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Polisario’s Delirium Concerning Morocco’s Territorial Waters

Faithful to its disinformation campaigns and propaganda methods, the Polisario issued a statement condemning Morocco’s adoption of a legal text providing for the demarcation of its maritime boundaries with the Spanish Canary Islands in the Atlantic ocean. In a statement, the Algerian-based Polisario alleged that the draft law adopted by the Government Council on Thursday […]

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Morocco Set to Demarcate Maritime Boundaries with Canary Islands

Morocco announced it will proceed to the delimitation of its territorial waters and its maritime borders with the Spanish Canary Islands in the Atlantic ocean. In this regards, a draft law was approved on Thursday by the Government Council in a move that will further assert Morocco’s sovereignty in the southern provinces. “This is a […]

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Morocco’s Agriculture Growth Supports Economic Expansion in 2017

Growth expected in Morocco’s agricultural output in 2017 after contracting due to a severe drought episode in 2016 will support the country’s economic activity, says an analysis published by Proshare, an African online business. Sustained efforts to improve the business environment and political stability will continue to boost investor sentiment, which bodes well for the […]

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RAM to Launch Two New Flight Routes to Al Hoceima in Restive Rif Region

Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is to launch as of July 10 two new flights to the port city of Al Hoceima, in the restive Rif region at the request of the tourism ministry. The two new flight routes; Casablanca-Al Hoceima and Tangier-Al Hoceima will be operational next Monday, in a move to […]

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Morocco Gets Approval for $25 Mln Loan For Hybrid Solar Project

Morocco has received approval for a $25 million loan from the Climate Investment Funds’ Clean Technology Fund (CIF CTF) for a project to generate solar power through an innovative hybrid Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Photovoltaic (PV) solution. he Midelt Phase I Concentrated Solar Power Project is being supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB) […]

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King Mohammed VI Puts Forward ‘Vision for an African Agenda for Migration’

King Mohammed VI, as the leader who, at the 28th AU Summit, was put in charge of the question of migration, has submitted a paper to the AU’s presidency, laying out a common African Vision on migration and the related stakes and challenges. The document, entitled “Vision for an African Agenda for Migration”, was presented […]

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Morocco’s Return to African Union, Bulwark against Separatist Plots

The predictions of the advocates of separatism in the Sahara were true. Their worst fears that Morocco’s return to the African Union will block their plots to propagate the chimera of an independent Sahara state were vindicated. The first participation of Morocco at an African Union Summit in over three decades proved that the Kingdom […]

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The future of Africa Hinges on its youth, King Mohammed VI

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has stressed the important role the African youth can play for the socioeconomic development of the continent, which needs to rise up to the challenges ahead by mobilizing all its resources and assets. In a speech, read out Monday in Addis Ababa by the King’s brother Prince Moulay Rachid at […]

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King Mohammed VI Draws Road Map for Emergence of New Africa

King Mohammed VI made the case, in a speech to the African Union leaders, for the emergence of a “New Africa” that is able to turn its youth potential and the institutional challenges it faces into development opportunities. In the speech, read out by the King’s brother Prince Moulay Rachid at the 29th African Union […]

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AU Summit: Morocco’s Historic Participation after a 33-year Absence

Prince Moulay Rachid, the brother of King Mohammed VI of Morocco, takes part in the 29th Summit of the African Union (AU), which opened this July 3 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme: “Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investments in the Youth”. The participation of Morocco in this African summit is of great importance […]