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Morocco Sends Two Fire-fighting Planes to Battle Italy’s Wildfires

FARThe Moroccan armed forces (FAR) sent two Canadair planes to Italy to extinguish the fire that ravaged so far more than 2000 hectares of forests. Italy becomes the third country that receives Moroccan aid after Spain and Portugal, which also received Moroccan Canadair flights. Southern Italy, including Sicily, has been plagued by wildfires this summer […]

King of Morocco Boosts Diplomatic Momentum by Appointing New Ambassadors

King Mohammed VI, of Morocco, received on Tuesday at the Rabat Royal Palace,  nineteen new ambassadors to be positioned in several capitals in Europe, Africa, Oceania,  Asia, and Latin America.   The Sovereign handed the new ambassadors, among whom three women, their appointment dahirs, before they were sworn in before him.   Former finance and […]

US Grants Morocco $670,000 to cushion coronavirus blow

The United States government has granted Morocco $670,000 (6.6 millionDH) to respond to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), announced the US embassy in Rabat.   The funds are provided by the Emergency Reserve Fund for Contagious Infections Diseases at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), said the embassy in a statement.   […]