UN Office of counterterrorism – program office in Rabat

Akhannouch represents Morocco’s King at inauguration ceremony of Mauritania’s President

Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch arrived in Nouakchott on Thursday to represent King Mohammed VI at the inauguration ceremony of Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani as President of Mauritania for a second term. Ould El Ghazouani has comfortably won Presidential re-election in July after securing 56.12% of the votes in the first round. Following his […]

Tunisia: Most prominent terrorist in prison break captured

Ahmed Melki aka Al Somali (The Somalian), the most prominent of the five terrorists who escaped from prison on November 1 in the Tunisian town of Mornaguia, has been arrested by residents of a district in the Tunisian capital, Tunis. Melki had reportedly been active in several terror groups and received military trainings. Melki was […]

Italy’s SITE Company wins €140 Mln contracts for Morocco’s high-speed rail expansion

Morocco’s national railway operator, Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF), has awarded Italian engineering company SITE two contracts worth over €140 million for the new high-speed rail line linking Kénitra to Marrakech. SITE will provide telecom, power, and cybersecurity systems for the 400-km Kénitra–Marrakech line ahead of 2030 FIFA World Cup organized by Morocco, […]