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The US has approved the upgrade of Morocco’s F16 fleet with defense equipment components for $250 million to ensure the continuation of sustainment of its fighter jets. The deal also covers personnel training and training equipment, and publications and technical documentation will also be provided. Following the approval, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified […]
King Mohammed VI has addressed a message to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on ways to enhance bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The royal message was handed by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita to his Egyptian peer Sameh Choukri at a meeting in Cairo Monday. The two ministers reviewed the progress made in a […]
Morocco and United Kingdom are willing to further deepen their cooperation, particularly in the field of defense industry, which “could be integrated in a mutually beneficial way through sustainable investment and industrial development partnerships”. The two countries’ shared willingness to step up cooperation in this field was voiced on Monday in Rabat by minister […]
The inhabitants of the Tindouf camps (southern Algeria) have been complaining about the very slow speed of the Internet this weekend. Some blame the Polisario for this restrictive move amidst growing censorship. It is not a complete shutdown but the sequestered inhabitants find it very hard to exchange online messages or use the Net. According […]
They were some 2.7 million music-lovers who attended concerts by national and international artists during Rabat’s Mawazine festival, the leading music festival in Morocco and Africa. At a time where the North African region is plagued by unrest and violence, Morocco stands as an exception offering an atmosphere where tens of thousands gather to celebrate […]
The leader of Tunisia’s LGBT community, Shams, has announced plans to run for November presidential elections, first time ever a gay enters a presidential race in the North African country and in the whole Arab world where being homosexual is outlawed. Mounir Baatour, a lawyer by profession last week told Belgian news agency Belga […]
Moody’s has issued a warning regarding Tunisia’s finances, citing the country’s weak fiscal strength and rising debt. The credit rating agency ranked Tunisia in the B2 negative category in view of the credit challenges including the structural deterioration in its fiscal strength, with the debt ratio having increased sharply to 77% of GDP at the […]
Morocco’s counterterrorism strategy and the measures adopted by the Kingdom to counter violent extremism were reviewed at a meeting held Friday in Rabat between visiting executive director of the UN Security Council Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) and Moroccan Foreign Minister. “We examined the state of the terrorist threat in Morocco and the MENA […]
Morocco opened two new terminals at Tanger Med port which puts it in the top 20 largest container ports in the world and first in the Mediterranean with a handling capacity of 9 million containers. The port was opened at an official ceremony Friday chaired by Crown Prince Moulay Hassan who represented the King Mohammed […]
There are new developments in the case of the three Sahrawi pro-democracy protestors arrested last week by the Polisario. The Sahrawi Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ASADEH) has urged the Spanish Embassy in Algiers to provide legal assistance to Moulay Abba Bouzid, Fadel Brika and Mahmoud Zeidan. “We have informed the Spanish Consul […]