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King Mohammed VI will pay an official visit to the United Arab Emirates as of Monday. The official visit takes place at the invitation of the UAE President Sheikh Mohammed Ben Zayed Al-Nahyan. The announcement came in a press release published this Sunday by the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery. Morocco and […]
Morocco, which is actively participating in the ongoing Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai, got €50 million donation from European Union to promote clean energy and decarbonization in development sectors and signed a joint declaration with Portugal on electrical interconnection between the two countries. The […]
The Moroccan director, screenwriter, and producer, Asmae El Moudir, has won the Grand Prize of the 20th Marrakech International Film Festival, for her film The Mother of All Lies, a first time in the festival’s long history. The 96-minute Arabic-language movie thus becomes the first Moroccan film to win L’Étoile d’Or in the history of […]
Morocco has once again championed climate action in favor of Africa, urging active solidarity with the countries of the continent as they seek to meet their own socio-economic and sustainable development goals. In an address to the UN climate summit COP28 in Dubai, King Mohammed VI reiterated Morocco’s pledge to help the African continent address […]
The U.S. State Department has praised Morocco’s comprehensive counterterrorism strategy, which includes vigilant security measures, regional and international cooperation, and counter radicalization policies. In its latest annual report released Nov.30 on terrorism in the world, the State department said the United States and Morocco have a long history of strong counterterrorism (CT) cooperation, hailing the […]
King Mohammed VI has addressed a message to the World Climate Action Summit, held as part of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) being held in Dubai, United Arab Emiraters, wherin he pleads for a pact for action to address the climate challenges. Here […]
Morocco was elected, in Vienna this Friday, to host the 93rd session of the General Assembly of the International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol. The 93 session will be held in Marrakech in 2025. The decision was made by the 91st session of Interpol, held from November 28 to December 1 in the Austrian capital. Director […]
Years of successive droughts emptied reservoirs pushing Morocco to speed up its desalination plans with new plants scheduled for Casablanca and Nador in 2027. Dam filling rate has dropped to 23% in Morocco on average in November with some critical dams such as Al Massira- supplying Casablanca- completely depleted. Construction works for the biggest desalination […]
The Xlinks Morocco-UK power project is gaining momentum as French oil giant TotalEnergies has injected £20 million in the ambitious green project, joining fellow investors Octopus Energy and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA). The French supermajor has decided to back the Morocco-UK project after withdrawing from Algeria due to endless hurdles to investors and […]
Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh was chosen to host the 2030 World Expo, the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) announced on Tuesday. Riyadh needed only one round of voting and secured the necessary two-thirds majority of member States at the general assembly of Paris-based BIE. Riyadh won 119 votes, South Korea’s Busan 29, and Italian capital Rome […]