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The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has recently submitted a report on the Sahara issue to the UN General Assembly, covering the period from 2011 to 2020, reaffirming Algeria’s role as the main party to the regional dispute, as established by the Security Council, in several of its resolutions, and the preeminence of the Autonomy […]
Morocco has successfully completed the perforation of the Al Massira dam, with the aim of improving the drinking water supply for the residents of Marrakech. The African Development Bank (AfDB), which contrinuted to the undertaking, and Morocco’s National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) described the feat as a breakthrough and the first of […]
Omar Radi’s case is the tip of the iceberg highlighting the widespread corruption among rights NGOs operating in Morocco and globally, said Foreign Policy News in a detailed Op-ed. To start with, Radi allowed Amnesty International to use his phone to settle scores with the Moroccan State and the Israeli spy software developer NSO. Amnesty […]
Colonel Assimi Goita, the leader of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People in Mali, the new entity running the Sahel country, has thanked King Mohammed VI for Morocco’s active contribution to the efforts aimed at resolving the crisis in his country. The Malian new leader expressed his thanks to the Monarch during […]
Tanger Med was ranked as the best performing African Port in 2020 despite the challenges imposed by the Coronavirus pandemic on port traffic, UNCTAD said. The port widened the gap with other competitors in Africa in terms of connectivity with 137 direct links, UNCTAD said in a report. Globally, the port of Shanghai came first […]
The Algeria-backed Polisario front has suffered another major diplomatic setback as Suriname reaffirmed on Monday its non-recognition of the self-proclaimed “SADR”. In a joint statement released following a phone conversation with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, the Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin affirmed that the authorities of the south American country stand by the decision […]
Returning to diplomatic normalcy in relations with Israel is not on the agenda of the Moroccan government, that is what can be deduced from the remarks of Saad Dine El Otmani, head of the Moroccan government. Speaking in the name of the state at a meeting of the youth section of his party, Saad Dine […]
Libyan rebel warlord Khalifa Haftar Sunday tossed away the proposal made by the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) for truce between the two warring sides as he blames Turkey for preparing assaults on key cities of Sirte and Jufra. Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj’s cease-fire call was an attempt to “throw dust in the eyes,” […]
Remote teaching will be adopted as an educational model at the start of the 2020-2021 school year, which begins on September 7, in all public and private establishments as well as in foreign missions’ schools, announced on Saturday the Ministry of national education, vocational training, higher education and scientific research. The ministry said in a […]
Moroccan native Dr Samir Machour, senior vice President at South Korea’s Samsung Biologics was tasked with identifying and negotiating on behalf of Morocco technology transfer in pharmaceutical industry and biologics. Health Minister assigned the task to Dr Machour, 55 years old, a native of Rabat who ranked among the 50 most influential health scientists […]