Full coverage: Morocco

20.03.2006 Some 4,2 million Moroccans, which constitute 14.2% of the population, were poor in 2004, said the report on “Poverty, Human Development and Social Development in Morocco”, submitted this week by the High Commissioner for Planning, Ahmed Lahlimi.

06.12.2004 A Unesco-supported three-day conference in Marrakech has concluded that freedom of expression and press freedom are vital to creating a knowledge society under the WSIS framework. The conference was attended by more than 270 representatives of international and regional media groups, NGOs and academic institutions.

01.04.2003 Use of debit and credit cards, an essential prerequisite for larger e-commerce adoption, has grown by 30 per cent in Morocco in 2002. But low Internet and PC penetration remain major hurdles, says a new report.

13.03.2003 The capacity implications of new ICTs for local governments and municipalities in Africa were explored at a recent meeting hosted by CAFRAD in Morocco.

20.01.2003 A new multi-lateral project aims to train 600 primary and secondary school teachers in several Moroccan cities in using ICTs over the next two years.

20.10.2002 Uganda has been elected as one of Africa's representatives on the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council. The Council is the Union's supreme administrative organ and is responsible for policies that include spectrum regulation for telecom and Internet applications. Other African countries that have been elected are: South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana, Mali, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, Algeria, Burkina Faso and Cameroon.

30.09.2002 ICTs are helping governments become more transparent and accountable to citizens, UNESCO has said, citing a recently released joint study> conducted with the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development. But the 15-nation study also found new technologies "posing a challenge to traditional decision-making structures", the UN agency added.

27.08.2002 Prepared by the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development (COMNET-IT), the study includes 15 country abstracts providing an initial snapshot for countries chosen to represent different situations in each of UNESCO's region.

27.08.2002 Prepared by the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development (COMNET-IT), the study includes 15 country abstracts providing an initial snapshot for countries chosen to represent different situations in each of UNESCO's region.

09.05.2002 BBC News Online has a Special Report on the digital divide, featuring interesting case studies from around the world.

23.04.2002 The field of education technology as a whole is preoccupied with two concurrent agendas: education reform and effective integration of technology. The education reform agenda becomes paramount because research suggests that technology provides value-added in educational settings that are constructivist, learner-centered and inquiry-based in nature.

23.04.2002 The field of education technology as a whole is preoccupied with two concurrent agendas: education reform and effective integration of technology. The education reform agenda becomes paramount because research suggests that technology provides value-added in educational settings that are constructivist, learner-centered and inquiry-based in nature.