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During each of his visits to African countries, King Mohammed VI makes sure to reach out to Muslim communities by promoting the values of tolerance, moderation and justice preached by Islam. This Friday, in the mosque of Antananarivo, the Moroccan monarch attended a Friday prayer marked by a sermon in the French language highlighting the […]
Morocco thanked the eight Arab countries that showed respect for the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity by withdrawing from the Arab-African Summit in which representatives of the separatist SADR entity were present, and on the same occasion deplores that Kuwait did not follow suit. This came in a statement released by Morocco’s foreign ministry […]
Despite the ever increasing Sino-Algerian economic relations, Algeria falls short of attracting significant Chinese Foreign Direct Investments unlike its neighbor Morocco where authorities set incentives for foreign investors, said the leading US think tank, Carnegei Middle East, in an article on its website. The article, signed by Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck and Lina Benabdallah, notes that while […]
King Mohammed VI, who is visiting Madagascar within the frame of a new African tour, visited Wednesday, “Antsirabe Mosque” which the Sovereign re-named after his grandfather late king Mohammed V. The Moroccan monarch, Commander of the Faithful, also performed a prayer at the mosque and donated copies of the holy Quran to the local Muslim […]
The London High Court ruled that the British Energy company, BP, pays $68.9 million to the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) in a case originating from the sudden closure of Morocco’s Samir refinery in 2015. BP “sold a cargo of crude to Samir in August 2014 which was not paid for and NBAD took […]
The US State Department has for the first time listed 27 years old French Moroccan terrorist Abdelilah Himich as a dangerous terrorist as the younger former serviceman is cited as one of the key masterminds of Paris and Brussels attacks. Himich according to US authorities played a crucial role in the two attacks which killed […]
King Mohammed VI and Madagascar’s President Hery Rajaonarimampianina launched, in the Malagasy city of Antsirabe, the construction works of a hospital for mothers and children and a vocational training centre for a total cost of 220 million Dirhams, funded by Mohammed VI Foundation for Sustainable Development. The projects were launched on the occasion of King […]
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation struck a 16.3-million-dollar contract to upgrade Morocco’s F-16 fighter jets, the US defense department announced. The contract is part of a 55.6-million-dollar deal to upgrade Singaporean, Moroccan and Taiwanese F-16 aircraft, the same source said. Works under the Moroccan contract will be completed by June 9, 2019, the same source added. […]
Nine Arab countries, including Morocco, have pulled out from the 4th Arab-African Summit in Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), in protest against the participation of the so-called self-proclaimed SADR in the event. The countries that withdrew from the summit in solidarity with Morocco are Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Sultanate of Oman, Jordan, Yemen and […]
Malagasy Foreign Minister Atallah Béatrice Jeanine expressed her country’s support for Morocco’s decision to reintegrate the African institutional family. “President Hery Rajaonarimampianina welcomed the letter sent by President of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, regarding Morocco’s request to return to the African institutional family,” said Malagasy Foreign Minister in a statement to MAP following […]