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King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, accompanied by Prince Moulay Rachid and Prince Moulay Ismail, chaired, on Saturday at the Royal Palace in Casablanca, the third religious lecture of the holy month of Ramadan 1445 AH. The lecture was given by Moustapha Al Bahyaoui, Chair Professor of Exegesis (Tafssir), under the theme “The proposition […]
A Royal Navy patrol boat intercepted, on Friday, 260 km southwest off the southern city of Dakhla, a pirogue carrying 165 sub-Sharan would-be migrants, including 4 corpses. The pirogue, which had intended to reach the Canary Islands, set sail on March 6, the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces said in a press […]
The European Union reaffirmed, in its 2023 report, the positive socio-economic impact of the agricultural agreement with Morocco, and the full benefit of the agreement’s provisions for the population of the kingdom’s southern provinces. The publication of this annual report by the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) comes on the heels […]
The United States has commended the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the first UN resolution on artificial intelligence (AI), which was initially sponsored by Morocco and the U.S.A. The resolution, co-sponsored by over 120 countries by the day of its adoption, “is a historic step toward establishing clear international norms for AI […]
The Spanish presidency has dismissed the allegations that Morocco had spied on its Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez or carried hostile acts against Spain. This came in a Spanish annual security report 2023 by its counter-espionage service which dedicated a large section to Morocco given the cooperation ties between the two countries in critical areas such […]
South Korea LG Chem Ltd. has been selected to provide a water purification process for a desalination project to be carried out by Moroccan phosphate giant OCP Group. Under the deal, LG Chem will supply some 18,000 reverse osmosis (RO) membranes which will be used to desalinate 246,000 m3 of water a day at Jorf […]
The recent conclusions of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union detail the progress made in the appeals filed by the EU Council and the European Commission against the decision of the Court of First Instance regarding agricultural and fisheries agreements with Morocco. It is important to note that these […]
Cooperation prospects between Morocco and the International Monetary Fund, in view of the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings, scheduled in Washington April 17-19, were reviewed at a meeting between Morocco’s Ambassador to the United States, Youssef Amrani, and IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva. During the working meeting, Kristalina Georgieva commended Morocco for the excellent […]
President of Kenya, William Ruto, has sent a message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over to Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita by Abraham Korir Singoei, Kenya’s Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy of Kenyan President. In a statement to the press following talks with Bourita, Singoei said that in […]
Morocco is commemorating this Thursday, Ramadan 10, 1445 A.H., in an atmosphere of piety the 65th anniversary of the passing away of the late Mohammed V; a moment to honor the Father of the Nation, the architect of the Kingdom’s independence, and a symbol of people’s struggle for freedom and liberation. On this commemoration, King […]