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Moroccan-American longstanding friendship, strategic alliance, and shared history have been honored by the U.S. National Trust for Historic Preservation which listed the American Legation in Tangiers among this year’s eleven most endangered American historic sites. Speaking during a ceremony held Wednesday in Washington, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma praised […]
Heavy rain ravaged swathes of Kenya, killing at least 180 people, destroying homes, and forcing hundreds of thousands to displace. The torrential rains triggered numerous floods since March sweeping whole villages in Kenya as well as in neighboring Tanzania and Burundi. The death toll in Kenya was the highest as critical infrastructure like roads and […]
Morocco and Pakistan have voiced their shared commitment to bolster security partnerships in various areas of mutual interest. This determination to enhance security cooperation was expressed by Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance (DGSN/DGST), and Muhammad Sami-ur-Rehman, the Ambassador of Pakistan to Morocco, at a meeting they held on Wednesday […]
Chairman of the presidency of Bosnia & Herzegovina Denis Bećirović has addressed a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over to Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita by Nerkez Arifhodžić, special envoy of Denis Bećirović, at a meeting held in Rabat Wednesday. In a statement to the press following the meeting, Arifhodžić […]
Formally begun in 2007 by the African Union, the Sahel’s green wall which consisted in planting trees to fight desertification has been facing headwinds partly due to drought, conflict and lack of funding. The project is estimated to cost 36 billion dollars and be completed after 17 years from its launch but was hampered by […]
Algeria’s mouthpiece APS has officially made it clear that the country under the rule of General Chengriha is seeking a Maghreb without Morocco. The Arab Maghreb Union, bringing together Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, is dead and should be replaced by the “Declaration of Carthage”, the APS said referring to a meeting between Algeria’s […]
Morocco is committed to contributing to the success of electoral processes across the African continent, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said. He made the remark at the opening of a training co-held with the African Union benefiting election observers. Morocco is ready to provide well-trained election observers to promote democratic processes across the continent, Bourita said. […]
The 3rd Arab Economic and Cooperation Forum with the countries of Central Asia and Azerbaijan, held on Tuesday in Doha at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Economy, highlighted the importance of the role of the Presidency of the Al-Quds Committee. In the Doha Declaration issued at the end of the Forum, […]
Easy movement of people in Africa, also facilitated by affordable airfares, without the hindrances of state boundaries, is one of the key prerequisites for the full implementation of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), according to stakeholders in the continent’s aviation industry. Air transport, which facilitates free movement of people across nations with liberalized inter-state […]
Dozens of American military personnel will likely leave Chad in the coming days, at least temporarily, which comes days after Washington agreed to pull out about 1,000 of its troops from neighboring Niger following the ruling junta’s decision to cancel a military accord with the US. The United States is expected to begin withdrawing its […]