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 […]
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Niger’s President sends message to King Mohammed VI
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 Ranks 30th in Global Entrepreneurship Monitor National Entrepreneurial Context Index
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 hosts parliamentary conference on South-South Cooperation
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 […]
Parliamentary Assembly of Union for Mediterranean convenes 17th Plenary Session, other meetings in Rabat
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 […]
Lobito corridor: West’s bid against China’s BRI and its grip on African ore
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 […]
Spain’s migration cooperation with Morocco is exemplary, Interior Minister says
Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska this Friday commended cooperation between Morocco and Spain on migration, describing this cooperation as “exemplary”. “Cooperation between Morocco and Spain is exemplary. We have been close, reliable, and loyal partners for a long time,” the Spanish minister told the public television channel TVE. In January, the Spanish official made his […]
New York Times highlights Marrakesh as “a haven of Islamic architecture, dazzling traditional artisanship, cool contemporary design”
The New York Times has highlighted the touristic assets of Marrakech, describing it as “a haven of Islamic architecture, dazzling traditional artisanship, and cool contemporary design.” In an article published Thursday, The New York Times celebrates Marrakesh as a city combining authenticity and modernity and boasting many tourist attractions. The author of the piece, Seth […]
African countries ‘robbed’ of $11bn in annual revenues by ‘incognito’ fishing vessels
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing costs African countries up to $11.49 billion annually, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Duke University, that also found that over 75% of the world’s industrial fishing vessels, mostly in Africa and South Asia, are operating “incognito.” In the new study published […]
Angola’s diamond sector to be advanced by new De Beers deal with state-owned companies
London-based De Beers Group and Angolan state-owned companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) pledging to collaborate on opportunities to increase diamond production, to advance Angola’s alluvial mining sector and enhance social development for the benefit of the country’s citizens. To support these objectives, the MoU was inked between De Beers and Angola’s National […]








