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China’s PLA navy increases African port calls in bid to cement Beijing’s diplomatic ties

China’s 45th naval fleet has in recent weeks visited Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar in what experts say is Beijing’s show of force designed to help cement the Asian powerhouse’s diplomatic ties in Africa. After the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Navy stopped many of its African port visits during the Covid-19 pandemic, it has now begun […]

Appointment of six ambassadors at Ministers’ Council chaired by King Mohammed VI

King Mohammed VI has appointed at the Ministers’ Council he chaired Thursday in Rabat six ambassadors, namely to the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt, France, China, and the United States of America. This diplomatic movement, described by analysts of the news website Le360 as “qualitative”, concerned six strategic countries, with which Morocco maintains historical ties, […]

Morocco’s King deeply saddened by demise of President Essebsi, ‘one of the great men of Tunisia’

King Mohammed VI expressed deep sorrow at the demise of President Béji Caïd Essebsi that he described as “one of the great men of Tunisia”.   In a message of condolences to speaker of the parliament Mohamed Ennaceur- who was later in the day sworn-in as interim President- King Mohammed VI said he was deeply […]