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Guatemala opened this Thursday a Consulate in Dakhla, pearl of the Moroccan Sahara, joining the countries recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over its Saharan territories and dealing a hard blow to the enemies of the North African Kingdom. The inauguration ceremony was presided over by Guatemala’s Foreign minister Mario Adolfo Búcaro and the wali of the region […]
Saudi Arabia is considering making a joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup along with Egypt and Greece, the kingdom’s Tourism Minister Ahmed Al Khateeb has revealed according to Bloomberg. “We are considering a bid with Greece and Egypt and we wish that it will be a winning bid,” Al Khateeb said in […]
The trial of 18 people arrested in connection with the deadly 2016 Islamic extremist attack that killed 19 people at a beach resort in Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire, opened on Wednesday (30 November) in the country’s main city, Abidjan. Four of the defendants appeared to face murder and terrorism charges for the Grand-Bassam killings, which were […]
Morocco and China signed, Wednesday in Rabat, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the creation of a working group for the facilitation and promotion of trade between the two countries. The MoU, signed by Minister of Industry and Trade, Ryad Mezzour and China’s Ambassador to Morocco, Li Changlin, aims to simplify procedures for strengthening trade […]
The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) elected Tuesday Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the President of the Transition Military Council of Chad, as its new Chairman in replacement of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. The commission gathered in Abuja at the 16th Summit of the Heads of State and Government. Buhari, reports say, before handing the baton […]
Nearly 30 senior executives representing twenty Central Banks from Africa and the Middle East attended a cybersecurity workshop organized Nov.28-29 in Rabat by Morocco’s Bank Al-Maghrib and the Bank of England (BoE). The meeting was opportunity for the banking experts to exchange experiences and views on cybersecurity. The debates focused on topics related to cybersecurity […]
Algeria has created from scratch the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, sponsored the creation of the polisario and provided it with political, diplomatic, financial and military support, to fulfil its geopolitical whims. The remarks were made by French Lawyer Jerôme Besnard at a conference on Moroccan and Serbian experiences in the defense of territorial […]
Faithful to its unwavering commitment to the development of South-South cooperation, Morocco has just signed with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) an agreement on the safeguarding and protection of the intangible culture in Africa. This cooperation agreement, the first of its kind, was signed this Tuesday, November 29, 2022 in Rabat […]
Tunis Court of First Instance Tuesday sentenced a local journalist to one year in prison on charges of disclosing data on a counter-terrorism operation in Kairouan governorate. Khalifa Guesmi, working for Mozaique FM, has been under investigation since March after his arrest and detention following the publication of an article by the media about the […]
France has offered Benin dozens of military vehicles to back the West African country in the fight against terrorism, few days the country’s armed forces killed 4 terrorists. The vehicles, Masstech pick-up types, were presented by France’s ambassador to Cotonou Marc VIZY to Benin’s army Chief of Staff, Fructueux GBAGUIDI. The VIZY at the presentation […]