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King Mohammed VI received, Thursday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, several new Moroccan ambassadors and handed them their appointment Dahirs. The newly appointed ambassadors are Youssef Amrani who will head Morocco’s mission in the United States of America; Mohamed Ait Ouali appointed Ambassador to Egypt; Abdelkader El Ansari, Morocco’s new Ambassador to China; Ahmed […]
Football federations of Morocco, Portugal and Spain officially signed, on Wednesday, the bid agreement to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. The signing of the bid agreement is a commitment by the three football federations to respect the rules and framework governing the bidding process, said the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) in a statement […]
Years of successive droughts emptied reservoirs pushing Morocco to speed up its desalination plans with new plants scheduled for Casablanca and Nador in 2027. Dam filling rate has dropped to 23% in Morocco on average in November with some critical dams such as Al Massira- supplying Casablanca- completely depleted. Construction works for the biggest desalination […]
Morocco’s economic growth is expected to increase to 3.3% in 2023 and strengthen further to 3.6% in 2024 and 3.8% in 2025, according to the projections of the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development. In its latest report on the North African Kingdom, OECD says a rebound in agricultural production and the services sector, particularly […]
France has completed the full withdrawal of its forces from Niger as requested by the current leaders of the West African country who seized the power on July 26, after removing west-backed Mohamed Bazoum. Over 1,300 soldiers stationed in the country have left the country and headed to neighboring Chad and to France, ‘Mali Jet’ […]
The Palestinian ambassador to Morocco, Jamal Choubki, commended on Wednesday in Rabat Morocco’s constant role, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al Quds Committee, in supporting the Palestinian people, their just cause, and their legitimate leadership, and noted that the Kingdom’s position on the Palestinian issue is one of principle. Choubki, […]
Somalia has finally been admitted to the East African Community (EAC) as its eighth member, thirteen years after its original application to join, as the economic bloc seeks to expand free trade across the region. Somalia was officially admitted to the East African Community (EAC) at the Summit of the East African Community (EAC) Heads […]
Senegal’s navy has intercepted over three tons of cocaine from a ship moored off the coast in what is one of the country’s biggest drug hauls, as traffickers often exploit West African nations as transit points to transport cocaine from South America to Europe. “The patrol boat FOULADOU seized nearly 3 tons of pure cocaine […]
Benin Wednesday November 29 took delivery of some US military equipment worth $2.1 million to be used in the capacity building of the armed forces of the West African country. The ceremony took place at Sero Kora military camp, in the northern city of Parakou, local media ‘24h Au Benin’ reports. The equipment includes assault […]
A delegation from the ECOWAS Commission and Nigeria’s government, on Tuesday, (28 November) met with Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio, in an apparent show of solidarity for the country’s government following a recent deadly attack on the armory, expressing the West African bloc’s commitment to “the deployment, if need be, of regional elements.” The […]