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Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has landed home Sunday evening coming from Morocco where has been receiving medical treatment after he suffered a stroke while attending an investment summit in Saudi Arabia in October last year. This is the second comeback of the 59-year old President. The Gabonese leader spent less than 24 hours in Libreville […]
After they were greeted Saturday evening in Rabat by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made a trip Sunday to Asni in the Atlas Mountains where they met rural girls from the region. The British royal couple met young girls at “Dar Asni 1”, the first boarding school set-up by […]
Morocco’s Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan received Saturday at the Guest Palace in Rabat the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and his spouse Princess Meghan Markle, arrived earlier in Casablanca for a three-day visit to Morocco. The visit is part of the strengthening of cooperation between the UK and Morocco. The Royals will […]
President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire received Friday evening in Assinie, 95 km east of Abidjan, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita who conveyed him a verbal message from King Mohammed VI. The contents of the message were not disclosed, but the news agency MAP said discussions between the two sides focused on strengthening cooperation and […]
he Moroccan Cabinet Council adopted Thursday at its weekly meeting Bill 11.19 ratifying the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), signed in March 2018 in Kigali, capital of the Rwanda. The announcement was made by the Government Spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi at the press briefing that followed the meeting. To enter into […]
One dirham in two received out of industrial exports are generated by the car industry sector which topped Morocco’s industrial exports in 2018 taking 44.5%. The sector employs 85,00 people as the automotive sector’s clusters continue to expand pushing car exports above phosphates and tourism revenues. These achievements are all thanks to the industrial acceleration […]
Morocco and Spain have both flatly denied the reports circulated by some Spanish media alleging that the two countries have reached an agreement, allowing Spanish rescue boats of illegal immigrants to dock in the northern ports of Morocco. “This is false and arch-false, information. There is no agreement on this matter with Spain,” said Mustapha […]
Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, has decided to install its North-West & West Central Africa regional headquarters in Casablanca, Morocco. The Casablanca office will act as Corteva Agriscience’s business center for customers, partners and consumers in its main regional markets in Africa, bringing farmers the right mix of seeds, crop protection and digital solutions […]
Major General Zia Ur Rehman of Pakistan has been appointed as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the UN announced in a statement. Major General Ur Rehman succeeds Major General Xiaojun Wang of China, whose tour of duty ended on 17 […]
Morocco and Ethiopia are examining the means to bolster bilateral trade and investments through establishing joint-ventures and win-win partnerships. This came at a meeting between head of the Moroccan exporters associations, Hassan Sentissi El Idrissi, and Ethiopian ambassador in Rabat Yeshi Tamirat. The two men discussed ways to develop economic relations, with emphasis on the […]