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The inroads made by Morocco at the economic and diplomatic levels in Africa bother Berlin, as a leading German international relations think tank has called on the EU to help a weakening Algeria counterbalance Rabat’s increasing influence in the continent. Morocco recalled its ambassador to Berlin in May in protest over Germany’s hostile positions towards […]
The Moroccan government plans to sell 35% stake in Marsa Maroc to Groupe Tanger Med which manages the biggest port in the Mediterranean and Africa in terms of container capacity. Marsa Maroc manages container terminals at 9 Moroccan ports and is listed at the Casablanca stock exchange. The deal will inject some 5.48 billion dirhams […]
US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Joey Hood, said Biden administration maintains recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. “There is no change in the US position,” he told reporters in Rabat Wednesday following talks with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Hood reiterated support for a UN solution to the Sahara issue […]
Morocco, accused of having used Pegasus spy software, is increasing the number of legal defamation proceedings in France against the media having published such accusations. On July 22, Morocco launched a first libel proceeding against Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories, which orchestrated the release of false press reports, accusing Rabat of conducting electronic snooping with […]
The investigating judge of the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid, Santiago Pedraz, heard on Tuesday, the first of the three witnesses, in the Brahim Ghali case, lodged at the end of last June by the defense of the Sahrawi Association of human rights (ASADEH). The witness, Sahrawi activist Ahmed Tarouzi who resides in Laayoune, told […]
The government Council, held Tuesday in Rabat, has decided to extend the state of health emergency across the national territory until Friday Sept. 10, 2021, as part of efforts aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was made during the weekly meeting of the Government Council held in Rabat. “As part […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked Tuesday a dozen senior officials and aides of fired PM Hichem Mechichi, few days after dissolving the government and suspending the parliament in a move he describes as key to restore the country. Decrees published in the national gazette said Saied dismissed Walid Dhahbi and Moez Lidine Allah Mkaddem, respectively […]
King Mohammed VI has sent a message to President of Tunisia Kais Saïed. The message was handed over to the Tunisian head of state by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita during a meeting at the Carthage Palace in Tunis on Tuesday. The meeting highlighted the strong relations between the two countries’ leaderships and […]
Malawi will open on Thursday a consulate general in the Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune, joining nearly thirty African, Arab and Caribbean countries which have already installed diplomatic representations since end of 2019, in Laayoune and Dakhla, pearl of Moroccan Sahara. The announcement of this new consulate was made Tuesday in Rabat by Malawi’s foreign […]
The Union of Arab Football Associations, UAFA, is considering plans to postpone for the second time the final of Arab Champions Cup, dubbed the Mohammed VI Cup, over the continuing propagation of contaminations in Morocco, chosen as the host of tie to oppose Casablanca Greens Raja and Jeddah’s Ittihad on August 21, reports say. […]