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The number of endangered rhinos poached in Namibia reached the highest level on record in 2022, as twice as many animals — 87 compared to 45 — were killed in 2021, official government data showed on Monday (30 January). Africa’s rhino population has been decimated over the decades to feed demand for rhino horn, which, […]
Laurent Gbagbo, Cote d’Ivoire’s ex-leader, has called on regional grouping ECOWAS to establish counter-terrorism brigade to curtail terrorism that has plagued the region. Gbagbo was speaking at a meeting of his party PPA-CI, at Bayota, a town in south-central Ivory Coast. “The problem in the Sahel today is the jihadists,” he said. For a 77-year […]
King Mohammed VI has spoken out strongly against Holocaust denial and in favor of the ideals of tolerance in Morocco and in the world, US Ambassador to Morocco Puneet Talwar said Sunday in Casablanca. “HM has spoken out strongly against Holocaust denial, and has supported and encouraged tolerance and coexistence in Morocco, in the region […]
Three new African countries have signed, Saturday in Marrakech, the “Solemn Appeal for the expulsion of the pseudo SADR from the African Union”, known as “Tangier Appeal”. During this first follow-up meeting of the “Tangier Appeal” former Foreign Ministers of Lesotho, Madagascar and Gambia have proceeded to the signing of this Appeal, signed on November […]
The European Union has reaffirmed, in its 2022 report, the full benefit of the population of Morocco’s southern provinces of the agreements between Rabat and Brussels and their positive impact on the socio-economic development of these regions. The publication of this annual report, by the services of the European Commission and the European External Action […]
The Moroccan-Italian Human Rights Organization (OIMDU) has strongly condemned the interference of the European Parliament (EP) in the internal affairs of Morocco as “illegitimate” and “inadmissible”. OIMDU President Abdellah Khezraji stressed that this is an “irresponsible” drift on the part of some entities angered by the remarkable influence of the Kingdom at the regional and […]
Pope Francis has condemned a “colonialist mentality” of the international community toward Africa in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press at the Vatican, just days ahead of his official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan. Highlighting the problem of attitude toward the African continent, Francis pointed out in the […]
Morocco has pledged to propose a roadmap for the renewal of international cooperation for the benefit of middle-income countries. The pledge was made in New York Wednesday after Morocco was elected, in the person of its permanent representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, chair of the Group of Friends of Middle-Income Countries at the United […]
Morocco has condemned in the strongest terms the actions of an extremist who tore up a copy of the Holy Quran in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Kingdom “denounces this new provocative act that offends the sacred symbols and feelings of more than a billion Muslims,” said the Foreign Ministry in a statement. Morocco, “while […]
Zimbabwean philanthropist Tsitsi Masiyiwa, who was recently named the African Philanthropist of The Year, is behind the African Gender Initiative’s philanthropic efforts to tackle gender inequality on the continent. It will take another 132 years to close the gender gap, the Global Gender Gap Report 2022 has found, which means that no one living today […]