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Morocco Takes Part in US-Led African Naval Exercise “Obangame Express 2019”

Morocco’s royal navy frigate “Mohammed V” takes part in the multinational “Obangame Express 2019” (OE19), conducted by US Naval Forces Africa (NAVAF), with the participation of several African countries. The Moroccan frigate has docked at the autonomous port of Abidjan for this regional African maritime exercise designed to improve cooperation among participating nations in order […]

OIC handpicks Nigeria as food storage hub

Member-states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have chosen Nigeria to serve as a food and grain storage hub for the group’s member states.   “All the member countries of OIC selected Nigeria as the storage hub,” Director of Nigeria’s Federal Department of Agriculture, Abdullahi Abubaka, said.   The OIC Secretariat will mobilize resources, […]

Morocco has more mobile phone subscriptions than people, official statistics

Morocco has 46.67 million mobile phone subscribers, that is more than the entire population estimated at 40 million people.   The latest figures released by telecoms regulator ANRT show that mobile phone penetration rate last year was 131.14%, noting that subscriptions in mobile phone services operated by the three main companies rose 20.54% last year. […]