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Morocco warned the UN Security Council about the deteriorating security, political and economic conditions in Libya which foreign intervention will further worsen. Speaking at a virtual meeting of dozen foreign ministers on Libya, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita reiterated Morocco’s position in support of the UN Skhirate agreement, noting that multiplying initiatives will be counterproductive. […]
Morocco has become an observer of the Andean Community of Nations, a free trade area mustering Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The Kingdom is the first Arab and African country to gain such a status, which enables it to enhance its presence in Latin America. The decision was made during the 20th meeting of the […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) expects a 4 pc GDP growth in Morocco in 2021 after the country’s economic activity was affected like other countries around the world by the Covid-19 pandemic. In its “African Economic Outlook 2020 – Supplement”, the African Bank says Morocco’s budget and current account deficits should improve next year, respectively […]
Moroccan citizens settled abroad and foreigners settled in Morocco as well as their family members will be able to enter the Kingdom, from July 14, 2020, at midnight, said the government in a statement. Moroccan expatriates and foreigners settled in Morocco as well as their family members will be able to access the national territory, […]
The United States has no intention of moving its troops and material from the Rota naval base in southern Spain to the Moroccan base of Ksar Sghir, the US Embassy in Rabat said Wednesday in a note. The note by the spokesman for the American embassy in Rabat was issued following information relayed by Spanish […]
Nadia Hai who was named Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities in the newly invested French government has carved a brilliant career successfully shifting from Finance after standing out in politics. She was raised along with her three siblings by her working class father and stay-at-home mom both of Moroccan descent from […]
Moroccan worshipers will be able to attend mosques on July 15 for the five daily prayers except the Friday Prayer but this will be conditioned by strict caution to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, the religious affairs ministry said. The ministry urged anyone with coronavirus symptoms to abstain from going to mosques to protect other […]
Moroccan MPs from across the spectrum have rejected the “baseless allegations” made by Amnesty International in its latest report accusing Moroccan authorities of spying on Moroccan journalist Omar Radi. During a meeting held on Monday by Speaker of the House of Representatives Habib El Malki with Heads of parliamentary groups, the MPs denounced “the lies” […]
The Moroccan central Bureau of judicial investigations (BCIJ) on Tuesday dismantled a cell presented as loyal to the Daesh terrorist group and as having links to another network that was dismantled in December last year in a joint operation by the Moroccan and Spanish authorities. Under the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), BCIJ used […]
A Council of Ministers, chaired by King Mohammed VI in Rabat Monday, examined the headlines of the edited draft budget 2020. The new budget was elaborated to help the economy recover from the impact of the coronavirus and the restrictive measures relating to it. It was based on a growth forecast of 5% and a […]