Moroccan Foreign Department

Egyptians fret about Ethiopia Nile dam filling

Worry grips Egyptian officials who fear a natural disaster as Ethiopia prepares to fill its giant Nile dam, the Great Renaissance Dam, for the fifth time, without any coordination with downstream countries, Egypt and Sudan. Egypt has for long expressed concern at the dam, while Ethiopia argues that the water-sharing deals signed under the colonial […]

Bahrain, Haiti Open Consulates respectively in Laayoune and Dakhla

This Monday saw the number of countries having opened diplomatic representations in the Moroccan Sahara increase by two new missions in Laayoune and Dakhla. Bahrain has thus opened this December 14 a consulate general in Laayoune, at a ceremony co-chaired by the Bahraini and Moroccan Foreign Ministers Abdullatif Al Zayani and Nasser Bourita.   Bahrain, […]

Dim prospects for Tunisian economy as President Saied cuts ties with IMF

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has suspended ties with the IMF after shunning the reforms it conditioned for a lifeline deal that could have made it easier for Tunisia to access foreign loans. The failure of the $1.9 billion offered by the IMF in exchange for reforms puts Tunisia in an uphill battle to access funding […]