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Morocco’s King Mohammed VI chaired on Thursday at the Royal Palace in Rabat a Council of Ministers devoted to examining the general guidelines of the 2024 Finance Bill and approving a bill and a draft decree relating to the military field, three international conventions and a number of appointments to high office, said a press […]
Senegalese fishermen from Saint Louis staged Wednesday October 18 a protest against authorities over the delay in the effectiveness of the fishing agreement inked with Mauritania that grants 400 fishing permits to Senegalese fisher folks to operate in Mauritania’s waters. Both countries signed a deal in 2018 for Mauritania to provide permits to 400 Senegalese […]
Gabon’s leader of the transition Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has instructed the Foreign ministry to launch an embassy in Rwanda as soon as possible, the office of the Gabonese leader announced in a statement following a meeting with Gabonese living in the central African country on Monday October 16. Nguema visited on October 16 […]
Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Spain’s Interior Minister, indicated Monday October 16 the country’s civil guard will step up surveillance operations on the coasts of Senegal and Mauritania in view of curbing illegal migrations from the two African countries. Grande-Marlaska made the announcement following a meeting held in Canary Islands, a Spanish autonomous territory facing waves of arrivals […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres highlighted Morocco’s steadfast commitment to the ceasefire in the Sahara and military agreements and highlighted the “close cooperation” between the Moroccan authorities and MINURSO. In his latest report to the Security Council on the Sahara that was published on the UN website, Guterres said that he “notes Morocco’s stated intention […]
France has begun pulling out its troops from Niger after being ordered out of the West African nation by the military junta that ousted the pro-Paris president in a July coup, the military said Tuesday (10 October). “The first troops have left,” the spokesman of the French chief of staff said, confirming an earlier announcement […]
Morocco has called from Geneva for a global commitment to integrate refugees into national health systems. “As a constructive partner pursuing a realistic and pragmatic approach, Morocco believes that including refugees in national health systems will help to respond to the immediate humanitarian emergency,” said Omar Zniber, Morocco’s Permanent Representative in Geneva, during a side […]
African nations have been divided over which side to support in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, but African leaders have still unanimously called on warring parties to halt deadly confrontations that erupted on 7 October when the Palestinian militant group launched a surprise assault. With the African Union (AU) having been divided over the […]
The Moroccan King, government and people set an example of national solidarity following the devastating earthquake that killed 3000 in the Atlas Mountains. Few hours after the earthquake struck on Sept 8, the King gave his instructions to authorities to speed up rescue and relief and ensure the quake-stricken population had proper shelter. He then […]
Morocco has, upon King Mohammed VI’s instructions, requested an emergency meeting of the Arab League’s ministerial council to discuss the deterioration of the situation in the Gaza strip. Morocco, which currently chairs the council, said the meeting will look into the outbreak of military actions against civilians and will seek the means to halt this […]