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King Mohammed VI gave directives to facilitate the return of Moroccan talents abroad and urged banks and public authorities to make it easier for them to invest in their homeland. “Public institutions and the national finance and corporate sector are invited to open up to investors from the expatriate community, and to adopt, to this […]
Buoyed by recent regional and international support for its sovereignty over the Sahara territory, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI called on other countries that have yet to make their positions on the artificial clear to take an unambiguous stand. “the Sahara issue is the lens through which Morocco looks at the world. It is the clear, […]
King Mohammed VI on Saturday delivered a speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People. Here follows the full text of the royal speech: “Praise be to God, May peace and blessings be upon the Prophet, His Kith and Kin Dear Citizens, Today, […]
The Bet Yehudah Jewish memory museum in the Medina of Tangier was inaugurated on Friday, after completion of the rehabilitation of the Assayag Synagogue, which required a total budget of MAD 2 million. The “Beit Yehouda” museum, meant to preserve and promote the cultural heritage specific to the Judaism of Megorachim, established in the northern […]
The Arab Monetary Fund said that the expected economic growth in Morocco by the end of 2022 will not exceed 1%, after last year’s 7.9%, and that 2023 growth will reach 4%. The fund stated in its recently-issued Arab Economic Outlook Report that the yield of the main cereal crops will not exceed 32 million […]
Canadian mining company “Gold Lion” announced on Thursday the development and exploration of a manganese mine in Morocco by signing a letter of intent to acquire a 50% interest in a mining license from Ermazon SARL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elcora Advanced Materials Corp. Manganese is an electric vehicle or “EV” metal used to […]
The Republic of Peru decided Thursday to withdraw its recognition of the so-called “SADR” and voiced its firm support to the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for a lasting resolution of the Sahara regional conflict. The move deals another blow to the Polisario separatists and their Algerian supporters. It comes following a telephone conversation held […]
For the second consecutive year, the Embassy of Gabon in Rabat has chosen to celebrate the country’s 62nd independence anniversary in the Moroccan southern city of Laayoune, which is hosting a Gabonese Consulate General since January 2020. The celebration of the national event in Laayoune reflects once more Gabon’s unwavering support for the Moroccan Sahara […]
Ways of enhancing further cooperation ties between Morocco and the United States in the fight against human trafficking were at the center of a meeting held Wednesday in Rabat. The meeting gathered visiting Brian Marcus, Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons and his accompanying delegation […]
Columbia women’s basketball team will make its first trip overseas since 2016 on Saturday when it departs New York City to begin a one-week foreign tour in Morocco and Spain. “The Lions” will spend three nights in Morocco and four nights in Spain before returning to the United States, the team announced on its website. […]