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Morocco and Senegal will host this year’s edition of “Rencontres Africa”, an economic event that brings together French and African business leaders. The event, considered, “the most important Africa-focused business gathering, brings together business leaders, investors, project leaders and policy makers from France more than 30 African countries. This 4th edition will take place October […]
The emergency executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), convened Wednesday in Paris following the chaotic return match of the African Champions League between WAC of Casablanca and Esperance Tunis (EST), decided to withdraw the trophy to the Tunisian club and to replay the return match on neutral ground just after the African […]
Spanish police announced Wednesday the arrest of a 30-year old Moroccan national in Coloma de Gramenet, near Barcelona. The suspect was under an international arrest warrant issued by Moroccan authorities last September, Moroccan news agency MAP reported, quoting a statement of the Spanish police. The man is suspected of being involved in a “terrorist organization” […]
King Abdullah II of Jordan has commended the sustained support provided by King Mohammed VI to the holy city of Al-Quds. The Jordanian monarch “voiced appreciation for King Mohammed VI of Morocco for his support for Jerusalem,” Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported. This came during a meeting King Abdullah held Monday with members of the […]
On the occasion of Eid Al Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, King Mohammed VI has granted royal pardon to 755 inmates and people sentenced by courts but benefitting from liberty. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Justice on Tuesday, the list of the 755 pardoned inmates includes […]
Morocco’s National Office for Electricity & Drinking Water (ONEE) has joined the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (GSEP), a CEO-led international organization composed of the world’s leading electricity companies promoting sustainable electrification worldwide. The membership of ONEE to the global organization of electricity companies was announced lately at GSEP Summit 2019 held in Osaka, Japan. ONEE […]
King Mohammed VI chaired Tuesday afternoon a Council of Ministers that endorsed several legal texts and international agreements, according to a statement by spokesman for the Royal Palace, Abdelhak El Mrini. Part of strengthening Morocco’s relations with several brotherly and friendly countries and with regional and continental economic groupings, the Council approved seventeen international agreements. […]
A Polisario militiaman was killed and two others were injured in a landmine explosion as a patrol of the separatist group came near the security wall in the demilitarized area. The incident shows once more Polisairo’s recurring provocations of the Moroccan army and their violation of the 1991 ceasefire agreement, which bans any military deployment […]
British intelligence agencies have warned that the ISIS terror group has plans to launch attacks this Summer on several Mediterranean countries, including Morocco, Tunisia, Spain, Greece, and Turkey ISIS is planning Sri Lanka-style attacks in the Mediterranean, reported local daily Al Massae in its issue of Tuesday June 4th, referring to warnings by the British […]
Morocco and Spain managed in recent years to upgrade their bilateral relations into a comprehensive strategic partnership that covers security and migration cooperation along with economic and cultural ones. “Spain is Morocco’s first trading partner as the two countries are bound by exemplary cooperation,” the Moroccan and Spanish foreign ministries said in a joint statement […]