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While interest in Africa’s critical mineral reserves, including those vital to combating climate change, is soaring, in some places their extraction is hindered by problems with vital infrastructure, according to several recent studies. The African mining industry, which contributes an estimated 4.5% to the continent’s GDP, has also made a significant contribution to the global […]
Morocco’s commitment to achieving development goals in Africa is part of the strategic vision of King Mohammed VI, said Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, who is representing the Sovereign at the 37th African Union Summit being held Saturday and Sunday in Addis Ababa. Bourita recalled in this regard that the King stressed in his […]
Participants at the Parliamentary Conference on South-South Cooperation held in Rabat Feb.15-16, commended the international initiative of King Mohammed VI aimed at promoting access of Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean. “We commend and welcome the international initiative of His Majesty King Mohammed VI aimed at promoting access of Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean, […]
The major challenges facing humanity today require the establishment of a new global order of cooperation founded on principles of justice and equity for all nations of the world, particularly those of the South, the Parliamentary Conference on South-South Cooperation stressed in a final declaration released in Rabat Friday. Participants in the conference called in […]
A group defending the interests of Moroccan farmers, COMADER, denounced the attacks on trucks exporting Moroccan fresh produce in the EU. Videos on social media showed angry Spanish farmers taking aim at Moroccan trucks loaded with tomatoes heading to the UK market. “We express our concern following the recurrent and unjustified attacks on Moroccan products […]
General Abdourrahman Tiani, President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, Head of State of Niger has sent a message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over by Niger’s PM Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine to Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch at a meeting in Rabat on Wednesday. The contents of […]
Morocco ranked 30th in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) National Entrepreneurial Context Index (NECI), according to GEM 2023/2024 Global Report launched Tuesday at Hassan II University of Casablanca. GEM NECI measures the 12 entrepreneurial environment conditions (EFCs) that make up the context in which entrepreneurial activity takes place in a country. In 2022, Morocco ranked […]
Rabat will host this February 15-16 a parliamentary conference on South-South Cooperation that will discuss the “Role of National Parliaments and Regional and Continental Parliamentary Unions in Africa, the Arab World, and Latin America in Enhancing Strategic Partnerships and Achieving Joint Integration and Development.” The conference will address current strategic issues, mainly those related to […]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (AP-UfM) will convene its 17th plenary session, the 8th Summit of its presidents, as well as the meetings of its standing committees, bureau and extended bureau on Thursday and Friday (Feb.15-16) at the headquarters of the House of Representatives in Rabat. The meetings will examine the […]
With the support from the European Union and the United States, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia hope soon to realize their ambitious plans to shore up their green energy resources — and face up China’s influence. In October 2023, the EU and the US passed a declaration to support efforts to revive […]