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Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni has sealed a Farm-Out Agreement with Chariot Oil & Gas, which enabled Eni to get operatorship and a 40 pc stake in the Rabat Deep Offshore exploration permits I-VI, Morocco’s offshore. The deal, which still needs approval of the Moroccan authorities, allows Eni to operate in an area […]
Rabat has flatly rejected the regrets expressed earlier this week by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about what he called “a misunderstanding” about his use of the word occupation when referring to Morocco’s presence in the Sahara, and denounced the unethical behavior of the Un Secretariat General. The UN Chief’s inadmissible statements and behavior […]
The Moroccan Royal Soccer Federation is in earnest talks with the Libyan counterpart to have the second leg of their encounter for the 2017 AFCON qualifiers played in Morocco due to lack of security in Libya. Both countries are in group F along with Sao Tome and Cape Verde. According to local online media “sport.le360” […]
King Mohamed VI has donated €30,000 to an association in Amsterdam to build a mosque. The association based in the Dutch capital Amsterdam posted on its website a statement in Arabic and Dutch expressing thanks to the King for his generosity and for all his humanitarian actions. According to press reports, the association has been […]
France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Tuesday hammered home his country’s support for the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan for the disputed Sahara territory as tension between Rabat and the UN Head Ban Ki-Moon, heats up. Speaking at a joint press conference in Algiers with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra, Ayrault maintained that France’s position on the […]
Moroccan Interior Minister Mohamed Hassad and Head of Morocco’s internal intelligence service Abdellatif Hammouchi, who is also Chief of General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), paid Wednesday a work visit to neighboring Spain. During this trip, the two top security Moroccan officials met with Spanish Interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz and Security Secretary of State […]
Moroccan authorities are eager to scale up economic exchanges to their full potential with Côte d’Ivoire even though trade between the two partners has more than doubled over a short period of time. For Mohammed Abbou, Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Trade, Cote d’Ivoire and Morocco can do much better even though trade between the two […]
In an attempt to defuse the tension that recently flared up between the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Morocco, the UN Chief on Monday expressed explicit regrets for the misunderstanding about the word “occupation” he had used when referring to Morocco’s presence in the Sahara. Stephane Dujarric, Ban Ki-Moon’s spokesman, Monday said during […]
Inmate Ennaama Asfari claims he has been on a hunger strike for almost a month, yet he does not seem to suffer from any weakness, pallor or weight loss. Is this a miracle or does he have a superhuman strength? Neither is the answer. Ennaama Asfari and 12 of his inmates are pretending to be […]
A source from Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has flatly denied allegations that the Moroccan carrier lets control of its planes to novice pilots who pay money to get the flying hours required to be hired as experienced pilots. The source’s reaction came after French France 3 TV aired on March 23 a program about the […]