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Occupied Ceuta at Heart of NATO-Russia Row over Warship Refuelling

The Moroccan Spanish-occupied city of Sebta (internationally known as Ceuta) was at the heart of a row after NATO voiced concerns over the refuelling of Russian warships in the city’s port, on the strait of Gibraltar. A group of warships including Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, are reportedly refuelling at sea off Ceuta’s […]

Morocco Beats Algeria in UN Fourth Committee Elections

After Morocco was unanimously elected Vice President of the 72nd General Assembly that will run from September 2017 to September 2018, another victory was registered by a Moroccan diplomat who was voted Vice-Chair of the politically sensitive UN General Assembly’s fourth Committee on decolonization. The Fourth Committee elected Yasser Halfouni of Morocco as the Vice-Chair […]

Record 18.2 mln Passengers Passed through Morocco’s Airports in 2016

The number of passengers at Moroccan airports grew 3.58% in 2016 compared to 2015 to reach a record 18.2 million, said the national airport office (ONDA.) This increase is ascribed to the momentum witnessed in international air traffic, which rose by 3% accounting for 16.31 million passengers in 2016, said the ONDA in its latest […]