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Benin supports a political resolution to the Sahara issue and the exclusive role of the United Nations as a consensual framework seeking to reach a final settlement to this regional conflict. In a joint statement issued following the 6th meeting of the High Morocco-Benin Cooperation Committee convened Monday in Marrakech under the co-chairmanship of foreign […]
Morocco believes in the potential for increased trade on the African continent and co-development in various sectors, said Monday evening in Marrakech, Moroccan Minister of Economy and Finance, Mohamed Benchaaboun. “We have already conducted major operations with several African countries in the areas of services, including financial services (banking and insurance), as well as telecommunications […]
Moroccan university professor Abdelali Mohamed Oudghiri received Sunday the 41st Prize of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia in the Arabic Language & Literature category. Dr. Oudghiri, who shared the $200,000 award with Egyptian Prof. Mahmoud Fahmy Hegazi, won the prize for his advanced studies on Arab language and his efforts to promote this language to […]
Morocco hosts this Monday in Marrakech an African Ministerial Conference on African Union’s support to the United Nations political process on Sahara. The event, which brings together 37 African countries from the five sub-regions of the continent, comes to back the decision, adopted at the 31st AU Summit, held July 1-2, 2018 in Nouakchott (Mauritania), […]
Pope Francis will pay a visit to Morocco on March 30-31 during which he will meet King Mohammed VI who also has the religious title of Commander of the Faithful. The visit puts the Kingdom on the forefront of international efforts to promote inter-religious dialogue. Under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, Morocco stood out […]
The Moroccan football association and its Argentine counterpart have signed a secret deal allowing Lionel Messi not take part in the March 26 friendly match in Tangiers. FC Barcelona’s legend Messi will not play the international match over alleged injuries. Reports in Morocco and Argentina however suggest that the player’s absence was decided under a […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco ordered the shipment of an urgent humanitarian aid to Mozambique where a massive flood destroyed swathes of lands leaving victims and considerable damage to fields and infrastructure. The 39 tons of aid is composed mainly of tents, blankets and foodstuff that will be carried by the Royal Armed Forces, the […]
The UN Secretary-General has announced in a recent report that the budget of the UN mission in the Sahara, MINURSO, will be increased by 7.6 percent to improve ground and air surveillance operations conducted by the mission. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres who also called on MINURSO observers to be more vigilant, has closed the […]
President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon headed Saturday for his home country after he spent about three months in Morocco for medical rehabilitation and convalescence. President Ali Bongo has been receiving medical treatment in Morocco since December at the invitation of King Mohammed VI. The Gabonese head of state had suffered a stroke while attending […]
Finding a lasting and mutually acceptable solution to the Sahara would benefit the whole region of the Maghreb, the UN Personal Envoy for the Sahara Horst Köhler said in a statement at the end of the second round of negotiations held at Le Château Le Rosey in Bursins, near Geneva, March 21-22 with the participation […]