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One month after a devastating earthquake, Moroccans jubilated at the news of the country co-hosting the 2030 together with Spain and Portugal. Beyond the sports significance, the tournament will give a much needed boost to Morocco’s economy as it forges ahead with earthquake reconstruction and as it also plans to meet its new development model […]
French troops will begin withdrawing from Niger “this week”, Paris announced on Thursday (5 October), while Nigeria’s top diplomat has said that a military intervention by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS was “still on the table”. “We will begin our disengagement operation this week, in good order, safely and in coordination with the Nigerians,” […]
King Mohammed VI received, on Wednesday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, several foreign ambassadors who came to hand over, to the Sovereign, their credentials as plenipotentiary and extraordinary ambassadors of their countries in the Kingdom. These include: – Jorgen Karlsson, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden, – Anna Jankovic, Ambassador of the Republic of […]
This Wednsday September 27, the verdict is in! The executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) voted unanimously for Morocco. The Kingdom will therefore organize the next African Cup of Nations (CAN 2025) for the second time in its history. The long-awaited meeting of the CAF Executive Committee took place in Cairo. The […]
Several Arab, African, and world leaders have sent to King Mohammed VI messages of condolences and solidarity following the deadly earthquake that hit the Kingdom on Friday, killing over 2,680 people and injuring over 2,500, according to latest updated death toll. In a message addressed to the Monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of […]
European Union ministers have expressed deep concern about “domino effects” following last Wednesday’s coup in oil-rich Gabon — the eighth nation in the Central or West African region to be hit by a military takeover in the last three years. The EU is increasingly concerned about the growing number of military coups across the continent […]
The junta in power in Niger, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), has reportedly ordered French troops stationed in the West African country to complete the pullout until September 3. The CNSP, on July 26, toppled west-backed President Mohamed Bazoum attracting the wrath of former colonial power France and regional bloc […]
A Military junta in Gabon branding itself as Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI) named Wednesday August 30 Gen. Oligui Nguema Brice as the leader of the transition in the central African country after toppling incumbent leader Ali Omar Bongo, few days after general elections. Some soldiers presenting the CTRI made the […]
British Petroleum (BP), an oil and gas global giant, announced Monday August 28 plans to inject $3.5 billion in Egypt for the next three years. BP’s chief executive Bernard Looney made the announcement after meeting with President Abdelfattah al-Sisi. The investments will go towards research, exploration and development, the office of the Egyptian leader announced. […]
Upon the instructions of King Mohammed VI, Princess Lalla Hasnaa received on Saturday at the Palais des Hôtes in Rabat, the children from Al-Quds who have taken part in the 14th edition of the summer camps organized by Bayt Mal Al-Quds Asharif Agency. The agency’s initiative, placed under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, […]