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Royal Air Maroc, Mauritania Airlines sign codeshare agreement, increase their weekly flights

Morocco’s air carrier, Royal Air Maroc, and Mauritania Airlines signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and a “free flow” codeshare agreement for the direct Casablanca-Nouakchott air route. This strategic agreement, initialled in Casablanca on Friday, is part of both airlines’ ongoing efforts to enhance their customers’ experience, as it will allow passengers to benefit from […]

Cuba to open an embassy in Rabat soon

Cuba plans to open an embassy in Morocco, two years after the two countries re-established their diplomatic relations. The announcement was made by Cuba’s ambassador to Morocco, Elio Eduardo Rodriguez Perdomo, at a meeting in Rabat Monday with speaker of the House of Representatives. Ties between the two countries were normalized two years ago with […]

Russian oligarch admits owning Wagner mercenary force

Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin has for the first time acknowledged he is “proud” of founding Wagner Group, a private military company, in 2014, staffed by veterans of the country’s armed forces. After previously denying ownership and suing journalists for reporting it, this was Prigozhin’s first public confirmation that he was the man behind the mercenary […]