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Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya highlighted, on Tuesday in Madrid, Morocco’s active cooperation that enabled her country score “excellent ” results in terms of management of migratory inflow. “This is a structural phenomenon that requires a comprehensive and integrated management, including responses to illegal inflow and regular migration,” said Arancha González Laya, who […]
A third coronavirus case was confirmed this Tuesday in Morocco by the health ministry. After suffering respiratory difficulties, a French tourist, who arrived in Marrakech on March 7, went the following day to a local hospital for medical care and tested positive for COVID-19. The patient is now in a stable condition, say the Moroccan […]
Several ministerial departments have signed Sunday a document whereby they commit to the 2020 Marrakech Declaration on Women’s Rights presented by L’Union Nationale des Femmes du Maroc (UNFM), chaired by Princess Lalla Meryem. The document was signed during a ceremony celebrating International Women’s Day held in Marrakech under the chairmanship of Princess Lalla Meryem, […]
Morocco moves on Monday March 9 to the next step in its currency reform broadening the fluctuation band for the dirham to 5% from 2.5% amid positive macro-economic conditions and enough international reserves, the finance ministry said. The North African country launched a gradual floating of its currency in January 2018, raising the official band […]
Speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives, Aquila Saleh, has addressed a message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed to Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Libyan east-based government, Abdelhadi Lahouij, at a meeting Friday in Rabat. In a statement to the media after the meeting, […]
A human rights activist in the Tindouf camps denounced, Friday before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, the repression and serious abuses perpetrated by the leadership of the separatist polisario front against the population of these camps, calling for holding Algeria accountable for these violations. The Human rights militant and opponent to the […]
Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya reiterated her country’s unwavering position on the Sahara issue during her visit to Algeria on Wednesday March 4, much to the distress of Algerian rulers. At a press conference in Algiers, the Spanish official, who was expecting questions on bilateral relations, was instead peppered with questions on Spain’s […]
Units of the Moroccan Special Forces are expected in Qatar to take part in the joint “Impregnable Guard” exercise, scheduled this March 8-27, as part of Qatar’s preparations for the 2022 World Cup. In addition to the Moroccan army elite units, Special Forces of Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan, Oman, the United States, France and NATO […]
Access to health services in Fez, particularly in Zouagha district, will be improved with the setting up of a new community medical center. Actually, King Mohammed VI on Wednesday launched the construction works of this community medical Center – Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity in Zouagha and gave his instructions for the construction of two […]
The government of Turkmenistan has expressed its firm support to the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for a lasting settlement of the Sahara conflict, saying this realistic plan, backed by the international community, is the only solution to this regional conflict. This stand was voiced by the foreign minister of this Central Asian country Rachid […]