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An Air Force F1 mirage, on a training mission, crashed Monday near Taounate, in Northern morocco. The pilot succeeded to eject safely from the aircraft. On a training mission, the F-1 fighter of the Royal Air Force crashed, following a technical breakdown, the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) said in a […]
French carmaker Renault topped the podium of car sales in Morocco with a market share of 42% in 2018, that is 75.418 cars. A report by Renault said that Morocco remains the main market for the group where it has production plants in Tangier and Casablanca. Last October, Renault said it will bring up its […]
Morocco was distinguished as the second best performing African country for the quality of its sustainable management of ocean resources, the US-based National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) said in a recent report. Morocco came after Seychelles and was followed by Egypt in the Ocean Health Index issued by the NCEAS while Democratic […]
Morocco’s fisheries output stood at 1.31 million tons in 2018, unchanged from 2017 levels, the national fisheries office (ONP) said. The value of the 2018 catch is estimated at 7.3 billion dirhams the ONP said, noting that most of the catch took place on the Atlantic coast with 1.28 million tons with the rest on […]
Only few days after the diplomatic victory scored by Rabat with the adoption by the European Parliament with a large majority of the Morocco-EU Farm Agreement that covers the Sahara, the U.S. Congress dropped a House text included in the 2019 draft Appropriation Bill, which excluded the Sahara from the U.S. financial aid to Morocco. […]
Morocco wants the Western Mediterranean to think as a coherent regional grouping while addressing common challenges relating to migration and youth. Speaking at a foreign ministers meeting of the 5+5 countries, held Friday in Malta, Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita urged the group to think and act as a G10 bloc in order to give […]
Morocco thwarted 89,000 illegal migration attempts to Europe in 2018 as the country became the main gate for migrants willing to risk their lives in the Mediterranean sea to reach Europe, the National Observatory for Migration said. The North African country, a migrants’ destination itself, became a main gate for Europe after Italy pushed for […]
Bids by different countries to host the 2030 World Cup are welcome including the one announced by Morocco, Spain and Portugal, FIFA head Gianni Infantino said. Speaking in Marrakech following a FIFA meeting, Infantino said that there is no impediments in FIFA regulations regarding organizing the world cup by countries from different continental associations. Infantino’s […]
Algeria and its proxy the Polisario have yet again tasted the bitter taste of diplomatic defeat as Morocco and the EU renew the agricultural agreement that covers products from the Sahara region. Right after the adoption of the agreement, the EU’s Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini paid a visit to Morocco where she was received […]
The visit EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini is paying to Morocco since Wednesday confirms the depth of the strategic partnership binding the North African country to the European Union as the trip comes after the renewal of the Morocco-EU farm deal, including the Sahara. During her stay, Mogherini will meet several top Moroccan officials. […]