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The First Lady of El Salvador Gabriela De Bukele visited on Tuesday in Tangier the Lalla Asmaa Center for Deaf Children, a specialized school supported by Lalla Asmaa Foundation. First Lady Gabriela toured the center’s various outbuildings and followed explanations on the services provided by the Center for deaf children as well as the vocational […]
King Mohammed VI has pardoned 19,673 convicts on the occasion of Throne Day, celebrated on July 30 in Morocco, the ministry of Justice announced Tuesday in a press release. The list of the beneficiaries of the royal pardon includes inmates who were granted a pardon over their remaining jail terms, convicts who had their prison […]
While Morocco celebrates its status as an emerging nation, it still needs to elaborate “next generation” of reforms to ensure equal development across regions, with a particular attention to rural areas, King Mohammed VI said. Achievements Morocco, thanks to a forward-looking royal vision, has joined the ranks of “high human development” countries and reduced multidimensional […]
King Mohammed VI has called for a shift from traditional approaches to social development, to an approach that promotes integrated regional development, making it clear that today or at any time in the future, it is not acceptable for Morocco to be a two-speed country, and insisting on the need to adopt next-generation local development […]
King Mohammed VI has reached out again to neighboring Algeria, voicing Morocco’s readiness to finding a consensual solution – a solution with neither winner nor loser; a face-saving solution for all parties. In a speech he delivered Tuesday on the 26th anniversary of his accession to the Throne, the Monarch said in addition to the […]
His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God Assist Him, delivered, on Tuesday, a Speech to His faithful people on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the Sovereign’s accession to the Throne of His glorious Ancestors. Here follows the full text of the Royal Speech: “Dear Citizens, Throne Day celebrations provide an annual opportunity to […]
Over the past years, under King Mohammed VI’s leadership, Moroccan diplomacy went full speed, gaining growing recognition for the autonomy plan as the only credible and lasting solution to the Sahara issue. The US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory in 2020- as part of a trilateral deal involving the resumption of ties […]
King Mohammed VI received, on Tuesday at the Royal Palace in Tetouan, Governor of central Bank Abdellatif Jouahri, who presented to the Sovereign the Bank’s annual report on the Kingdom’s economic, monetary and financial situation in 2024. The royal audience was attended by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan and Prince Moulay Rachid. In his address […]
Protesters in Tunis called their country an “open air prison” due to Kais Saied’s “authoritarian regime” which sent scores to jails on made-up charges to silence dissent. As the democratic achievements of the Jasmine revolution become a thing of the past, Kais Saied strengthened his grip on state institutions and has been using the judiciary […]
The Moroccan government expects to cut its budget deficit to 3% of GDP in 2026, from 3.5% this year, as it continues to pursue fiscal consolidation and structural reforms, finance minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui said. The government expects to narrow the deficit thanks to tax reforms, while maintaining support for strategic investments and social programs, […]