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The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled, this Tuesday, a five-member terrorist cell in the Moroccan northern city of Tetouan. The five individuals, aged between 23 and 33, have alleged links with the ISIS terror group. The search operations enabled the seizure of electronic devices, knives and a military uniform, said the BCIJ in […]
Tunisia has secured a $131.7 million loan from the French Development Agency (AFD) to improve the national electricity grid. The smart grid project was announced in 2017 by the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG), but was delayed due to lack of funding. The AFD funds will be allocated to the implementation of the first […]
A group of sixty Sahrawis of the Tindouf camps, southern Algeria, staged lately a sit-in in front of the Headquarters of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to demand the protection of the United Nations against the oppression and tyranny of the Polisario militiamen. The protesters, who gathered outside UNHCR headquarters on June 13, […]
Morocco and El Salvador have convened to open a new page in their relations, based on mutual respect, strong partnership and active solidarity. To this end, they adopted Saturday a four-year cooperation roadmap (2019-2022), that covers several areas, including regular political consultations, diplomacy, training and higher education, youth, technical cooperation in key sectors (vocational training, […]
Spanish private carrier Air Europa resumed flights to Tunisia early June, after a nine-year halt. The first flight departed from Madrid on June 3, Sales Manager Moez Oudi Monday told TAP. The booking rate for the new airlink reached so far 80%, he added. The company will run four flights a week (Monday, Tuesday, Friday […]
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele explained Saturday in San Salvador his decision to immediately cut off all diplomatic relations with the Polisario and its self-proclaimed Republic, that he labeled “a virtual entity”. This decision puts El Salvador “on the side of the rest of the world, which respects the sovereignty of Morocco,” said the head […]
The Moroccan government will get 8.87 billion dirhams (about $1 billion) from the sale of 8 per cent of its stake in the telecommunication continental giant. The Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC) has given the go-ahead to the government to sell 8% of its shares in Maroc Telecom. The planned transaction on the block market […]
Germany sealed 13 military export contracts with Egypt worth €800 million between January 1 and June 5, making the North African country the leading client for German military equipment in the Arab world. Germany, according to DPA which cites the German economic affairs ministry, so far this year has approved 56 military deals to the […]
Salvador withdrew its recognition of the Algerian-backed Polisario separatist entity putting another nail in the coffin of the separatists in Latin America while voicing support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara. El Salvador has decided, as of today (Saturday, June 15) to no longer recognize the separatist entity “RASD”, announced the […]
Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera highlighted the close relations between his country and Morocco underscoring the potential to further expand bilateral ties. Pinera who received Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita in Santiago highlighted the prospects for strengthening economic cooperation and trade, said a statement of the Chilean presidency. The visit was also a chance to invite […]