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Morocco has managed to curb illegal migration flows to Spain by 70% despite the crackdown elsewhere in the Mediterranean that pushed many migrants to consider the Western Mediterranean route. Only 7885 migrants made it illegally to Spanish coasts this month, that is 70% less compared to same month last year, The UN migration agency IOM […]
A US congressional delegation started Sunday a three-day visit to Morocco for talks with high-ranking Moroccan officials on ways to strengthen further the strategic relationship between the two countries. The delegation, which is headed by Democrat Representative Frank Joseph Pallone, started contacts in Rabat Sunday by a meeting at the Ministry of Energy. This […]
Agentis, a Moroccan company with proven expertise in the field of health infrastructure and Medical equipment manufacturing, Saturday launched the construction works of a hospital in Adzopé, 100 kilometers north of Abidjan. The construction of this new facility worth $50 million is part of the implementation of a Memorandum of Understanding between Côte d’Ivoire and […]
Morocco’s national human rights council (CNDH) will pay compensation to dozens civilians who were kidnapped by the polisario separatists militias. Many Moroccans endured violations by the Polisario, which, with consent and support from Algeria, conducted hit and run tactics against Morocco and kidnaped, burned down and looted villagers on the border. The victims were identified […]
French Legendary football club Olympique de Marseille, OM, will launch in few weeks in Morocco “OM SCHOOL”, a training center to breed talents on the African continent. The French club launched early this month in Tunis its first “OM SCHOOL”. The center will start operating on September 7. Morocco and Algeria are the next host […]
Libyan lawmaker kidnapped last month for criticizing east-based military commander, Khalifa Haftar, was allegedly killed by her abductors reportedly linked to the renegade military leader. Siham Sirgiwa, a member of the Benghazi-based House of Representatives (HoR), has been unaccounted for since early July after she criticized in a TV interview Haftar’s ongoing offensive to take […]
Morocco’s National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) has decided to grant compensations to dozens of people, including civilian victims abducted by the Polisario. According to a statement released this Sunday (August 4), the National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) will issue next Tuesday and Wednesday (August 6 and 7) arbitral decisions in favor of several […]
The exceptional Moroccan-French partnership has been strengthened further under the reign of King Mohammed VI, said French President Emmanuel Macron in a congratulation message sent to the Moroccan Sovereign on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his enthronement. President Macron expressed hope that the partnership between the two countries will continue to flourish […]
The Moroccan football federation, FRMF, is likely to unveil former manager of Algeria’s football national team as the new coach of Atlas Lions in replacement of Hervé Renard who signed for Saudi Arabia. Vahid Halilhodžić, who has found agreement to terminate his contract with French top league club, Nantes, has been hand-picked by the FRMF […]
On the twentieth anniversary of his rule, King Mohammed paid tribute to a patriotic leader who served the homeland with abnegation, former prime minister Abderrahmane EL Youssoufi. Royal Tribute In an address to 1839 newly graduated officers from various military and paramilitary institutes, King Mohammed VI baptised the cohort after Abderrahmane El youssoufi in tribute […]