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Moroccan Royal Navy has joined allies and partners for the multinational maritime exercise, Grand African NEMO 2022, taking place in the Gulf of Guinea. The week-long exercise, which started Oct.11, is led by France. This year’s edition aims to enhance the maritime security to counter illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, piracy, drug trafficking, pollution, […]
Morocco’s Royal Navy coastguards rescued this week 182 candidates to irregular migration, including women and children, mostly coming from sub-Saharan Africa. The rescue operations conducted between October 10 and 12 enabled to save the would-be illegal migrants, who attempted the perilous crossings aboard makeshift boats, kayaks, jet-skis, surfboards and even swimming. The rescued persons received […]
The government of the Russian Federation has just approved a cooperation agreement between Moscow and Rabat in the field of the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. The ordinance enacting this decision was signed by Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Michoustine, on Wednesday, reported the Russian news agency Tass. The agreement, providing for cooperation between […]
The Mohammed VI Foundation of African Ulema holds its fourth ordinary annual session in Fez, this October 19 – 20. Some 250 theologians, members of the Supreme Council of Ulema and representing the 34 sections of the Foundation, are expected to take part in the event. This ordinary session features the presentation by the Secretariat […]
An 11-year old Kenyan child has sent a moving letter of thanks to King Mohammed VI for his decision to help the East African country with fertilizers. In a letter addressed to the Moroccan embassy in Nairobi, Jayden Dixon Kaburu, a young pupil in 5th grade, who is living in Karatina, a small village in […]
Morocco’s state-owned phosphate OCP group has pledged to dedicate 4 million tons of fertilizers for African farmers in 2023 in a solidarity move with African countries. The announcement was made by OCP Chairman & CEO Mostafa Terrab at the ongoing 2022 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings held in Washington-DC 10-16. Over 44 million farmers across 35 […]
The Spanish Council of Ministers approved, on Wednesday, an agreement to grant a loan of up to 20 million euros to the Fund for the financing of microfinance organizations in Morocco, Jaïda. The loan, granted through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), aims to finance the expansion of the Jaïda Fund portfolio. ”The […]
Morocco and Luxembourg have both expressed resolve to promote their partnership and develop further their economic cooperation. This came during the meetings Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, held Tuesday in Rabat with several members of the Moroccan cabinet, including Head of the Government Aziz Akhannouch and Economy and Finance Minister Nadia Fettah. During […]
Morocco’s economic growth is expected to slow down to 0.8% in 2022 due to adverse international juncture and rebound to 3.1% the following year, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest World economic outlook. Inflation is expected to reach in the country 6.2% this year before decreasing to 4.1% in 2023, adds the […]
The French shipping company CMA CGM announced that it intends to launch a new maritime Shuttle, from November 10, 2022, which will connect Morocco, France and Spain, on a weekly basis. The French shipping company CMA CGM announced, in a press release, the launch of the new Morocco Shuttle service, departing from the port of […]