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Peru decided on Friday to suspend its diplomatic relations with the self-proclaimed “SADR”, dealing another hard blow to the Algerian-backed Polisario separatist group. “In accordance with international law rules, the government of Peru has decided to suspend its diplomatic relations with the so-called “SADR”, Peru’s foreign ministry said in a statement. “Faithful to the principles […]
At least 822 people were killed and 672 were wounded, including 205 in critical condition, in the powerful earthquake that rocked Friday night Morocco, according to an updated interior ministry toll. Casualty figures are expected to rise as the search continues and as rescuers reach remote areas. It is the strongest tremor to hit the […]
An earthquake has hit on Friday night several countries in Western North Africa, including Morocco, Mauritania and Algeria and Southern Europe. Residents of several Moroccan cities, from Rabat to Agadir, via Casablanca and Marrakech, felt the tremor at around 11.14pm on Friday night. Several inhabitants left their homes to gather in the streets. […]
Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita conferred on Friday in Rabat with UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara Staffan De Mistura in presence of Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Omar Hilal. De Mistura’s trip to Morocco is part of a visit to the region with a view to re-launching the roundtable political process […]
More than 2,000 representatives from Global Geoparks, senior UNESCO officials, scientists, policy makers and government officials from around the world are taking part in the 10th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks convening in Marrakesh from Sept. 7 to 11. The event, organized every two years, is the most important international gathering of Geoparks to […]
Host countries of Africa Cups of Nations of 2025 and 2027 will be announced on Sept.27 by the Confederation of African Football Executive Committee during its meeting scheduled in Cairo. The announcement was made Thursday by CAF Chief Patrice Motsepe during CAF’s virtual meeting which took important unanimous decisions “that will make significant contributions to […]
US Deputy Assistant Secretary for North Africa, Joshua Harris, reiterated, on Thursday, from Rabat the United States’ support for the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan as a “serious, credible and realistic” solution to the dispute over the Sahara. “The United States continues to view Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as serious, credible and realistic,” the US Embassy in Rabat […]
The President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, on Wednesday decorated André Azoulay, Advisor to King Mohammed VI, with the Presidential Medal of Honor, during a magnificent ceremony held at the Presidential Palace. In a statement to MAP, Azoulay expressed the “great pride” he feels in serving King Mohammed VI, and before Him, his father late King […]
The Russian ambassador to Rabat said his country is ready to sell wheat at a competitive price to Morocco, a major wheat importer. “Russia is ready to supply wheat to Morocco at reasonable prices,” Russia’s ambassador Vladimir Baibakov told TASS news agency. “Morocco remains a key Russian trade and economic partner in Africa. In a […]
Morocco has called on Arab countries to respect neighborliness and territorial integrity of Arab league member countries to counter the current regional & international challenges. Addressing the Arab League Council of foreign ministers which convened Wednesday in Cairo under the chairmanship of the Kingdom, Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita said the complex crises affecting Arab […]