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Israel should be classified as an apartheid state, South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said Tuesday (26 July), proposing that the UN General Assembly should establish a committee to verify whether it satisfied its requirements. Pandor evoked comparisons between the Palestinian narrative and South Africa’s history of racial segregation at the Palestinian Heads of Mission […]
The Emir of Kuwait has named Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah as Prime minister on Sunday, replacing caretaker Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid. Sheikh Ahmad had previously served in similar capacity. He was deputy Prime Minister and Interior minister in the outgoing government, which had submitted its resignation in April. Prior to those positions, he became deputy head […]
A moving tribute was paid this Friday at a ceremony in Geneva to two late human rights defenders who have reverberated the voice of the Kingdom of Morocco in Geneva and Banjul and defended its causes. Late Martin Maluza, president of the NGO “CIRAC” (International Committee for the Respect and Application of the African Charter […]
The Rabat Appeal for the preservation of the Judeo-African heritage was signed on Monday within the framework of the second edition of the Jewish Africa Conference, held this June 13 to 15 under the theme “Past, Present and Future”. The main objective of this appeal is to preserve the Jewish-African heritage, taking as example Morocco, […]
Remittance flows to Morocco increased by 40 pc in 2021, reaching $10.4 billion, says the World Bank in its latest “Migration & Development Brief”. With such performance, Morocco becomes the second-largest recipient of remittances in the Middle-East and North Africa region. Indicators for early 2022 suggest a continuation of buoyancy in receipts, says the WB […]
On the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the creation of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of FAR, sent an order of the day to officers, non-commissioned officers and privates. In this Order of the Day, the King renewed Morocco’s commitment to the United Nations […]
Morocco and the United Nations are celebrating this Tuesday the second edition of the International Day of Argania, an emblematic tree of the Kingdom. This event is intended to celebrate this emblematic tree and to enhance its contribution to socio-economic development and tourism, as well as the preservation of biodiversity, conservation of the balance of […]
“We are determined to combat the common enemy of desertification through coordinated, solidarity-based action”, said King Mohammed VI in a message addressed to the Summit on Drought & Sustainable Land Management which opened Monday in Abidjan. The royal message, which was read out by minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Forests Mohamed Sadiki, called for […]
The Moroccan Ministry of Endowments & Islamic Affairs has launched, at the order of King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, a digital platform compiling more than 10,000 Hadiths of the Prophet Sidna Muhammad (PBUH). This platform is accessible via the websites “hadithm6.com” and “hadithm6.ma”, as well as on Play Store. It will soon be […]
The Academy of the Kingdom will proceed, next Monday, May 16, to the inauguration of the recently set-up Chair of African Literature and Arts. The Chair’s activities will start with a two-day international symposium, May 16-17, in tribute to Malian writer Yambo Ouologuem entitled: “From the Duty of Violence to the Duties of Literature”. Yambo […]