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King Mohammed VI has sent a written message to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita handed over the Royal message to his Saudi peer Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdullah Al Saud at a meeting held in Riyadh Monday. The meeting is part of […]
The existence of separatist groups in Africa is a direct factor in triggering civil wars and racial and ethnic conflicts, as well as upheavals in the social and cultural fabric that undermine the foundations and stability of African countries, said Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The security challenges facing the African continent today are, as […]
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has highlighted in his latest report to the Security Council on the Sahara issue, Spain’s position that “considers the autonomy plan presented by Morocco in 2007 to be the most serious, credible and realistic basis for resolving” the dispute. In his report, Guterres mentions the letter addressed on March […]
Morocco will take part in the 12th India-Africa Defense Dialogue to be held on Oct.18 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on the sidelines of DefExpo 2022. According to the organizers, the event is an opportunity to discuss security and defense cooperation prospects between India and African countries, focusing on capacity building, training, cyber security, maritime security and […]
Afrijet, Gabon’s only airline providing domestic flights, has called for more competition and tax reforms as part of the efforts to slash down the price of flight tickets. “Dreaming of competition to be able to set prices is not according to this debate, but according to the reality of our costs! Like all economic actors, […]
PPA-CI, the political party of former Ivoirian leader Laurent Gbagbo, is celebrating this Monday its first anniversary, ahead of the 2025 presidential elections. The party is the third force in the national assembly with 18 seats behind ruling RHDP of incumbent President Alassan Ouattara and PDCI of former leader Henri Konan Bédié. “There is no […]
Egypt has announced a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on policies and economic and structural reforms for the country’s new economic reform program, amid talks for a new loan program. Egyptian authorities announced the success of technical meetings held between an Egyptian delegation and the director and experts of the IMF, saying the […]
The African Union’s (AU) chairman has called for an “immediate, unconditional ceasefire” in the two-year-old conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, whereby his call for a truce comes as the pan-African body makes efforts to bring the warring sides to the negotiating table. African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed “grave concern” in a […]
Two Memoranda of Understanding on the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline were signed on Saturday in Nouakchott, Mauritania, to advance the progress of the project which aims to turn Africa into a self-reliant continent in terms of gas supply. The first MoU was signed by Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), the National Nigerian Petroleum […]
Startup travel aggregator AfroAtlas announced it has established a new partnership with Lufthansa Group that has given it direct access to an Artificial Intelligence-powered platform that could reduce the cost of access to air transport services in eastern Africa. AfroAtlas CEO Ahmed Ugas says the German company’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) platform will consolidate online […]