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A high-level delegation from the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and the US Army on Wednesday visited the medical-surgical field hospital deployed in Akka municipality, province of Tata. Upon their arrival, members of the delegation led by FAR Inspector General and Commander of the Southern Zone, Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, and U.S. […]
Morocco was re-elected, in the person of Mahjoub El Haiba, to the UN Human Rights Committee, during the elections held on Wednesday in New York, on the occasion of the 40th Meeting of States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Morocco, which was in the race along fifteen other candidates for […]
The prospects for developing economic and commercial exchanges between Morocco and China were reviewed by the two countries’ Foreign Ministers at a meeting held Wednesday in Beijing. Visiting Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Chinese peer Wang Yi, focused in their talks on the opportunities offered by Morocco’s global trade, through the encouragement of Chinese […]
Morocco’s Ambassador to the UN, Omar Hilale, highlighted, in Saint John’s in Antigua and Barbuda, King Mohammed VI’s vision of South-South cooperation in favor of island states, a vision that is based on solidarity. This came in an address he made on Tuesday at the 4th international conference on small island developing states, held May […]
In a major step towards strengthening Morocco’s aerospace industry, Pratt & Whitney Canada, part of the RTX Group, held earlier this week a groundbreaking ceremony for its new facility in the Kingdom, known as Pratt & Whitney Morocco (PWM), in the mid-park area in Casablanca. This new 12,000 square metre facility marks a milestone for […]
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved funding of €120 million under the Transformation Support Program for a Moroccan Digital, Entrepreneurial, and Inclusive University (UM 4.0). This program, which targets students, higher education teachers, entrepreneurs and young graduates, aims to contribute to the development of human capital and the […]
Morocco is ready to promote its startup ecosystem to a higher level, coordinator of the US Prosper Africa initiative, British A. Robinson, said Tuesday in Marrakech. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Morocco-USA Venture Capital Forum (May 27-28), Robinson underlined that Morocco boasts a startup ecosystem that is increasingly dynamic and innovative, and has […]
Morocco will earmark 1 billion dollars to buy new buses in different Moroccan cities as part of a 2024-2029 urban transport modernization plan, the interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit said. In total, Morocco would need 3500 new buses in 32 cities as part of an investment that also includes the upgrade of ticket machines and stations, […]
Marrakech hosted on Monday and Tuesday a Morocco-USA Venture Capital Forum, organized by the United States Embassy in Rabat, in collaboration with the US government initiative “Prosper Africa”. The forum, the first of its kind between the two countries on venture capital, brought together 25 of the most promising startups in the North African Kingdom. […]
The Gambia has announced its accession as a new member of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The Gambia announced its endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative in a letter Gambian Foreign Minister addressed to his Moroccan peer, Nasser Bourita. Morocco and the United States of America welcome this decision, which marks a significant step forward […]