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As a result of the firm resolve of King Mohammed VI of Morocco to revitalize and modernize his country’s infrastructures and diversify partnerships with major world players, and part of his efforts to promote transition to renewable energies and ensure green mobility, Chinese group BYD Auto Industry Company will set up an electric transportation system […]
Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said that the World should respond pragmatically to Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as a capital of Israel. Speaking at the emergency meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers in Cairo Saturday, Bourita reiterated Morocco’s position in support of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, urging the Arab League to act plausibly and […]
The achievement of the solar energy project in Midelt, in the Middle Atlas mountainous range, took a leap forward with a loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) worth $265 million. Moroccan news outlets reported that the funding will help push forward the completion of the first phase of Noor Midelt project, which will have […]
The Skhirate Agreement offers a sound platform for resolving the crisis that has been rattling Libya for years, said Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita following talks with Secretary-General Envoy and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ghassan Salamé. He said that the agreement, which has been achieved in Morocco on December […]
The UN General Assembly adopted, without a vote, a resolution on the Moroccan Sahara, upon the recommendation of its Fourth Committee, reiterating support for the political process conducted under the aegis of the UN since 2007. The Assembly also called upon parties and States of the region to cooperate with the efforts of the Secretary […]
Palace Main Entrance Tourist arrivals in Morocco up to October 2017 have grown 9% compared to the same period last year to stand at 9.7 million tourists, the tourism ministry said. International tourist arrivals rose 14% while Moroccans living abroad visiting their homeland jumped 5%, the Ministry said in its latest statistics covering the January-October […]
The International Finance Corportation, a member of the World Bank Group, is injecting €15 million in a new private equity fund by AfricInvest, a leading private equity fund manager, to help expand access to finance for small and medium enterprises in North Africa. The investment is part of a larger effort to support economic growth […]
Morocco, which co-leads with the USA, the GCTF’s Initiative to address homegrown terrorism, plays a key role in the initiative thanks to its support and leadership, said a top U.S. State Department counterterrorism official. Over the course of the next year, a series of regional workshops will identify innovative prevention programs for addressing the challenges […]
French President Emanuel Macron said in Algiers that Morocco and Algeria should work together to resolve the Sahara issue, a statement that implies Algeria’s role in perpetuating the over four-decade conflict. “France adopts an equidistant position regarding the Sahara issue concerning which we maintain our known position that has not been changed nor will it […]
President Jacob Zuma has made a volte-face that bodes well for relations between South Africa and Morocco. Following the talks he had with King Mohammed VI in Abidjan on the sidelines of the AU-EU summit, Zuma continues to talk about promising prospects for ties with Morocco making allusions that Morocco’s absence from the African Union […]