EGYPT

Mauritania rescues 141 migrants as shifting departure routes deepen Atlantic risks

Mauritania’s coastguard rescued 141 West African migrants on 30 November after their boat, which had departed from the Gambia, capsized off the coast near Nouadhibou. Authorities said on December 1st that the passengers were disoriented and adrift when a maritime patrol spotted them. The group included Senegalese, Gambians, Guineans, and Malians, with three individuals found […]

Morocco joins global leaders at UN Ocean Summit in Nice

Princess Lalla Hasnaa is representing King Mohammed VI at the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC-3) held in Nice June 9 to 13, joining over 50 heads of state and 1,500 delegates from nearly 200 countries for the five-day summit addressing critical marine conservation challenges. The conference, co-organized by France and Costa Rica under the […]

EU makes €190 million financial contribution to post-quake reconstruction

The EU has pledged 190 million euros in a new financial contribution to Morocco’s post-quake reconstruction efforts. An agreement was signed in that respect by the EU’s commissioner for the neighborhood Olivér Várhelyi and minister in charge of the budget Fouzi Lekjaa. The Commissioner said the EU has injected 5 billion euros in the Moroccan […]