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The Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) reiterated, this Friday, its firm positions and decisions in favor of the Moroccan Sahara and the preservation of the security and stability of the Kingdom of Morocco, as well as its territorial integrity. The Supreme Council stressed, at the end of its 43rd session held in […]
Germany is set to increase its state guarantees for business investments in African countries, a move widely interpreted as being aimed at diversifying trade relations and to make it more independent from China. In September, China removed tariffs on 98% of agricultural and mineral imports from nine of Africa’s poorest countries. The decision follows Chinese […]
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who holds the world record for longevity in power for a living head of state other than a monarch, was sworn in Thursday in Malabo for a sixth seven-year term. King Mohammed VI of Morocco was represented at the investiture ceremony by Speaker of the House of Representatives, […]
Head of Moroccan Govt. Aziz Akhannouch is representing King Mohammed VI in the 1st Arab-Chinese summit to open this Friday in Riyadh, to give a new momentum to economic, scientific and technological partnership between Beijing and Arab countries. The summiteers will also discuss multiform cooperation prospects in various strategic sectors for shared prosperity as well […]
French foreign minister Catherine Colonna will pay a visit to Morocco on Dec. 15-16 to discuss bilateral ties with her Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita after a period of faltering ties on the backdrop of France’s limiting number of visas for Moroccans. The news was relayed by the AFP which also cited Colonna saying she will […]
RAM has added another airplane bringing the total number of special fights to Qatar it has programmed to 8 carrying 2500 fans. Moroccan fans have drawn so far in this tournament spectacular scenes of non-stop cheering for the Atlas Lions, hoisting national flags and intonating cheers. Morocco made it on top of its group beating […]
Morocco and the United States co-hosted the North African Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) workshop from December 6-8 in Tangier. The workshop, the first of its kind in the region, shows the Moroccan-American partnership and commitments to countering threats from weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the region. Over the course of three days, civilian and […]
A court in Mozambique has sentenced the son of a former president, two ex-spy bosses, and eight others to years in prison for their part in a corruption scandal which saw hundreds of millions of dollars in government-backed loans disappear, crashing the southern African nation’s economy. Nineteen people, including state security officials, went on trial […]
Nexans Group inaugurated Wednesday its photovoltaic power plant in Mohammedia, near Casablanca. The plant, which covers an area of 12,166 square meters, is equipped with 4,640 photovoltaic panels that will produce over 3,927 megawatts of electricity annually, covering nearly 19% of the Nexans plant’s annual electricity needs and reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by over […]
The Casablanca Stock Exchange has been connected to the African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP), an e-platform which enables cross-border securities trading among African stock exchanges and contributes to economic integration. In its first phase launched this week, AELP connects seven stock exchanges across 14 African countries: Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and the […]