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Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron will pay an official visit to Morocco on June 14-15, the Elysée announced. The visit to Morocco will be the first for the French President to the Maghreb after his election last May. This first visit to Morocco and to the Maghreb by President Macron, who will be accompanied […]
Morocco’s flag carrier, Royal Air Maroc, said that it maintains its five weekly flights to Doha although it cancelled flights transiting through Doha Airport to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt. The announcement was made on the backdrop of an unfolding crisis after several Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt cut […]
Another cargo of five US-made M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks arrived in the port of Casablanca on Wednesday (May 7), reported Far-Morocco, a website specialized in armaments and defense. This cargo and a similar delivery in July 2016 are part of an order of 250 of this type of third generation battle tanks, as the […]
The automotive industry in Morocco has become the leading export sector, thanks notably to the investments of French automaker Renault Group that celebrated the export of 1 million vehicle made in its Moroccan plants of Tangier and Casablanca. “Renault is a success story that we would like to duplicate in other sectors,” said Industry and […]
Morocco has been awarded a UNESCO prize in recognition of its efforts in promoting the gender approach in fisheries sciences. The award was handed by UNESCO Director Irina Bokova to Moroccan Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, Aziz Akhannouch, at A ceremony organized by the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, on […]
Morocco said that it is following the developments in the rift between Qatar and six Arab countries -Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Libya, and Yemen— which severed their relations with Qatar on Monday over its alleged support of terrorism. “Morocco is closely following the unfolding of events in the Gulf countries and […]
Morocco was elected vice-Chair of the UN Oceans Conference, held on June 5-9 in New York with the participation of 120 countries. Morocco was unanimously elected by the 193 UN member states as vice-chair of the high-level UN Conference on oceans that aims at reversing the decline in the health of oceans through garnering support […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gave its initial agreement to Morocco’s membership request at the 51st summit of the sub-regional grouping held in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia. In a statement following the summit, the West African Heads of State “approved in principle” Morocco’s bid to join the West African trading bloc in light […]
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guteres, expressed deep concern over the shortage of food supplies sent to the population held in the Polisario-run camps in southwestern Algeria. “The Secretary-General is deeply concerned over the plight of tens of thousands of Sahrawi refugees in Algeria, who will have their food rations cut due to lack of […]
Morocco is illustrative of a rising power that has cannily deployed its soft power toolbox, including investments, human development projects, media, culture and religion to boost stability in the Sahel and Africa. In an article on the World Politics Review on the contribution of four main players in the security arena in the region, Morocco […]