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Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita held on Tuesday a telephone conversation with his Russian peer Sergei Lavrov, focusing on bilateral relationship and political dialogue based on mutual respect and commitment to stability. The Moroccan-Russian relations are gaining momentum under the leadership of King Mohammed VI and President Vladimir Putin, said the two ministers. They recalled […]
At least 60 people were killed in a brutal machete attack at a funeral in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday (8 September) night, in one of the deadliest recent assaults linked to the Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The victims were attending a mourning ceremony in the village of Ntoyo, […]
Thunes company, a global leader in cross-border payments, has launched its real-time money transfer service in Morocco, one of the major remittance recipients in Africa. The new service enables payouts in Moroccan Dirham (MAD) and gives Thunes’ Members greater access to Morocco’s increasingly connected and digitized economy. According to the World Bank, Morocco received over […]
More than ten years after Muammar Gaddafi’s assassination, Libya remains trapped in chaos, its promises of liberation eroded by division, corruption, and broken institutions. The 2020 ceasefire muted the sound of gunfire but did little to mend the nation’s political fractures. Ordinary Libyans endure hardship amid hunger, insecurity, and corruption, while the threat of renewed […]
Côte d’Ivoire’s upcoming presidential election has taken a dramatic turn, as the Constitutional Council barred two major opposition figures — former President Laurent Gbagbo and ex-Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam — from contesting the 25 October vote. The council cited both men’s removal from the electoral roll: Gbagbo, due to a past criminal conviction, and […]
Morocco’s University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) inaugurated Monday in New York its United States Global Hub in a bid to connect African talent and research ecosystems with global academic, entrepreneurial, and industrial partners. This new UM6P Global Hub, with offices in New York and Cambridge (Massachusetts), reflects a deliberate approach to position Africa’s sustainable development […]
Morocco has strongly condemned Israel’s heinous aggression on Doha and denounced the violation of the sovereignty of the brotherly State of Qatar. Morocco reiterated, in a statement issued this Tuesday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, its full solidarity with the State of Qatar against anything liable to jeopardize its security, its territorial integrity, and […]
Moroccan watermelon exports to the European Union have soared by more than 53%, according to trade data from Euroestacom, positioning Morocco as the EU’s leading supplier of the fruit ahead of Spain. Between January and June, Morocco shipped over 130,000 tons of watermelons to EU markets, up from approximately 85,000 tons during the same period […]
Ryanair has announced it is cutting nearly one million seats from its Spanish operations due to rising airport fees and underutilized infrastructure. The Irish low-cost carrier said it will redirect its capacity to more competitive markets, with Morocco emerging as a key beneficiary. Ryanair has solidified its role as a cornerstone of Moroccan air connectivity, […]
Ways of accelerating Moroccan-Mauritanian cooperation in electricity and renewable energies were at the center of talks held Monday in Nouakchott between Moroccan minister of Energy Transition Leila Benali and Mauritanian Minister of Energy Mohamed Ould Khaled. The talks, held on the sideline of 7th Mauritanian Energy & Mining Conference & Exhibition (Mauritanides), were an opportunity […]