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Aguila Saleh, Speaker of the East-based Libyan prohaftar House of Representatives, arrived Sunday in Morocco to seek the Kingdom’s support to his initiative for the resolution of the Libyan conflict. At a joint press conference held Monday in Rabat with his Moroccan peer Habib El Malki, Aguila Saleh said his initiative is part of the […]
Morocco and South Africa must work together to meet Africa’s challenges, Morocco’s ambassador to Pretoria, Youssef Amrani, said. Amrani, who was the guest on Sunday of the “politiki” program of the South African “Galaxy TV” channel, expressed Morocco’s determination to build relations of cooperation and solidarity with South Africa. “The two countries must work together […]
As Morocco has recorded a surge in coronavirus cases in several prefectures and provinces, in recent days, it has been decided to ban from Sunday midnight travel to and from eight major cities. These are Tangier, Tetouan, Fez, Meknes, Casablanca, Berrechid, Settat and Marrakech, said Sunday a joint statement by the ministries of the Interior […]
Moroccan hospitals will be supplied with influenza and pneumococcal vaccines during the coming autumn, Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb announced on Saturday. While waiting for a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine, the ministry of Health has decided to launch a vaccination campaign against seasonal influenza and pneumococcal infections for people suffering from chronic diseases in […]
Morocco’s phosphates producer OCP group said it will challenge a petition filed by its competitor Mosaic aiming to impose anti-subsidy duties on OCP’s fertilizers exports. OCP has said in a statement that since receiving this petition, it has cooperated with the American authorities, who are evaluating whether the petition warrants investigation, and will challenge the […]
The African Development Bank granted Morocco $1.1 billion in loans over the last 8 months to finance strategic sectors, head of the bank’s branch in Morocco Leila Farah Mokkadem said. “Morocco is a country with which we have enjoyed close ties for five decades,” she told MAP, adding that Morocco is the bank’s first client. […]
Morocco’s Ministry of the Interior reiterated that it is compulsory for all individuals to wear protective facemasks anywhere outside home and threatened violators of the law with prison sentences and fines. The ministry specified, in a communiqué released this Saturday July 25, that the regulation is in line with “a constant and continuous concern to […]
Gibraltar is considering building an undersea power link with Morocco, which in recent years has been exporting electricity to the Iberian peninsula, according to Al Geciras al Minoto. Authorities in Gibraltar are looking to Morocco as a reliable energy supplier that is forging ahead steadily with a clean energy plan aiming to secure 52% of […]
The Tindouf camps are in turmoil despite the coronavirus induced confinement. This time, it was the tradesmen operating inside these camps who took to the streets, accusing the Polisario leaders of having “methodically killed their subsistence activity”. Thursday, for the second consecutive day, hundreds of Sahrawi tradesmen have organized a sit-in, which they describe as […]
Spanish police have arrested near Barcelona a Moroccan national accused of the apology of terrorism and anti-Semite behaviors, reports say. The man, living at Tarrasa near the capital of the Catalonia region, has been on security forces’ radar for over a year for frequent posts on social media of photographs and videos promoting terrorism and […]