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Administrator of U.S. Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, has praised Morocco’s inclusive development, good governance and education reform to meet the needs of the labor market. At a meeting held Wednesday in Rabat with Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita, the USAID chief commended Morocco’s efforts made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance youth empowerment […]
Wagner is taking advantage to recruit young fighters from the Polisario-run Tindouf camps in Algeria, where Jihadist AQMI and ISIS have found fertile ground to enroll fighters. The alarm bell was rang by FORSATIN, a Sahrawi forum that brings together advocates of Morocco’s autonomy plan. “The early April attack by Wagner fighters on the Mauritanian […]
Director-General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and General-Director of the Brazilian Federal Police, Andrei Augusto Passos Rodrigues, signed, on Tuesday in Agadir, a memorandum of understanding on security cooperation. The MoU, meant to strengthen bilateral cooperation and exchange experiences in the security field, provides for developing cooperation channels between Moroccan and […]
Morocco is looking forward to benefiting from the experience and know-how of Serum Institute of India in vaccine manufacturing and biotechnology to ensure its vaccine sovereignty. Cooperation prospects between the North African Kingdom and the Indian Institute were at the center of a meeting held Tuesday in Rabat between a delegation representing the world’s largest […]
Ambassadors from several African countries hailed, Wednesday in Dakhla, the “credibility” and “boldness” of King Mohammed VI’s initiative to promote Sahel countries’ access to the Atlantic Ocean. “Despite the security challenges facing Sahel countries, Morocco, through the Royal Initiative, strives to make the Atlantic coast a large-scale economic integration center,” they stated during a panel […]
USAID chief Samantha Power has announced the launch of a new initiative destined to help Moroccan vulnerable cooperatives and entrepreneurs in rural areas adapt to climate change, grow their economic activities, and build resilience to climate shocks and water scarcity. The announcement of the new Cooperative Resilience Program was made by Smantha at the Mohammed […]
President of the Swiss National Council, Eric Nussbaumer, expressed, Tuesday in Rabat, his country’s support for a “just, lasting and mutually acceptable” political solution to the regional conflict over the Moroccan Sahara. “Switzerland supports the efforts of the United Nations and the work of the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, […]
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 […]