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China has unveiled an ambitious plan to strengthen its partnership with Africa, pledging $51 billion in fresh financing and promising to create at least one million jobs. President Xi Jinping announced this initiative at a major China-Africa cooperation summit in Beijing, attended by delegates from over 50 African nations. The comprehensive package includes support for […]
Head of Moroccan Govt. Aziz Akhannouch is representing King Mohammed VI at the China-Africa Summit convening in Beijing Sept.4-6 under the theme: “Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future.” Akhannouch is accompanied by minister of foreign affairs Nasser Bourita and minister-delegate for investment Mohcine Jazouli. A delegation […]
The Algerian regime has suffered another humiliating diplomatic setback in Beijing after the Chinese authorities refused the participation of the Polisario in the ongoing China-Africa cooperation forum. This is another slap on the face of ruling Algerian junta and their separatist militias in just few days after the Tokyo scandal which exposed their total failure, […]
Despite consecutive dry years, Morocco’s banking sector has shown resilience and stability, the World Bank said. “Stress tests in Colombia, Morocco, and Mexico indicate that overall physical risks such as droughts and floods as well as transition risks are relatively benign for the financial system as a whole,” the World Bank said in its “Finance […]
Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita took part, on Tuesday in Beijing, in the ministerial meeting of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum, a platform seeking to foster Chinese-African partnership on the basis of the principles of solidarity, cooperation and respect of sovereignty and territorial integrity of states. During the meeting, the Chinese and African ministers discussed and […]
In a significant move towards sustainable energy, the steering committee for Morocco’s Green Hydrogen Initiative, known as “l’Offre Maroc,” held a meeting to discuss the criteria for projects after nearly 40 bids were submitted on a platform run by the Moroccan agency for sustainable energy MASEN. The committee emphasized transparency and competitiveness for bids across […]
Morocco has supplied Spain with two-thirds of its watermelon needs and sold France 45% of its imports of the water intensive fruit in 2023, despite persisting drought. Morocco faces growing competition from Senegal and Mauritania in the European watermelon market. Watermelon farms have been accused of depleting underground water in Moroccan southern desert areas. The […]
Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita highlighted the fundamentals of Morocco’s foreign policy regarding the African continent, stressing the need to promote south-south and trilateral cooperation and advance the Royal initiative to help landlocked Sahel countries access the Atlantic ocean. Speaking at the Indonesia-Africa Forum, in which he represented King Mohammed VI, Bourita said that under […]
At the Indonesia-Africa Forum, Indonesian authorities learned lessons from the laxism of Japanese authorities with participants by imposing that only participants with a valid badge with a nametag can take part in the event, leaving Algeria unable to smuggle the Polisario agents as it did in Tokyo. Algeria has violated diplomatic norms in the Japan-Africa […]
Some 26.4 million people used Moroccan trains to travel in the first six months this year, up 7% from the same period last year, rail operator ONCF said. Revenue grew 8% to 1.26 billion dirhams as more people use the fastest train in Africa Al Bouraq connecting Casablanca to Tangier. In total Al Boraq passengers […]