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Moroccan real-estate leader, Addoha group, will build 5,000 social housing units in Gabon under an agreement signed lately with the authorities of this central African country. According to local press reports, the agreement was inked by Addoha Deputy Managing Director Mehdi Zemmama and Gabonese Housing Minister Ludovic Menié in presence of transitional President, Gen. Brice […]
Morocco’s drive for a more influential role in African affairs could be strategically important to the UK as it seeks new global partnerships in the post-Brexit era, says International Business Times. Under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, Morocco has pursued political and economic reforms to sustain long-term growth, adds the British daily in an […]
French Culture Minister Rachida Dari became on Monday the first French minister to visit the Moroccan Sahara where she will open a French Institute. Speaking to the media in Tarfaya, a city in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region, Rachid Dati said her visit is part of the momentum ushered by the French recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty […]
Morocco’s interior ministry has dismissed as “unfounded” the reports on international media claiming the country was planning a mass culling of stray dogs ahead of the World Cup in 2030. The Daily Mail, a UK tabloid, and other like-minded outlets published one-sided reports mentioning a Moroccan campaign to clean up cities of 3 million dogs. […]
Ways of enhancing further cooperation in judicial matters between Morocco and Senegal were at the center of talks held Monday in Rabat between Mohamed Abdenabaoui, first President of Morocco’s Court of Cassation & President Delegate of the High Council of the Judiciary, and Mohamadou Mansour Mbaye, first President of the Supreme Court of Senegal. The […]
Morocco is on an ambitious trajectory to reform its social protection system, and the International Labor Organization is prepared to accompany the Kingdom on this path, ILO Director-General Gilbert Houngbo said on Monday. In a speech read on his behalf by ILO’s representative in Morocco Aurelia Segatti, at the 9th International Parliamentary Forum on Social […]
Marsa Maroc and Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), a subsidiary of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s leading shipping group, signed a partnership agreement under which TIL will acquire a stake in the concessionary subsidiary of a container terminal at the port of Nador West Med. “Upon finalization of this agreement, which is subject to the […]
Police officers at the Tangier-City Port successfully thwarted, late Sunday night, an attempted to trafficking of 64,080 psychotropic tablets, and arrested three individuals for their suspected connection to a criminal network involved in international drug and psychotropic trafficking, a security source said. The suspects, a couple and their child, aged between 22 and 54, were […]
Morocco reiterated, on Sunday, its unwavering support for the just Palestinian cause and for the brotherly Palestinian people’s rights. The support was renewed by the Moroccan delegation Sunday before the 38th Summit of the African Union (AU). The delegation reiterated the Kingdom’s support for the brotherly Palestinian people in recovering their legitimate rights and establishing […]
Director General of National Security (DGSN) and Territorial Surveillance (DGST), Abdellatif Hammouchi, was awarded on Sunday in Tunis the Prince Naif Medal for Arab Security, First Class, an honor granted to leading security figures who have played a significant role and made outstanding contributions to ensuring Arab security and stability. This decoration was announced as […]