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Princess Lalla Hasnaa, President of the Foundation for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Rabat, who is currently on a visit to Azerbaijan, visited on Monday Baku’s Alley of Honor, where she laid a wreath at the tomb of the national leader Heydar Aliyev. The Princess then visited the Martyrs’ Alley to pay respects to […]
Egypt has decided to skip the military exercise which the Algerian regime is planning to organize May 21 to 27 on its territory due to the participation of the Algeria-backed Polisario militias in the drills, according to press reports. Cairo’s refusal to participate in the military maneuvers dealt a hard blow to the Algerian junta […]
Morocco and Mauritania have voiced their shared resolve to upgrade their cooperation in matters of advanced regionalization and decentralization and to establish effective partnerships between the two countries’ local authorities. This came during a meeting held in Rabat on Monday between Moroccan Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, and Mauritanian Minister in charge of Decentralization […]
Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares welcomed on Monday the “excellent” momentum witnessed in relations between Spain and Morocco. Speaking before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Spanish Congress of Deputies, the head of Spanish diplomacy expressed his gratitude to Morocco for its support during last week’s power blackout in Spain, a support […]
In a move steeped in symbolism and constitutional adherence, Gabon’s transitional Prime Minister, Raymond Ndong Sima, formally submitted his resignation on Sunday, May 4, marking the end of his stewardship during the nation’s political recalibration. This follows the official swearing-in of President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, ushering in a new administration under a revised constitutional […]
A delegation of 35 Moroccan business leaders visited Cairo this weekend to attend the Morocco-Egypt business forum meant to explore new trade opportunities and strengthen commercial ties, according to the Moroccan Confederation of Exporters (ASMEX). The three-day mission (May 3-5) aims to promote “Made in Morocco” products in the Egyptian market. “This mission is the […]
A devastating aerial assault on Old Fangak in South Sudan’s Jonglei state has left at least seven civilians dead and twenty more injured, as humanitarian agencies raise alarms over the reawakening of full-scale civil conflict. The medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported that a helicopter gunship attacked the only hospital in Fangak County, obliterating […]
Morocco’s economy created 282,000 jobs between the first quarters of 2024 and 2025, according to the latest report from the High Commission for Planning (HCP). This marks a significant turnaround after losing 80,000 positions during the same period the previous year. The job growth was primarily urban, with 285,000 new positions in cities offsetting a […]
In a display of continental solidarity, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and his Comorian counterpart, President Azali Assoumani, convened a meeting in Cairo on Sunday, May 4, to underscore the urgency of a harmonized African voice amid escalating regional challenges. Against a backdrop of persistent instability in Gaza, Sudan, and the Horn of Africa, the two […]
Morocco has called, from Algiers, for the respect of states’ sovereignty and territorial integrity and for a joint Arab action, based on this principle. The call was launched by the Moroccan delegation taking part in the 38th Congress of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU), held May 2-4 in the Algerian capital on the theme “The […]