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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 […]
Morocco is maintaining contacts with the military component of the MINURSO and remains committed to cooperation with this component in the framework of the mandate entrusted to him, said Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar Thursday, explaining that Rabat’s recent decisions to remove the UN staff from the Moroccan Sahara are legitimate and proportionate to the UN […]
Moroccan authorities announced Thursday the arrest of nine Islamist militants linked to ISIS affiliates in Libya. They were planning to carry out terror attacks in the North African kingdom. According to an interior ministry statement, the captured cell members were active in the cities of Marrakesh, Sidi Bennour and Smara (southern Morocco). Hundreds of Moroccan […]
Moroccan banks are operating now in 22 African countries and around 17 per cent of their foreign activity is on the continent, says Financial Times in a special report shedding lights on Morocco’s economic potentials. “These African countries represent a real growth potential given the level of banking penetration, which remains one of the weakest […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry has reaffirmed, in a phone talk with King Mohammed VI, that Washington’s standpoint on the Sahara issue remains unchanged. The Royal Office actually announced that King Mohammed VI has had on Wednesday talks over the phone with US Secretary of State John Kerry and that the talks mainly dealt […]
The United Nations announced Tuesday it closed down, as requested by Morocco, the MINURSO military liaison office in Dakhla. The measure was part of Morocco’s retaliation against the UN Chief’s recent blunders. The UN also withdrew three military observers. According to UN spokesman Farhan Haq, Rabat gave a 72 hour deadline for the military observers […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco who is on a working visit to the Czech Republic held tête-à-tête talks with President Milos Zeman in Prague on Monday. The two heads of State discussed topical regional and international issues as well as means to further consolidate the two countries’ political relations and enhance their economic exchanges. They […]
Morocco’s Premier Thursday reaffirmed Morocco’s historical and political attachment to the Moroccan Sahara saying that no one will ever snatch the territory from Morocco in reference to UN Chief’s recent designation of the territory as “occupied territory.” Speaking at the opening of a cabinet meeting in Rabat, Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane indicated that Morocco will […]
Morocco has decided to resume contacts with the European Union after having rebuffed European institutions following European Court ruling invalidating a farm deal signed with Rabat over Sahara issue. The move comes few days after the visit paid to Rabat by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini. During this trip, Mogherini voiced the […]
After the resounding success of its 2015 session held in Dakhla, the Crans Montana Forum decided to hold the 2016 session in the same city that it describes as “the Pearl of the Southern Territories of Morocco” and “a key model for all countries of Africa.” The Forum on “Africa & South-South Cooperation, toward a […]