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European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Policy Oliver Varhelyi will visit Morocco during the week of February 20. The announcement was made by the Moroccan foreign department following a phone call Sunday between the European official and Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The ministry described the talks as “productive and constructive.” Varhelyi confirmed the phone call […]
The Moroccan government has reiterated its full support to the efforts engaged by the United Nations for the resolution of the Libyan conflict which is threatening the stability of the whole region. At a joint briefing held Monday in Rabat following his talks with UN envoy for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily, Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita […]
Iraq reiterated, on Saturday, its firm support of the territorial integrity of Morocco. “I reiterate Iraq’s constant position on the Moroccan Sahara issue and its support for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Morocco,” Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein said at a joint press conference with his Moroccan peer, Nasser Bourita, who was visiting […]
Laurent Gbagbo, Cote d’Ivoire’s ex-leader, has called on regional grouping ECOWAS to establish counter-terrorism brigade to curtail terrorism that has plagued the region. Gbagbo was speaking at a meeting of his party PPA-CI, at Bayota, a town in south-central Ivory Coast. “The problem in the Sahel today is the jihadists,” he said. For a 77-year […]
King Mohammed VI has spoken out strongly against Holocaust denial and in favor of the ideals of tolerance in Morocco and in the world, US Ambassador to Morocco Puneet Talwar said Sunday in Casablanca. “HM has spoken out strongly against Holocaust denial, and has supported and encouraged tolerance and coexistence in Morocco, in the region […]
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has announced the government’s intention to unveil the plan for offering state-run companies on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) in 2023 within two weeks. Madbouly, Asharq business reports, indicated that the Cabinet would soon reveal the names of the companies to be offered on EGX throughout 2023. Egypt has been planning […]
Babacar Diop, Mayor of the Senegalese town of Thiès announced Sunday he will be a candidate for 2024 presidential elections for which incumbent Macky Sall is currently barred from. Diop made the announcement at the end of the congress of his Forces démocratiques du Sénégal [Democratic Forces of Senegal] also known as Guelwaars. The Philosophy […]
11.3 per cent of voters casted their ballot papers during the second round of Sunday elections, Tunisia’s independent elections body, ISIE announced after the poll amid worries for a low turnout after the first round was widely boycotted. Farouk Bouasker, Head of the body made the announcement at a press conference after the poll. Some […]
The government of the Canary Islands said Morocco’s efforts to counter migrant trafficking networks resulted in a 30% drop in illegal arrivals to the Spanish archipelago. The head of the Canary Islands government Ángel Víctor Torres praised the approach of Prime Minister Sanchez to improve ties with Morocco ahead of the joint Spanish-Moroccan summit, Europa […]
A synagogue in Casablanca hosted Sunday a ceremony in the memory of the victims of the Holocaust on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration of this large-scale and painful massacre that marked the Second World War. The ceremony in Beth-el Synagogue was held under the theme “Mohammed V: protector of the Moroccan Jewish […]