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Rapprochement Underway between Morocco, Angola

The visit by Angola’s Foreign Minister Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti to Rabat will help open a new chapter in Angolan-Moroccan relations, breaking away with the animosity that characterized ties between the two countries due to the Sahara issue. The agreements signed during the visit of the Angolan official set the tone for ushering a new […]

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Morocco-France, Important ‘Axis in Global Geopolitics’- Indian paper

France attached utmost importance to its special political, economic and security ties with Morocco as evidenced by the recent visit of the newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco, a visit that set the future of ties between the two countries on the track of “becoming an axis in global geopolitics,” writes Rudroneel Ghosh […]

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Morocco Tunisia Sign 13 Cooperation Agreements

Head of the Moroccan Government Saad Eddine El Othmani and his Tunisian peer Youssef Chahed chaired on June 19 in Rabat the signing ceremony of 13 cooperation agreements in fields relating to training and economy. The agreements were signed following the 19th High Joint Moroccan-Tunisian committee, which convened following talks between El Othmani and Chahed […]

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Head of Tunisian Government visits Morocco June 18-19

Head of the Tunisian government, Youssef Chahed, is paying on June 18-19 an official visit to Morocco where he will attend the 19th session of the Moroccan-Tunisian High Joint Committee. Leading a delegation comprising several Tunisian cabinet members, Chahed will hold talk with his Moroccan counterpart Saad Eddine El Othmani on a set of issues […]

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Pro-polisario Spanish Political Leader Arrested on Pedophile Charges

Former Secretary General of the Spanish Socialist Youth in Elche, Alejandro Diaz, was recently arrested and placed on custody on pedophile charges involving minors from the camps of Tindouf. Morocco’s news agency reported that Diaz raped minors coming from the Tindouf camps. The agency, quoting police sources, said that investigators found online conversations in which […]

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Antibiotic Booster Discovery Puts Morocco on Global Pharmaceutical Map

Moroccan scientist Adnane Remmal has put Morocco on the global pharmaceutical map through his development of an antibiotic booster drug that combines antibiotics with anti-bacterial properties of local plants. The discovery earned him recently the recognition of the European Patent Office (EPO), which granted him its European Inventor Award 2017. Professor Remmal developed an antibiotic […]

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Seven Moroccans Die in Grenfell Tower Blaze

Seven Moroccans lost their lives in the devastating fire at the Grenfell Tower, a 24-story London apartment building, Morocco’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Following identification of the victims, King Mohammed VI gave directives to Moroccan authorities to take care of the repatriation of the corpses. London police said that at least 58 people […]

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Morocco Tops Arab Democracy Index- Jordanian Think Tank

The Amman-based Think Tank, Arab Reform Initiative, released its annual Arab Democracy Index showing that Morocco continues to lead for the fourth consecutive year, followed by Tunisia and Jordan. The report, using surveys, measures the democratic transition process in Jordan, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt and Morocco. Kuwait came fourth followed […]

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Morocco Rejects South Africa’s Seizure of Sahara Phosphate Cargo

The Moroccan government described the South African court decision to maintain seizure of a vessel carrying Sahara phosphates bound for New Zealand as a “violation of international law”. In a statement to the press, Spokesperson for the Moroccan government Mustapha El Khalfi condemned in the strongest terms the ruling by South African court on June […]

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Morocco, North Africa’s Leading Innovative Economy- Global Innovation Index 2017

The Global Innovation Index 2017 ranked Morocco as the first innovative economy in North Africa and the third on the continental level preceded only by South Africa and Mauritius. The index, co-edited by Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, in partnership with INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), showed that Morocco continues to […]