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USA Welcomes Resolution 2468 on Sahara

The United States has welcomed the adoption on Tuesday by the UN Security Council of Resolution 2468 that renews for six months the MINURSO mandate, and underlined the importance of reaching a “realistic, pragmatic, and sustainable solution” to the Sahara issue through negotiations. At the end of the vote on the resolution Tuesday, Rodney Hunter, […]

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France Reiterates Support to Autonomy Plan as a “Serious, Credible Basis” for Negotiations on Sahara

The autonomy plan presented by Morocco is a “serious and credible basis” for negotiations aimed at reaching a final political solution to the Sahara issue, said France on Tuesday. “It is important for the four delegations (Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Polisario) to continue their discussions in a constructive spirit of compromise with a view to […]

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Sahara: Security Council Lauds New Momentum Given by Geneva Roundtable Meetings

The UN Security Council has lauded the new momentum given by the two roundtable meetings on the Sahara issue, held in Geneva at the initiative of the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy Horst Köhler, and commended Morocco’s serious commitment to the UN political process. In Resolution 2468, adopted Tuesday by 13 votes and 2 abstentions, […]

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UN Security Council Extends MINURSO Mandate; Calls for Realism & Compromise

The UN Security Council decided on April 30 to extend the MINURSO mandate for six months, while it once again recognized the credibility of the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative to settle the Sahara conflict. The Security Council “decides to extend the mandate of the MINURSO until 31 October 2019,” reads the text of resolution 2468. The […]

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Fitch Solutions Expects Morocco to Hold Interest Rate at 2.25% in 2019

Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) will hold its key policy rate at 2.25 pc in 2019 due to subdued inflation and a neutral shift in US Fed policy, says Fitch Solutions in its latest report on the North African Kingdom. In a bid to protect foreign exchange reserves and limit imported inflation, BAM will […]

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Qatar appoints new ambassador to Morocco

Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani appointed Monday Fahd Ibrahim Al-Mana as the new Qatari extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Morocco. Fahd Ibrahim Al-Mana will replace Abdallah Bin Falah Bin Abdallah Al Doussari who has completed his mission in Rabat. Prior to his nomination in Rabat, Al-Mana served as the Gulf country’s envoy […]

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South-South Cooperation: Moroccan company wins $97 million contract in Côte D’Ivoire

Agentis, a Moroccan company with proven expertise in the field of health infrastructure and Medical equipment manufacturing, has won a $97 million contract in Côte D’Ivoire to build two regional hospitals. The contract signed last weekend in the West African nation concerns the construction and equipment of two Regional Hospitals in the cities of Aboisso […]

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Morocco’s head of internal security among top 100 most influential African personalities

The Paris-based Pan-African weekly magazine Jeune Afrique has nominated head of Morocco’s internal security among top 100 most influential Africans for the name the man made for himself in the fight against terrorism. Abdellatif Hammouchi, who also heads the kingdom’s powerful FBI-style Central Bureau of judiciary investigation (BCIJ), features in the ranking for his outstanding […]

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Football-Africa: Morocco to host U17 AFCON in 2021

Morocco will host in 2021 the U17 African Cup of Nations for the second time after it staged the event in 2013. Head of the African Football Confederation (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad, officially handed his organization’s flag to Morocco on Sunday, after he received it from the head of the Tanzanian football association, Wallace Karia. The […]

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Chinese CCCC & CRBC companies take over construction of industrial hub near Tangiers

China Communication Construction Company Ltd. (CCCC), and China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) will take over the construction and development of Mohammed VI Tangier Tech City that was initially set to be partly carried out by Chinese group HAITE. The related Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Tangier Tech Development Company (SATT) and the two […]