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China’ Customs Tariff Commission announced earlier this week the removal of tariffs for taxable products from six African countries, State-run Xinhua news agency reports. The move aims to embody the spirit of China-Africa friendship and cooperation, and facilitate a high-quality China-Africa community with a shared future, the commission reportedly said. Under the measure to be […]
The European Union should work together with African countries to reform the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) subsidy rules as a way to tackle the global distortions of China’s state capitalism, the German Economic Institute (IW) argues in a new report. The research report entitled ‘Reforming WTO’s Subsidy Rules: a New Opportunity to Tackle the Global […]
Princess Lalla Hasnaa, Chair of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, took part, on Friday in Dubai, in the first annual high-level meeting of the “Greening Education Partnership” initiative, organized by UNESCO and the UAE Ministry of Education as part of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP28). In her address at […]
Emirati firms Metito Utilities and Tahliya have announced in Dubai plans to build two seawater desalination plants powered with renewable energy in the Moroccan Sahara. The announcement was made Thursday on the sidelines of COP28 currently held in the UAE. It comes after the Declaration signed by King Mohammed VI and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed […]
The Arab Police and Security Leaders wrapped up Thursday their 47th conference held in Tangier, Morocco, with the adoption of several recommendations that will ultimately be presented to the next Arab Interior Ministers Council. Participants in the conference who focused on leveraging modern technologies to combat terrorism and organized crime, with a specific spotlight on […]
For years and still, Morocco has advocated and campaigned for a united and integrated Maghreb. But its calls have fell on deaf ears of an Algerian military junta that held the region hostage to its pro-separatism schemes. In the face of this Algerian obstinacy to maintain the status-quo of the non-Maghreb, Morocco looked north and […]
Mali and Niger have announced they have nullified two historic tax treaties with France, noting that Paris’s hostility towards both West African nations is the reason for the move. According to a joint statement published on Tuesday (5 December), the cancellation of the two treaties, which was meant to avoid double taxation and help in […]
Moroccan football prospered in 2022 and 2030 thanks to a carefully devised strategy that led the county to the quarter finals in Qatar’s World Cup and outstanding achievements in female soccer, futsal, U-17 and U-23, not to mention its successful bids to host the African Cup of Nations in 2025 and the World Cup in […]
King Mohammed VI’s working and fraternal visit to the United Arab Emirates is being hailed as a “powerful symbol of unity and solidarity” between the two nations, according to ABC Bourse, a French financial news outlet. The French publication highlighted in an article the visit’s notable feature, and described exchanges between the King and Sheikh […]
The 47th Arab Police and Security Leaders Conference kicked off Wednesday in Tangier, with the participation of senior security officials. This two-day meeting is attended by the Secretary General of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, the President of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), the President of the Naif Arab University for Security Sciences […]