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The Algerian military regime, sensing the failure of the upcoming Arab summit due next March in Algiers, has sent foreign minister Ramtan Al-Amamra to Riyadh in a desperate move to get support from Saudi Arabia for the summit amid mounting signs of boycott by Arab Gulf countries, in solidarity with Morocco. Algerian rulers are in […]
The team of Mali beat Tunisia 1-0, this January 12 in Limbe, in group F of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2021) of soccer. The Tunisians missed a penalty. They were especially angry about the arbitration of Janny Sikazwe. The Zambian stopped the game before the end of the regulation time. More than 40 […]
Morocco and Portugal on Wednesday signed an agreement on the stay and employment of Moroccan workers in Portugal, as part of the process of modernizing partnership instruments between the two countries. The agreement was initialed at the end of a video-meeting between the Moroccan and Portuguese Foreign Ministers, Nasser Bourita, and Augusto Santos Silva. During […]
Tanger Med port in northern Morocco handled 7.17 million containers, up 24% compared to last year, maintaining its position as the biggest port in the Mediterranean region and Africa. “This traffic results from the steady ramp-up of Tanger Med 2 port after the successive commissioning of the terminals TC4 in 2019 and TC3 in 2021,” […]
Prominent U.S. congressmen have set up a bipartisan caucus to strengthen and expand the U.S. brokered Abraham accords which helped to normalize relations between Israel, Morocco, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Sudan. The new caucus was announced lately in a joint statement by four senators and four members of the House of Representatives. In […]
The Moroccan economy is expected to grow by 3.2 percent in 2022 against 5.3 pc growth recorded the previous year, says the World Bank in its latest Global Economic Prospects report. Morocco’s output is expected to slow this year from the previous year’s rebound as the Kingdom’s agricultural performance returns to historical averages after the […]
Chariot energy company announced this Monday a major gas discovery offshore northern Moroccan city of Larache, following appraisal and exploration drillings carried out at the Anchois-2 well within the Lixus licence. Chariot has a 75% interest and operatorship of Lixus in partnership with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (“ONHYM”) which holds a […]
As his predecessors, the new UN envoy for the Sahara, Staffan De Mistura, is expected to head shortly to the North African region for consultations with the parties to the Sahara conflict: Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and the Polisario. The UN envoy “is actively preparing his first regional tour”, has said lately Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for […]
In a new move to mend ties with Morocco, Germany’s president has sent to King Mohammed VI an invitation for an official visit to Berlin in order to establish a “new partnership.” In a message on occasion of the new year, German President Frank-Walter Stein welcomed the largescale reforms spurred by King Mohammed VI and […]
The escalation by the Algerian military junta against Morocco will not help it solve its deepening internal crisis or escape accountability, writes Lebanese journalist Khairallah Khairallah in an Op-Ed published Wednesday by “Al-Nahar Al-Arabi”. The failed Algerian regime should seek another way out and cease using the normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel as […]