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Saudi Arabia is hosting this Monday an Arab-Islamic emergency summit aimed at addressing the intensifying crisis in Palestine and Lebanon. The summit is gathering leaders from across the Arab and Islamic world, with discussions expected to focus on Israel’s military actions and escalating violence in the Palestinian and Lebanese territories. Morocco’s King Mohammed VI is […]
Morocco has reaffirmed in Sochi (Russia) that there can be no peace or prosperity in Africa without the respect of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of African states. Addressing the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, convening in the Black Sea city of Sochi Nov.9-10, Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita also called for […]
Moscow has excluded the Algeria-backed Polisario separatists from participating in the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, dealing another humiliating blow to the ruling Algerian junta. Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita is representing the Kingdom in the two-day event which opened Saturday in the city of Sochi. The conference is attended by government […]
Morocco, in the person of Ambassador El Hassane Zahid, was re-elected in New York as a member of the United Nations’ International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) for a new four-year term starting January 1, 2025, a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. This re-election signals the UN member states’ confidence in Morocco’s enduring […]
Brazil will be exporting olive oil to Morocco, where consecutive droughts compromised the domestic harvest and sent prices higher. The decision was announced by Brazil’s farming ministry, which said Morocco was the third destination for Brazil’s agricultural exports to Africa. In 2023, Morocco imported from Brazil $1.23 billion-worth of agricultural goods. In the first nine […]
The 2024 census showed that Tangier has become Morocco’s second largest city, out populated by Casablanca and followed by Fez. Casablanca retained its standing as the most populous city with 3.23 million, followed by Tangier (1.27 mln), Fez (1.18 mln), Marrakech (1.15 mln), Sale (945k), Meknes (526k) and the capital Rabat (516k), according to a […]
Saint Lucia has reiterated steadfast support for Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under its sovereignty, saying this plan is the ONLY realistic and viable solution to the Sahara regional dispute. The supportive stand comes in a joint statement issued in Rabat following the meeting held Friday between Foreign minister of this Eastern Caribbean […]
The French Development Agency (AFD) will start investing in the Moroccan Sahara, announced the agency’s CEO, Rémy Rioux, who is planning to visit the Kingdom’s southern provinces. “The AFD Group will invest in the Sahara, a link between Morocco and its neighboring countries. I will soon visit Laâyoun and Dakhla to meet the local population,” […]
Speakers gathered in Lyon, at the initiative of the Consulate General of Morocco in this French city, highlighted the development boom in the southern provinces of the Kingdom under the enlightened leadership of King Mohammed VI. This conference, held on Wednesday to mark the 49th anniversary of the glorious Green March under the theme “Southern […]
King Mohammed VI has sent a firm and straightforward message to the delusional and lunatic enemies of Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Sahara, telling them wake up to reality and cease pursuing an elusive dream for nearly five decades. The Monarch’s firm stand over the Sahara issue comes in a speech he delivered Wednesday […]