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The French foreign ministry said that France’s relations with Morocco were excellent and that authorities in the two countries maintain regular contacts in a context of what many analysts describe as a silently brewing crisis due to Paris’ vocal support for the military regime in Algeria. The statement was made Friday at a press conference […]
Three opposition parties called for the creation of a fact-finding mission to look into imports of Russian diesel in Morocco with a focus on prices in fuel stations. Due to Western sanctions, Russian diesel is the cheapest on the market. But, some Moroccan consumers deplore that prices in fuel stations remain high. Opposition parties, PPS, […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPCL) will invest $12.5 billion to secure a 50% stake in the $25 billion Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project. This historic project is expected to set a record as the world’s longest offshore gas pipeline, covering some 5,600 km across 11 African countries. NNPCL and Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and […]
The security situation and risks associated with it at the regional level, and the terrorist threats, especially in the Sahel-Saharan region, were at the focus of a meeting held in Rabat Friday by Director General of Territory Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and visiting Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns. Talks focused on […]
Morocco lifted entry restrictions imposed on travelers coming from China as of April 5, 2023, the Chinese Embassy in Rabat said in a statement released this Friday. In January and in view of the massive surge in Covid-19 cases in the Asian country, Morocco announced that only passengers who leave the People’s Republic of China […]
A pilot project, allowing women to give themselves contraceptive injections, was successfully carried out in Morocco, announced on Thursday the World Health Organization. The project seeks to expand contraceptive options available for women, reduce the risks associated with unintended pregnancies and encourage the use of self-care in reproductive health. It was conducted during the COVID-19 […]
King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan and Prince Moulay Ismail, chaired, Thursday at the Royal Palace in Casablanca, the third religious lecture of the holy month of Ramadan. This lecture was delivered by the president of the Local Council of the Ulemas of the prefecture of the […]
Morocco has gained a clear support from the UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for joining Spain-Portugal bid for hosting World Cup 2030. Mr.Ceferin, Head of the European Union Football Associations, voiced his backing to Morocco’s joining the European candidacy for World Cup 2030 at a press conference held in […]
The UN Economic and Social Council on Wednesday re-elected Morocco, by acclamation, as a member of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the UN’s central decision-making body on drugs. The Kingdom, which currently sits on this Commission, whose work is held in Vienna, was re-elected on behalf of the Group of African States, for a term […]
The World Bank has granted Morocco an additional funding of $250 million to finance the Support to Education Sector Program. This additional funding will bring the total funding of the program to $750 million. The related loan agreement was signed, Wednesday in Rabat, by the Minister in charge of the Budget, Fouzi Lekjaa, and the […]