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Moroccan and Mauritanian businessmen will meet on Sept.20 in Casablanca to discuss joint ventures and partnership projects in agriculture, energy, agri-food business, pharmaceutical industry and finance. The meeting is organized by the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) and the National Union of Mauritanian Employers (UNPM). The event aims to strengthen economic and commercial cooperation […]
Morocco has received the first batch of its order of 36 Caesar howitzers as part of a push to modernize all segments of its air, sea and land forces, local media reports. The new procurement will deepen the gap between Morocco and its Algerian rival further reinforcing the capabilities of the Moroccan artillery. The French […]
María Antonia Trujillo, former Spanish housing minister, urged her country to review its position on the two enclaves in northern Morocco Ceuta and Melilla whom she described as “relics” of colonialism and an “offense to Morocco’s territorial integrity.” Speaking at a seminar held by University Abdelmalek Essaadi in Tetuan, Trujillo said her country should reconsider […]
Defending Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara is a national cause of the Moroccan people including football fans. The supporters of MAS Fez gave the example drawing a giant tifo to express their attachment to the Kingdom’s sovereignty over the Sahara. “The Sahara is our home,” shows a giant tifo composed of thousands […]
Morocco is taking part, along the United States, Jordan, and other partner nations in the two-week Exercise Eager Lion that kicked off this Sunday in Jordan. Eager Lion, held September 4-15, 2022, represents one of the largest military exercises in the region, and is designed to exchange military expertise and improve interoperability among partner nations, […]
Morocco has welcomed the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily as Special Representative for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in the North African Country (UNSMIL), and vowed to fully support the Senegalese diplomat. Morocco welcomes the appointment by the UN Secretary General of Abdoulaye Bathily as Special Representative for Libya and Head of UNSMIL, […]
Belgian MPs of the liberal Reformist Movement (MR) pleaded, Friday in Rabat, for the strengthening of economic, social and environmental ties between Morocco and Belgium. “It is important for us as residents of Belgium and Brussels to come here to see what links we can strengthen and what bridges we can build economically, socially and […]
Morocco stands as the second largest destination for Japanese investments in Africa with 75 firms employing 50,000 people, a position that well-places the Kingdom to attract more investments as Japan seeks a foothold for its companies at the crossroads of major global trade routes. Thanks to its world class infrastructure including major ports such as […]
Over one ton of cannabis resin were seized in Martil, in northern Morocco, on Friday, September 2, and three suspects were arrested for their alleged involvement in the case. The suspects, arrested by the judicial police of Tetouan, are aged between 24 and 43, and all have criminal records, the General Directorate of National Security […]
The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project, which is currently in its Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) phase, will contribute to the emergence of an integrated and competitive North-West African zone, said Director of Moroccan National Office of Hydrocarbons & Mines (ONHYM), Amina Benkhadra. Speaking at a regional African conference on gas and oil, convened in Dakar Sept.1-2, […]