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United Airlines has signed a deal with Morocco’s tourism authorities to launch a direct air route linking Marrakech to New York. The deal was signed between the airlines and Morocco’s tourism promotion office as it eyes more American visitors to the Red city. United Airlines will be using its Boeing 767-300 with 167 seat capacity […]
Morocco, a country of openness, is “keen” to build bridges between cultures and religions, as enshrined in the Kingdom’s multicultural identity, and reflected in the fundamental provisions of the Constitution, Morocco’s Permanent Mission in Geneva stressed on Friday. This came during a panel on “countering religious hatred constituting incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence,” held […]
France’s Société General plans to sell majority stakes in its Morocco banking activity to Saham, Moroccan media reported. Saham, owned by former industry minister Moulay Hafid Alamy, had reached a deal to buy 57% stake in the French subsidiary bank, Le360 said in an exclusive. The transaction to buy the fourth largest universal bank in […]
Youssef Amrani, has presented his credentials to U.S. President Joe Biden as Morocco’s ambassador to the United States. At the end of this audience that took place at the White House, Amrani expressed, in a statement to MAP, his commitment to work, in accordance with the high orientations of King Mohammed VI, to deepen the […]
Morocco and the United States have signed the fourth cooperation action plan in the fields of environment and sustainable development, covering the 2024-2027 period. The plan, initialed in Rabat on Wednesday by Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, and the US Ambassador to Morocco, Puneet Talwar, aims to bolster the two parties’ […]
Ways of strengthening cooperation between Morocco and the United Kingdom in counterterrorism and cross-border crimes were at the center of talks held in London by Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director-General of national police & domestic intelligence agency with several top British security chiefs. During his two-day working visit, which started Tuesday, Hammouchi met with Ken McCallum, Head […]
The “Just Transition” project aimed at supporting Morocco’s efforts to implement its climate policy was launched on Wednesday in Rabat, by the European Union and Morocco. The project, worth over €10 million (approximately 109 million dirhams), is co-financed by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union (EU). Entitled “Just […]
After destroying the initial five-state Maghreb Union, Algeria has brought together cash-strapped Tunisia and war-torn Libya in a bid to create a new regional union. Mauritania has faced pressure to join the threesome of authoritarian regimes facing bleak economic and social stability prospects. As it continues to pedal towards autocracy, Tunisia under President Kais Saied […]
Morocco has reiterated its call for urgent, comprehensive, and lasting ceasefire in Palestinian territories, stressing the need to respect international and humanitarian laws and supplying humanitarian aid without restrictions to besieged Palestinian people. In his opening address at the 161st session of the Arab League ministerial Council convened Wednesday in Cairo, Moroccan foreign minister Nasser […]
Princess Lalla Asmae, youngest sister of King Mohammed VI, and the First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, Dominique Ouattara, inaugurated, on Wednesday in Rabat, Lalla Asmae Foundation’s Hearing Diagnosis & Rehabilitation Centre and launched a newborn hearing screening program in the Rabat-Salé-Kenitra region at Moulay Youssef Hospital Centre. After cutting the inaugural ribbon, the Princess and […]