa
Fez - The latest rankings by Henley & Partners revealed that Moroccan citizens can travel to 56 countries without obtaining a visa.According to Henley & Partners’ official website, “Visa...
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Morocco’s Latifa Ben Ziaten Wins Jacques Chirac Foundation ‘Conflict...
Rabat - Latifa Ben Ziaten, mother of Imad Ben Ziaten, the victim of the terrorist attack perpetrated by Mohammed Merah in France in 2012, was awarded the Conflict Prevention Prize by the Jacques Chirac...
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Ten Million People Are Illiterate in Morocco
Fez - On the occasion of the National Day of Illiteracy Eradication, the National Agency for Literacy called for strengthening efforts to fight illiteracy and help illiterate people integrate into...
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Moroccan Rewarded for Discovering a Loophole in Facebook
Fez - Ayoub Fathi, a 21-year old Moroccan, has discovered a “dangerous” loophole in Facebook and was rewarded 7,500 US Dollars for it.The disciplined Moroccan hacker found a way to get a hold of hidden...
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Women Head 1.2 Million Families In Morocco
Fez - Statistics from 2014 have revealed that women in Morocco are the heads of 1.2 million families. Of these women, 56 percent are widows and 14 percent are divorced.The statistics were announced in...
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Illiteracy Rate in Morocco Decreases to 32 Percent
Fez - The Moroccan High Commissioner for Planning Ahmed Lahlimi revealed on Tuesday statistics from the 2014 census, which show that illiteracy dropped to 32 percent, compared to 42 percent ten years...
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Why Muslim Men and Women Should Be Equal in Inheritance
Fez - Recently Morocco’s National Council for Human Rights recommended that men and women should have an equal share in inheritance. This recommendation created a controversy between liberals who...
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Moroccan Dutch Player Refuses to Shake Hands with Female Journalist
Fez- Nacer Barazite, a Dutch player of Moroccan origins, refused to shake hands with a female journalist after a football match between Twente Enschede and FC Utrecht during the eleventh day of the...
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Morocco Calls On Imams to Denounce Terrorism and Clarify Real Meaning of Jihad
Fez - After the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, killing 128 and wounding hundreds on Friday, Morocco’s Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs released a notice calling on imams in Morocco to...
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French President Calls for New Laws to Crack Down on Terrorists
Fez - French President Francois Hollande urged for constitutional amendments to be made to strip dual nationals of their French citizenship if they are deemed a terrorist threat during a speech...
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Marrakech International Film Festival to Honor two American Film Stars
Fez - Two American film celebrities, Bill Murray and Willem Dafoe, and Moroccan cinematographer, Kamal Derkaoui, are among those to be honored at the 15th Annual Marrakech International Film Festival...
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ALC-ALIF in Fez: Learn Language, Understand Culture, Serve the Community
Fez — The American Language Center–Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALC-ALIF) is a highly active learning center that provides Standard Arabic, Moroccan Arabic and English language courses for...
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Saudi Writer Given Four Years in Prison for His Views on Saudi ‘Racism’
Fez - Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court sentenced Zouhair Kutbi, a Saudi Arabian writer and activist, to four years in prison on Monday for calling for political reforms and for fighting...
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Morocco’s Three Largest Highway Projects For 2016
Fez - Morocco will further expand its extensive road network with three highway projects that will facilitate transportation and shore up the economy. The first project concerns a 143-km highway...
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New High Speed Casablanca-Tangier Rail Line to Be Inaugurated in 2018
Rabat - During a parliamentary session on Tuesday, Mohamed Najib Boulif, Morocco’s Minister Delegate to the Minister of Equipment, Transport and Logistics, said that 75 % of the high speed rail line...
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