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Gitex Africa, the continent’s largest technology festival, opened in Marrakech Monday with the attendance of 1400 exhibitors and 45,000 participants from 130 countries. Through the third edition of this event Morocco strengthens its foothold as a hub for technological innovation in Africa. Different stands explore the latest innovation technologies and artificial intelligence as well as […]
An agricultural partnership between Moroccan and Mauritanian private producers is yielding significant benefits for consumers in Nouakchott, as locally grown “Moroccan watermelons” flood the market at dramatically reduced prices. The cooperation, established during the joint commission meeting between the two countries in February 2024, has enabled Moroccan watermelon varieties to be cultivated in Mauritania’s Rosso […]
Morocco and France share the same resolve to bolster their partnership in matters of security and migration and envision the establishment of a new, comprehensive framework for this partnership, as this collaboration, based on close coordination and intelligence sharing, has led to the containment of terrorist threats and the dismantling of terrorist and criminal networks. […]
The American Jewish Committee has affirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump is determined to bring final closure to the Sahara issue in favor of Morocco on the basis of the autonomy plan as the ONLY solution of this regional conflict. In an interview published Monday by Arabic Assabah daily, Jason Isaacson, Chief Political Officer of […]
The Sultanate of Oman voiced, on Sunday, its support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over its entire national territory, and commended the pioneering role played by King Mohammed VI in promoting peace, security, and stability in Africa. This came in a joint communiqué issued at the close of the […]
The Rabat-based Bayt Mal Al-Quds Acharif Agency launched a humanitarian initiative on Saturday to support orphaned and amputee Palestinian children in Gaza, part of Morocco’s broader effort to aid Palestinians amid the ongoing crisis. The initiative, unveiled at the agency’s headquarters in Rabat, will provide care for 300 amputee children—selected from 800 cases identified by […]
Congressman Joe Wilson said he is preparing to introduce a legislation that will designate the Polisario militias as a terrorist group. He made the statement after Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the UN Envoy to the Sahara that autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the sole basis for negotiations to end the over five-decade conflict. […]
Morocco’s Oukaimeden observatory has announced the discovery of the previously unknown supernova remnant “G115.5+9.1”, now named “Scylla”. Located in the constellation Cepheus, not far from the famous CTA1, this remnant stands out for its very high galactic latitude and the exceptional delicacy of its H-alpha filaments, which had long evaded detection by radio, X, and […]
Moroccan and Spanish experts have agreed to advance engineering studies related to the fixed link project across the Strait of Gibraltar at a meeting held Thursday in Madrid between officials from the Moroccan National Company for the Studies of the Strait of Gibraltar (SNED) and the Spanish Society for Fixed Communication Studies across the Strait […]
French President Emmanuel Macron visited Friday Morocco Pavilion at the Paris book fair wherein the North African Kingdom is celebrated this year as guest of honor of this most famous literary event in France. During his visit, Macron chatted with Moroccan writers and publishers and hailed the strong and longstanding French-Moroccan cultural ties. He told […]