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Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, highlighted, on the occasion of a high-level meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, the courageous and heroic act of the late King Mohammed V, through the protection provided to Moroccans of Jewish confession, during the Second World War, against the brutal and barbaric Nazi regime […]
King Mohammed VI has reiterated Morocco’s unwavering commitment to the Palestinian cause and to al-Quds, pointing out that he considers the Palestinian cause just as important as the Kingdom’s foremost national cause and warning that the stalemate in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process gives radicals an opportunity to exacerbate the conflict, stir up religious feelings, and […]
The number of Moroccan nationals who died in the devastating earthquake that struck southeastern Türkiye last Monday has now reached six victims, Morocco’s Embassy in Ankara announced on Saturday. An earlier assessment provided on Thursday by the Government Spokesman had reported four deaths. The death toll from the earthquakes in Türkiye and northwestern Syria has […]
The first Forum on “Women in Sport”, initiated by the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), held in in Rabat was attended by high-level officials and internationally renowned champions in various sports who unanimously agreed on the importance of strengthening women’s participation in sports and encouraging girls to become leaders in this sector […]
The university has a key role to play in the emergence of a generation imbued with the values of cultural diversity and otherness that make the uniqueness of the Moroccan civilizational model, said André Azoulay, Advisor to King Mohammed VI. “In a world in search of landmarks where otherness has become a source of conflict […]
The Moroccan government has called for strengthening Arab economic cooperation and integration to counter the current economic and social challenges. Addressing the Arab Economic and Social Council meeting, which opened Thursday in Cairo, Moroccan Ambassador to Egypt & Permanent Representative to the Arab League Ahmed Tazi stressed the need to speed up the implementation of […]
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called for a ceasefire after clashes in a disputed town in the breakaway region of Somaliland left at least 13 people dead. Tensions have been building in Las Anod, the capital of the contested Sool region, since December last year, as the region has been a point of conflict […]
Cameroon under the directives of President Paul Biya has lined up for a $34.7 million loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to finance the Presidential Plan for the Reconstruction and Development of the Anglophone Regions of Northwest and Southwest. The plan estimated at around $3 billion encompasses three phases namely rehabilitation and development of […]
The trafficking of counterfeit medicines in the countries of the Sahel leads to the death of 270,000 people a year, revealed the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). In its most recent report, UNODC highlights the consequences of the intense trafficking of counterfeit medicines in the countries of the Sahel, fueled by the […]
Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, owner of L’Anecdote media group and acquaintance of Cameroonian Minister of Justice Laurent Esso, was arrested Monday in connection to investigation into the abduction and murder of journalist Martinez Zogo last month. The arrest came after Justin Danwe, Deputy Director of Cameroon’s General Directorate for External Investigations (DGRE) confessed to authorities he […]