Arabic News Weekly Edition for Morocco, 2/23/1998
Weekly Edition, Morocco - Week of February 23, 1998
- Moroccan parties refuse to participate in government
The Organization of Democratic Work announced that it will not participate in the Moroccan government being formed by newly-appointed Prime Minister Adbel Rahman El-Youssefi. Morocco, Politics, 2/28/1998 - Morocco to increase number of telephone lines
The Moroccan bureau of communications confirmed that its investments in the coming two years will include establishing 900,000 new telephone lines and 170,000 satellite telephone lines in addition to connecting 1,200 villages. Morocco, Business, 2/27/1998 - 20,000 new job vacancies for university graduates in Morocco Morocco, Economics, 2/26/1998
- Moroccan company purchases two ships from Spain for $30 million
Economic sources in Morocco have confirmed that the Moroccan company for commercial navigation has purchased two cargo ships from Spain to modernize its commercial fleet and to increase services to European harbors. Morocco, Business, 2/25/1998 - Saharan Shiekhs: tribe members' patience not endless
Shiekhs of Saharan tribes said that they have gotten fed up with attempts to prevent people of Saharan origin from registering on the identity lists to establish their eligibility to vote in the upcoming Saharan self-rule referendum. Morocco-West Sahara, Politics, 2/24/1998 - New secretary-general for Moroccan Independence Party Morocco, Politics, 2/24/1998
- Moroccan government settles the issue of Garada Mines laborers
Rabat is currently negotiating a settlement for laborers in a mine the government decided to close. Morocco, Economics, 2/23/1998