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King Mohammed VI has pardoned 1434 convicts on the eve of Eid Al Adha celebrated Thursday June 29 in the North African Kingdom. A statement released Wednesday by the Ministry of Justice unveiled the list of the beneficiaries of the royal pardon. The list includes inmates who were granted a pardon over their remaining jail […]
Morocco’s gigafactory project and EV ecosystem have been boosted with the $280 million new investment announced Wednesday by Chinese Tinci Company for its plant to be built in the North African Kingdom. The new factory will produce and sell lithium-ion battery materials. It will also help the Chinese firm to better serve the European market, […]
Morocco was unanimously re-elected to the Executive Council of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) for the period 2023-2025, during the 32nd session’s elections of the IOC Assembly at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This re-election reflects once again the international community’s acknowledgment of Morocco’s active role and commitment to global affairs under the enlightened leadership of […]
International law is based on a number of principles, in particular the principle of non-interference in states’ internal affairs and neighborliness, said Morocco’s permanent representative to the African Union and UNECA, Mohamed Arrouchi. Speaking at the meeting of the AU Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREP) to review the activity report of the African Union Commission […]
Iran’s support for Algeria and Polisario threatens not only Morocco, but also the stability of the broader region, writes The Defense Post, an independent security and defense news publication In an Op-Ed published this Tuesday on the threats posed by the Iranian drones in Africa, Lonzo Cook, a former CNN journalist, says the efforts to […]
Morocco respects the requirements of fiscal transparency, the U.S. State Department points out in its annual Fiscal Transparency Report. Of the 141 countries evaluated, the governments of 72 countries met minimum requirements of fiscal transparency in 2022, says the report, which was released this Tuesday June 27. Sixty-nine countries did not meet the minimum requirements […]
Morocco’s plans to become a green hydrogen powerhouse are luring European customers including Germany and most recently Netherlands. The Dutch and the Moroccan governments signed a financing deal to look into green hydrogen infrastructure. Germany had integrated Morocco in its H2Uppp program targeting hydrogen projects in developing countries. But the project that is closest to […]
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres reiterated that the mission of the MINURSO is to ensure the ceasefire is respected in the Sahara region between Morocco and the Algeria-based polisario front. The statement deals a blow to the Polisario and their Algerian mentors who are still waiting for a referendum, a proposal that proved infeasibility and […]
Serbia reiterated, on Monday, its support for the territorial integrity of Morocco, as well as its “position of principle against secessionism and separatism.” This position was reaffirmed by Serbia’s First Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dačić, during phone talks he held on Monday with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The head of Serbian diplomacy […]
The construction of the Avante 1800 type patrol boat intended for the Moroccan Royal Navy will be officially launched on July 3, announced the Spanish Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero. The Finance Minister María Jesús Montero told the Spanish broadcasting station Cadena SER that the construction works of the Moroccan patrol boat Avante 1800 […]