Morocco’s King Mohammed VI attends a meeting with French President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris

Mixed reaction in Africa to OPEC oil production cuts amid concern about rising prices

Delegates at the biggest oil conference in Africa have expressed concern about rising prices after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), plus non-members who also export oil, decided earlier this week to cut production targets. The majority of the oil cartel’s 13 member states are in Africa, but many countries on the continent have […]

Morocco’s King lays out vision to address desertification challenges in Africa

“We are determined to combat the common enemy of desertification through coordinated, solidarity-based action”, said King Mohammed VI in a message addressed to the Summit on Drought & Sustainable Land Management which opened Monday in Abidjan. The royal message, which was read out by minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Forests Mohamed Sadiki, called for […]

African Lion 2022: A Moroccan-US military delegation visits Taliouine field surgical hospital

A senior delegation of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and the US Army visited Monday, the surgical field hospital deployed in the commune of Taliouine (province of Taroudant), on the sidelines of the ongoing African Lion 2022 exercise. Upon arrival at the hospital site, the delegation led by Lieutenant General Belkhir […]