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The Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) will meet up in Nairobi, Kenya, from September 4-6 this year, the Kenyan leader has announced. “I am convening a Climate Action Summit in Nairobi, to take place from September 4-6, 2023. There is consensus in this meeting that Africa is the […]
Independent Perenco has announced the investment of $1 billion for construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas unit in Gabon. The company-based in London said it presented the plan for the unit to the Minister of Oil and Gas, and the subsequent technical approval by the Gabonese authorities in December 2022. The unit will be located […]
Six Egyptian nationals held in an irregular detention center in western Libya have set free, Egypt’s oreign ministry announced. “According to the information received from our embassy in Tripoli, the six Egyptians have been released,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Twitter Sunday. “We are following their safe return to the homeland,” he […]
Somali soldiers — backed by international partners and local clan militias — have killed upwards of 350 al-Shabab militants and wounded dozens more in different operations in the country’s south and central regions, the country’s government has said, a claim denied by the Islamist militant group. According to Somali officials, the Somali National Army carried […]
A super-yacht and two properties belonging to Equatorial Guinea’s Vice President, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, were seized last week by South African court that suggested the properties may be auctioned to pay a South African businessman who sued Obiang for wrongful arrest and torture after an airline deal went wrong. South African businessman Daniel Janse […]
Following the bad weather and heavy snowfalls recorded in the provinces of Ouarzazate, Zagora and Taroudant, King Mohammed VI has given his high instructions to the various departments concerned to mobilize all the required means and coordinate their actions to provide the necessary assistance and help to the affected populations. In application of the royal […]
Rabat hosted this February 17-18 the World Pre-Forum on Human Rights as a prelude to the third World Forum on Human Rights (WFRH) will take place in Argentina in March 2023. The global pre-forum was organized by the Moroccan Human Rights Council (CNDH) and the International Center for the Promotion of Human Rights (CIPDH-UNESCO), which […]
The leadership of King Mohammed VI in building collective action to mitigate the impact of climate change in Africa has been highly commended at a meeting hosted Thursday in Addis Ababa by Morocco on occasion the 42nd session of the Executive Council of the African Union. Chaired by foreign minister Nasser Bourita, the gathering was […]
Visiting British Minister of State for Business and Trade Nigel Huddleston discussed with a number of Moroccan officials ways of enhancing trade between the two countries, particularly through the proposed maritime link between Morocco and the United Kingdom. “Morocco is the UK’s fourth largest trading partner in Africa and this is an opportunity to further […]
King Mohammed VI has renewed commitment to continue providing the Climate Commission for the Sahel region the necessary technical assistance and support its actions to enable it complete its roadmap. In a message addressed to participants in the 2nd Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Climate Commission for the Sahel Region (CCSR), […]