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The new development model King Mohammed VI seeks to establish in Morocco is a new social pact where the Moroccan citizen is at the heart of the development process and is the ultimate goal of development. In a speech he delivered Tuesday evening from the North-eastern city of Al Hoceima on the celebration of […]
The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) has awarded the Olympic African Order of Merit to King Mohammed VI. The distinction was handed over to Prince Moulay Rachid by ANOCA President, Algerian Mustapha Berraf, on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the 12th African Games Monday. Prince Moulay Rachid presided over […]
Ivanka Trump, daughter and advisor to US President Donald Trump, has praised Morocco’s efforts to ensure equality between women and men in terms of inheritance. “We applaud the Moroccan government for this important step towards the adoption of inheritance law amendments, and look forward to supporting their full implementation,” Ivanka Trump said on her twitter […]
The official opening ceremony of the 12th African Games was held Monday at the Moulay Abdellah Stadium, in Rabat, under the chairmanship of Prince Moulay Rachid. Beautiful frescos celebrating the Morocco of peace and tolerance, symbolizing the diversity of the Kingdom, its artistic and cultural wealth, and representing the colors of the Moroccan flag, the […]
Moroccans are celebrating this Tuesday Aug.20 the 66th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People, an epic in the history of Morocco and a decisive step towards the recovery of the Kingdom’s independence. On August 20, 1953, the French colonial authorities forced the legitimate Sultan Mohammed V, as well as the Royal […]
The head of communication of the US-based Human Rights Watch was expulsed out of Algeria Sunday after his detention early this month. Sidi M’Hamed court in Algiers charged the Moroccan journalist Ahmed Réda Benchemsi for entering the country illegally in view of rolling a foreign agenda. Benchemsi was arrested August 9 on the sidelines of […]
Morocco has renewed its support to Sierra Leone’s efforts to boost its economic and human development. This came at a meeting Monday in Rabat between the two countries’ Foreign Ministers, Nasser Bourita and Nabeela Tunis, who discussed means of strengthening bilateral cooperation and increasing Morocco’s contribution to the development efforts led by Sierra Leone. […]
After the mandatory military service has been reinstated in Morocco, the first group of young conscripts will start their one-year training September 1. Only 15,000 draftees out of the 25,000 called up will be enlisted after undergoing a series of physical and medical tests starting August 19, according to local media. To ensure success to […]
Japanese electrical and industrial automation company Yokogawa opened its African subsidiary in Casablanca in a bid to expand in Morocco and the continent. In Morocco, the company targets industrial clients in the fields of energy and chemical, pharmaceutical, agri-food industries as well as waste and sewage water treatment. The group generates a turnover […]
Nigeria partnered with Morocco to achieve its food security through an increase in use of fertilisers, Nigerian President Muhammadou Buhari said. “We are taking our focus on agriculture to the next level,” said Buhari in a tweet. Nigeria has Africa’s largest population standing at more than 160 million people with agriculture representing about 40% […]