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Moroccan law professor Hynd Ayoubi Idrissi has been re-elected member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for the third consecutive term. The re-election that took place during a vote held Monday in New York by States Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international recognition […]
Morocco is hosting on June 8 the first ministerial meeting of African Atlantic States, which will bring together 21 countries of the Atlantic coast, including about fifteen represented at ministerial level, announced this Tuesday the Moroccan Foreign Ministry. This event, held in Rabat, will provide opportunity to develop a common African vision on this vital […]
Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska has described his country’s relations with Morocco as “reliable and fraternal” and the North African Kingdom as a “strategic and absolutely loyal” partner. “Our relations with Morocco are extremely loyal, reliable and fraternal,” said Grande-Marlaska in statements to the press this Tuesday. “Relations between the two countries have been preserved, […]
High Commissioner for Planning Ahmed Lahlimi Alami on Monday held talks with visiting Libyan Planning Council Chairman Meftah Abdelwahed on prospects for promoting cooperation in the field of strategic planning. The meeting, attended by Libyan Ambassador to Morocco Ibrahim Ataweel, discussed the importance of planning in economic development. Speaking on this occasion, Lahlimi said that […]
As part of the Global Military Cooperation Plan and in preparation for the African Lion 2022 exercise, the academic cycle of training for this year’s exercise was launched this Monday, June 06, 2022 for the benefit of FAR and multinational personnel. This activity, scheduled punctually at the level of the Staff of the South Zone […]
The Spanish government expressed, Monday, its satisfaction with the “positive results” of the new roadmap drawn with Morocco, during the visit the President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, paid to the North African Kingdom last April at the invitation of King Mohammed VI. “We can congratulate ourselves because this new step is very positive,” […]
The feature movie “L’Automne des Pommiers” by Moroccan director Mohamed Mouftakir was awarded the Grand Prize of the 22nd edition of the International Festival of African Cinema of Khouribga (FICAK). Burkinabé cinema was the guest of honor at the 22nd FICAK edition, held from May 28 to June 4 in Khouribga. Five films by renowned […]
The 2022 edition of the Marhaba Operation to welcome Moroccans settled abroad who visit their home country for the summer holidays officially kicks off this Sunday June 5. The operation is launched, under the Presidency of King Mohammed VI, by the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity, which expects the numbers of diaspora visitors to be […]
Roadmap of Moroccan Agency for the Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation The National Agency for the Regulation of Cannabis Activities has unveiled, during its first meeting chaired by the Minister of the Interior, its roadmap to develop the industry of this plant for legal purposes. During the meeting held this week in Rabat, the Interior Minister […]
Some 30 Moroccan Customs officers are currently benefiting from an American training against the smuggling of dangerous chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials. The announcement was made Friday by the U.S. embassy in Rabat on its facebook page. The training is conducted at Morocco’s Customs Institute in Benslimane by four U.S. specialists – including a […]