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A South African court ruled on June 15 to maintain the seizure of Cherry Blossom, a ship carrying 55,000 tons of Moroccan Sahara phosphates bound for New Zealand, in a hostile action reflecting the use of the justice system in South Africa by the separatists to settle political matters with Morocco. The court decided that […]
Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron started a friendship and working visit to Morocco on June 14 in response to an invitation from King Mohammed VI. Macron landed in Rabat airport accompanied by his spouse Brigitte. He afterwards held a press conference following talks with King Mohammed VI on a range of issues of mutual […]
Morocco and Tunisia are listed in a group of five African countries that have first pledged reforms under the Compact with Africa Initiative, a Germany’s flagship G20-Africa Partnership project aiming to improve economic conditions across the continent. The three other countries having registered their interest with the G20 are Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda and Senegal. More […]
Aicha Chenna, a Moroccan civil society activist defending for more than five decades the rights of unwed mothers and their babies to a decent life, has received the Monte Carlo Woman of the Year Award in Monaco in recognition for her lofty actions in promoting civil rights for a vulnerable social category. Aicha Chenna was […]
King Mohammed VI has dispatched Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita as his special envoy to several Gulf countries, part of the sovereign’s efforts to help ease the current tension poisoning relations between Qatar and its neighbors. In the context of this Gulf tour, Nasser Bourita delivered this Tuesday a verbal message from King Mohammed VI to […]
The previously announced official visit to Morocco by newly elected French President, Emmanuel Macron, is rather a private visit aiming at strengthening the bonds of friendship with King Mohammed VI. A statement of the French presidency has confirmed that the visit, due on June 14-15, has a private and family character. In a briefing at […]
Morocco will send planes loaded with food stuff to Qatar in a sign of solidarity that has no political dimension, in the wake of the crisis that unfolded after Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt as well as other Arab and African countries broke off diplomatic ties with Doha and closed their air, land […]
Islamic banking products in Morocco could expand their deposit bases by 5 to 10 pc, says Fitch Ratings, noting that the ability to grow the deposit base is positive for Morocco’s economic development because deposits represent about 70% of banking sector funding. “We expect growth of participation banks in Morocco will be high initially, as […]
A ministerial delegation has arrived in Al Hoceima Monday to inspect the progress made in social and economic projects that were launched in the region in a bid to defuse tension and speed up the pace of the projects completion, le360 news website reported. The delegation landed in AL Hoceima in the wake of a […]
Morocco’s foreign ministry issued a statement expressing the Kingdom’s willingness to mediate in the crisis that has shaken the Gulf after Saudi Arabia and the UAE and their allies in the Arab World and beyond severed ties with Qatar, which they accuse of supporting terrorism and side-lining with Iran. “If the parties wish so, Morocco […]