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The Sahara issue will be at the center of talks US Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale is paying to Rabat April 10 – 11. The Under-Secretary of State will address the Sahara issue with senior Moroccan officials, including Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. David Hale’s trip to Morocco coincides with the ongoing debates […]
The appeals court in Casablanca upheld the prison terms handed to dozen Rif protest leaders after a first instance verdict gave sentences from one year suspended to twenty years in jail. The Protests, which rocked Al Hoceima in 2016 and 2017, were sparked after a fishmonger was crashed in a garbage truck while trying to […]
King Mohammed VI has urged the Islamic Development Bank to help its member countries to diversify their economies and stimulate the private sector, a growth engine and a source for the creation of wealth. In a message to the 44th annual meeting of IDB Group, convening in Marrakech (April 5-6), the Moroccan Sovereign said most […]
Moroccan citizen Mouad Hajji could take up the African Football Confederation’s strategic position of Secretary General next week in replacement of the incumbent role player Amr Fahmy who faces a dismissal over alleged leakage of confidential documents. Moroccan e-journal le360, citing an Egyptian source within the African football governing body, says Hajji who currently works […]
The roadmap for the promotion of vocational training in Morocco has been presented to King Mohammed VI at a meeting he chaired Thursday in Rabat. The roadmap provides inter-alia for the setting up of “des cités de métiers”, platforms of professions and skills, in each of the twelve regions of the Kingdom. The Cities will […]
Morocco has created 405,496 jobs thanks to projects launched under the umbrella of the industrial acceleration plan, Minister Moulay Hafid El Alamy said. With such a figure, the plan launched in 2014 has met 81% of its goal to create 500,000 employment opportunities by 2020, said the industry minister. The plan also aims at bringing […]
France and Germany have joined their voices to the numerous declarations having hailed the joint call launched by King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, and his Holiness Pope Francis on Jerusalem/Al-Quds Al-Sharif, cradle of the three monotheistic religions. In Berlin, the spokesperson for the German Foreign Ministry said Thursday “The German government commends the […]
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has reaffirmed the African Union’s full backing to the decision adopted by the African summit of Nouakchott on the Sahara and UN efforts made to reach a mutually acceptable political solution to this regional conflict. The report submitted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the Security […]
Mitsui Kinzoku Act Tanger Maroc SARL, subsidiary of Mitsui Kinzoku Act has launched in Tangiers the construction of its latches production plant that enables the Japanese firm to position itself closer to its European market. The future plant located in Tangiers Free Zone Automotive City will cost the functional automobile parts manufacturer around €12.5 million. […]
Columbia has appointed a new chief of its diplomatic mission in Rabat as the Latin American country raises the level of relations between the two countries with Bogota’s full support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and recognition of its sovereignty over the disputed territory of the Sahara. Del Pilar Gomez will head the Columbian mission in […]