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Morocco has called for stronger regional and international cooperation to counter plastic pollution, one of the major global concerns affecting the environment and every walk of life. In her speech Friday in Addis Ababa at the 19th African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, Moroccan minister of Energy Transition & Sustainable Development Leila Benali voiced her […]
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) highlighted Morocco’s headway in the automotive sector and its growing exports that contrast with Algeria’s car industry debacle. Using 2019 figures, UNCTAD showed in a detailed report how Morocco produced 403,218 vehicles compared to 60,012 in Algeria, which in 2020 had to halt production altogether. “In […]
The UN Conference on Trade and Development has praised the progress made by the automotive industry in Morocco, which is now positioned as a production platform with the entry of several groups, including German Motor Distributors, Renault, Snop (parts and components supplier), Stellantis, Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems and Yazaki. In its “Economic Development in Africa” […]
The civilian façade of the military regime in Algeria or the government led by Tebboune has reached an absurd level doubling down on inconsistencies, inflated figures, and fake news. The most recent was Algeria’s foreign minister welcoming the US position on the Sahara issue. Algeria’s newly appointed foreign minister, Ahmed Attaf, has welcomed the US […]
“We risk losing everything! We will win Algeria’s trust but we will lose that of Morocco,” thus spoke former French President Nicolas Sarkozy deploring the pro-Algeria bias of the current French head of state Emmanuel Macron. In an interview with Le Figaro, Sarkozy lambasted Macron for his shortsighted Maghreb foreign policy in which he sought […]
King Mohammed VI was represented at the inauguration of Paraguay’s new president, Santiago Pena. The Sovereign was represented at the inauguration ceremony by Speaker of the House of Representatives. Santiago Pena was sworn in as Paraguay’s new president in an inauguration ceremony that took place in Asunción on Tuesday. The 44-year-old economist and former finance […]
Romanian Prime Minister thanked Morocco’s intelligence services for their role in the liberation of a Romanian national held hostage by an armed group loyal to Al Qaeda in Burkina Faso. Following a phone call with his Moroccan peer Aziz Akhannouch, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, “Looking forward to […]
A group of 94 members of the French parliament sent a letter to President Macron urging him to make a stand in support of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory as part of effort to restore an African-French foreign policy in demise. The letter, published on Le Figaro inter alia, noted the erosion of French […]
Morocco is taking part in the 19th African ministerial conference on the environment which opened Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss ways of enhancing cooperation to counter environmental challenges in the continent. The four-day gathering is opportunity to strengthen Africa’s collective engagement in the global environmental agenda, including in the various conference of the […]
Morocco sits on tremendous uranium reserves thanks to its world’s largest phosphates deposits that could help the country power its desalination plants and export surplus, the Middle East Institute said. The paper, by Michael Tanchum, recalls that 73% of the world’s phosphate rock reserves contain an estimated 6.9 million tons of uranium, that compares to […]