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Morocco alerted once again to the enduring plight of thousands of Sahraouis held against their will in the Tinfoud camps by the Polisario militias and urged Algeria to allow a head-count of this population. Speaking to the UN General Assembly, Morocco’s Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch recalled that Algeria has defied UN Security Council resolutions urging […]
The excellent relations that bind the Saudi royal family to King Mohammed VI enabled the release of Brahim Saadoune, a Moroccan, naturalized Ukrainian in 2020, and whose situation has been followed by Morocco very closely and with discretion. Moroccan Brahim Saadoun, who was captured by pro-Russian separatist Ukrainian forces, while fighting with the Ukrainian forces, […]
Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, reaffirmed, Tuesday before the UN General Assembly, Morocco’s constant position in favor of the Palestinian issue, based on the two-state solution, as well as its commitment to continue its efforts to promote a peaceful settlement in Libya. Akhannouch recalled, in his address, the message addressed by King Mohammed VI to […]
French soft wheat exporters (intercereales) said Morocco could import up to 5 million tons this 2022-2023 season. France has already exported 1 million tons of soft wheat to Morocco during the summer, the French cereals lobby group said in a statement. With the crisis in Ukraine, Morocco has bought more wheat from France becoming its […]
Equatorial Guinea abolished the death penalty under a law promulgated by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. “The death penalty is totally abolished in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea,” said the law of the new Equatorial Guinean penal code, signed by the head of state, and whose vice president has posted excerpts on Twitter. The event […]
The experience of Morocco in the field of energy transition was highlighted at a meeting of the World Economic Forum held in New York, on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Taking the floor during the meeting, Junior Minister in charge of Investment, Mohcine Jazouli, made a presentation on […]
As the global economy sinks into another period of crisis, African currencies are depreciating against the US dollar and rising import costs are adding to inflationary pressures. With around half of all international trade invoiced in dollars, a stronger greenback hurts consumers across the world — including in Africa — that use dollars to pay […]
Morocco has reiterated at the UN General Assembly its firm commitment to finding a lasting political solution to the Sahara regional conflict on the basis of autonomy, under its sovereignty. In his address Tuesday at the 77th UNGA meeting of world leaders, Head of Govt. Aziz Akhannouch said the autonomy offered by the Kingdom within […]
Only three African nations control about 56% of the continent’s total wealth, according to the 2022 Africa Wealth Report published by UK investment consultancy firm Henley & Partners in partnership with South African wealth intelligence firm New World Wealth. South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco, and Kenya are Africa’s wealthiest countries. The first three countries possess […]
Namibia’s first ‘green hydrogen’ power plant — and also first one being built in Africa — which is expected to begin producing electricity in 2024, presents the southern African country with a dilemma: while Namibia is championing the clean energy, it also announced earlier this month that huge oil deposits had been discovered off its […]