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The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Horst Köhler, will begin a ten-day visit to the region on Saturday (June 23), it was officially announced in New York Thursday. “I can confirm that Horst Köhler, the Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara will conduct a new tour of the region from June 23 to […]
Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan will visit Morocco within the frame of a tour to North Africa and Europe from June 25 to 29 to discuss a range of issues, including joint efforts to maintain an enduring defeat of ISIS and promote cooperation on regional and global security challenges. In Rabat, the Deputy […]
Morocco’s Noor Ouarzazate III solar thermal power plant has been powered up to carry out necessary technical functional tests before its delivery planned for the last quarter of 2018. This plant is part of the Noor solar complex, the largest in the world. It is the second one designed and built by Spanish engineering company […]
King Mohammed VI instructed the Interior Minister to ensure that appointments in senior positions should be merit-based in order to boost efficiency and rationalize human resources. The King reiterated that the constitutional principles of equal opportunities and accountability should be upheld. In a message in February to participants in the National Forum on the Senior […]
Morocco and Mauritania are showing willingness to start a new page after undergoing a silent storm on the backdrop of Nouakchott’s ambiguous stands on the Sahara issue. A sign of the new rapprochement was expressed at the reception by Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz of Morocco’s new ambassador to Nouakchott Hamid Chabar who presented his […]
Morocco outplayed both Iran and Portugal in the first two games in Russia 2018 but found itself out of the competition. The Atlas lions lost their game with Portugal 1-0 with honor and fought to the last minute. Apart from Ronaldo’s header at the start of the match, Morocco dominated the game missing score chances, […]
A delegation of the Royal Armed Forces recently visited the Ankara-based Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters to negotiate the purchase of T-129 attack helicopters, the much coveted aircraft by international air forces. According to FAR-Maroc, a website specializing in defense issues, senior officers of the Royal Armed Forces have just made a trip to Turkey to […]
Several members of the European Parliament have denounced the “appalling”, “inhumane” and “intolerable” situation endured by the Sahrawi women held against their will by the Polisario separatist group, which is armed, funded and sheltered by Algeria. At a parliamentary debate, the MEPs urged the European Union to intervene immediately to put an end to the […]
After protests at sexual harassment and ill-treatment by some Moroccan female seasonal farm workers in the strawberry producing region of Huelva, Moroccan and Spanish authorities promised to ensure them more protection. The promise was made by Morocco’s Minister of Employment and Professional Integration, Mohamed Yatim, and Spanish Ambassador to Morocco, Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner Rodriguez. The move […]
Morocco’s economy is expected to post a growth rate of 3.6% in 2018, the Central Bank said, revising upwards estimates of 3.2% in the appropriation bill. This growth is due to a rebound in agricultural added value by 5.7% as the country expects a good crop year with cereal production projected to stand at 98.2 […]