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Moroccan Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, called, Wednesday from Bali, Indonesia, for greater international cooperation in water issues in order to develop the sector’s role in public policy. “International cooperation in the water sector will play an important role in giving water the place it deserves in public policy”, he said at a […]
Blaming Morocco for self-inflicted troubles has become a national sports among members of the Algerian regime. This time, an obscure Algerian Minister Taha Derbal has accused Morocco of drying up Algeria’s west, where nearly 1.7 million have suffered days of water outages. Algeria has pinned the blame on Morocco previously for climate-induced wild fires, shortages […]
Preparations are underway to launch 5G internet service in Morocco before 2030, when the country will co-host the world cup together with Spain and Portugal, digital transition and administration reform minister delegate Ghita Mezzour said. The official told MPs that the launch of 5G is part of Morocco’s 2030 digital strategy, and that the new […]
Morocco has been unanimously re-elected as Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee of the European Center for Global Interdependence and Solidarity of the Council of Europe , commonly referred to as the “North-South Center”. Morocco’s re-election to the vice-presidency of the Center’s Executive Committee, for another two-year term, falls within the context of the renewal of […]
The Moroccan-American Defense Consultative Committee, which held two working meetings this week in Rabat, signed on Tuesday, May 21, at the headquarters of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) the roadmap for bilateral military cooperation. The military cooperation roadmap includes the guidelines to follow for the implementation of the activities agreed upon […]
The Swiss government has affirmed that “there is no official representation of the polisario front either at the UN Office in Geneva or to the Federal Council,” dealing another blow to the Algeria-backed separatist group. In a diplomatic note addressed to the Moroccan embassy in Bern, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs said “the […]
Morocco’s spending on social assistance would amount to $9 billion, representing some 8% of the country’s GDP, minister in charge of the Budget Fouzi Lekjaa said. Lekjaa was speaking before MPs explaining the logic behind cutting cooking gas prices, which come after a series of measures aiming to boost purchasing power of poor and middle-class […]
President of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, Princess Lalla Hasnaa, highlighted the main achievements and flagship initiatives carried out by the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection for the year 2023. Princess Lalla Hasnaa made the remarks while chairing the Foundation’s Board of Directors meeting in Fez on Tuesday. She thus recalled her […]
Morocco offered a donation of 200 tons of fertilizers to 10,000 households in Guatemala, where nearly half the labor force depends on agriculture, Morocco’s diplomatic mission said. Guatemalan agriculture minister Maynor Estrada said the donation was consistent with efforts to develop farming and fight poverty in agriculture-dependent areas. Moroccan ambassador to Guatemala Tarik Louajri said […]
Following targeted cash-handouts to needy households, Morocco has cut by 10 dirhams the subsidized price of a cooking gas cylinder, in a move that will alleviate the subsidies burden. The decision- that entered into force on May 20- marks the first subsidies cut in a gradual process that aims at breaking away with general subsidies. […]