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Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita held talks with influential members of the US Congress, following Washington’s reaffirmation of its recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory and its support for the autonomy plan as sole framework for negotiations. On the second day of his first visit to Washington since Trump’s comeback, Bourita discussed Morocco-US partnership […]
The recent decision by the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, to impose a 0.5% levy on imports from several West African nations, including Nigeria, is raising alarm bells across the region. Announced as part of the AES’s broader strategy to assert economic independence and generate revenue, the tariff could […]
Trade ministers from across Africa will gather on 14 April to discuss the implications of the new 10% tariff imposed by the United States on imports from several African nations. The tariffs, announced by president Donald Trump, are expected to severely impact African exporters, especially those reliant on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), […]
U.S. defense manufacturer Lockheed Martin has shown interest in Morocco’s investment opportunities offered in the defense industry which has attracted several companies including India’s Tata Advanced Systems, Turkish Baykar, Bluebird Company… A senior Lockheed Martin delegation led by Brig. Gen. Joseph Rank (Ret.), CEO for Africa & Saudi Arabia, visited lately Rabat and Casablanca to […]
From a crisis to another, Algeria has entrenched its regional isolation. The recent imposition of a ban on all flights heading or coming from Mali, evidences the whimsical and vindictive approach to foreign policy that has characterized the newly recycled military regime in Algeria, led by the Chengriha-Tebboune duo. Mali has responded with a similar […]
Elon Musk’s March 28 acquisition of X (formerly Twitter) by his AI company xAI raises significant concerns for the platform’s 40 million African users, whose data will now fuel the development of AI systems like Grok without explicit consent or compensation. The transaction places users in Nigeria (10 million), South Africa (8 million), and Morocco […]
The United States’ reaffirmed on Tuesday its recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara, as announced by President Donald Trump to King Mohammed VI in 2020. The Tuesday news made the headlines of international media. During a phone conversation in December 2020, President Donald Trump informed King Mohammed VI that he had issued a presidential […]
The first Morocco–United Arab Emirates Business Council was held on Wednesday in Sharjah, marking a new milestone in the strengthening of economic and trade relations between the two countries, which are bound by a solid friendship and advanced economic cooperation. The meeting reaffirmed the strategic role of this Council as a catalyst for investment and […]
Morocco was elected Tuesday to the Bureau of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights, one of the organization’s four main bodies Morocco was elected during the 150th IPU Assembly held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, April 4-9, in the person of Kamal Ait Mik, a member of the upper house of the […]
The Andalusian Federation of Travel Agencies (FAAV) has chosen Northern Morocco to host its second annual congress, signaling growing European interest in Morocco’s tourism offerings and strengthening ties between the neighboring kingdoms. The four-day event, held early April in the coastal city of M’diq, brought together Spanish tourism professionals to explore partnership opportunities and discover […]