Le projet de loi de finances (PLF) 2018 table sur un taux de croissance de 3,2%, soit un ralentissement par rapport à 2017 (4,8%). Le gouvernement prévoit un maintien de la dynamique des secteurs non agricoles, dont la valeur ajoutée devrait s'établir à 3,6% en 2018 contre 2,9% une année auparavant, a indiqué le chef du gouvernement, Saâdeddine El Othmani. Dans une note de cadrage adressée aux différents
The Moroccan government stated on Wednesday 16th of August that the local economy will grow by 3.2 percent in 2018 as compared to this year (4.8%). The government’s expectations are more positive than the ones published by Morocco’s planning agency (HCP) which indicates that the economy will grow to only 2.9 in 2018. The government suggests that the budget deficit will move down to 3 percent of gross domestic products, less than 3.5 percent registered during the current year, as
Cerastes Vipera is a venomous viper species dwelling in the deserts of North Africa. The reptile is small, it has a large and triangle head with small eyes placed on the junction of the side and top of the head. The Sahara sand viper mostly lives in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Mali, Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Chad and Egypt. In a video published on The 14th of August by Atheris.earth, an association that improves knowledge about reptiles and amphibians, Cerastes Vipera is filmed moving on the
Ali El Haddachi is an 11-year-old Moroccan kid who was killed in a car accident on Sunday. He was the youngest of his three brothers. Ali was playing football with his friends near his house in Genoa (north-western Italy). At around 7 pm, he was hit by a 57-year-old Italian in his car who was speeding, reports the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, which was quoted by 360. The incident took place in Ferrada di Moconesi, in the region of Val Fontabuona near Genoa. «The child
The former German President (2004-2010), Horst Köhler was officially appointed on Wednesday, 16th of August, the personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara. A press release sent by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Rabat, declares that «the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has named Horst Köhler, the former German President, as Personal Envoy for Western Saharav. The statement said that Horst Köhler «will
A 26-year-old Moroccan national who has threatened to throw himself from the window carrying his girlfriend’s baby is detained in Dresden, capital of the eastern German state of Saxony, and is facing 6 months to 10 years in prison. According to Sachsische Zeitung, a German newspaper, the man argued with his girlfriend on Sunday, then things escalated when he climbed to a window and attempted to jump while holding an 8-month baby. The same source also indicates that the man was holding a
Spanish coastguard managed to rescue 339 migrants that were on seven makeshift boats in the Mediterranean sea, AFP reports. «339 people have been rescued, in seven canoes, between one o'clock in the morning and now,» the spokesman said. The rescued migrants were transferred to Tarifa (southern Spain). Among them at least 19 minors and one baby, says the same person. «The number of boats arriving on the Spanish coast this summer is unusual,» she said. «There are
La société chargée de la gestion du transport en autobus à Casablanca, M’dina Bus, a annoncé avoir renforcé son offre afin de remédier à l’interruption provisoire d'une ligne du tramway T1, très fréquentée par les usagers de la métropole. Le dispositif mis en place consiste en l'adaptation de l'offre actuelle des lignes dont les origines/destinations sont proches de celles de la ligne de tramway T1,
Le ministère de l’Equipement, du transport, de la logistique et de l’eau a annoncé la libération de la circulation dans les deux sens sur la RN 9, qui a connu, dimanche, un important éboulement rocheux au point kilométrique 339 au niveau de la section entre Taddart et le col de Tichka à 110 Km de Marrakech en allant vers Ouarzazate. En effet, l’intervention des équipes spécialisées de la direction provinciale d'Al
L'Office national des chemins de fer (ONCF) a annoncé la fermeture le 20 août de la gare de Casa-port à la circulation des trains et l'interruption du trafic entre les gares de Casa-voyageurs, Casa-port et Ain Sebaa à cause de travaux exceptionnels au niveau du carrefour ferroviaire de Casablanca. La journée du dimanche 20 août 2017, l’Office national des chemins de fer (ONCF) effectuera une phase importante des travaux de grande ampleur sur le