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French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian paid a short visit to Rabat Thursday for talks with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. Talks focused on different aspects of bilateral relations, said MAP with giving any further details. During his latest trip to Morocco in June, Jean-Yves Le Drian had discussed with Moroccan officials the high-level French-Moroccan […]
Morocco is determined to speed up its transition to a low-carbon economy with the signing lately of new contracts for the building of a 300 megawatt wind farm in the southern province of Boujdour. The contracts of the wind farm to cost over €375 million were inked by the state-run electricity & water company (ONEE), […]
The French automotive company “Sealynx automotive Morocco”, a subsidiary of Sealynx International (GMD group), inaugurated, Wednesday in Tangier, a new production unit specialized in the manufacturing of automotive gaskets. The plant that required a total investment of nearly MAD 240 million aims to meet the growing demand of locally established car manufacturers, including Renault and […]
Los Angeles declared November 19 a Day to celebrate Morocco in tribute for the country’s centuries-old traditions of coexistence under the reign of a “Dynasty of Tolerance.” A gala dinner was chaired in this respect by Princess Lalla Hasnaa, sister of King Mohammed VI, after the Moroccan Alaouite monarchy was declared a “Dynasty of Tolerance” […]
Morocco’s high-speed train link between Casablanca and Tangier has proved skeptics wrong as it attracted 2.5 million people in a year after its launch, head of state-owned rail operator ONCF Mohamed Rabii Lakhlie said, noting that basic rail service has been used by 15 million passengers in a year. ONCF said the high-speed connection is […]
The Speaker and Members of the Regional Parliament of the Basque Country have vigorously denounced, Wednesday in Vitoria Gasteiz, the serious violations of human rights perpetrated by the Polisario against the Sahrawi populations sequestered in the Tindouf camps. This came at a meeting held at the headquarters of the Basque Regional Parliament with visiting civil […]
Morocco’s African policy, spearheaded by King Mohammed VI, is based on solidarity public-private partnerships, said on Tuesday Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Berlin at the 3rd meeting of the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Summit, an initiative launched under the German G20 presidency. Morocco is the second largest African investor in the continent, said […]
King Mohammed VI appointed Chakib Benmoussa head of the new ad-hoc committee for the development model, an advisory body that is tasked with making proposals and suggestions to improve the development reforms and increase their effectiveness. Chakib Benmoussa served as interior minister from 2006 to 2010 and head of the social economic and environmental […]
“Success & inspiring stories” of young migrants, who succeeded in their social and professional integration in various host countries, including Morocco, are the main theme of a global photo exhibition, which opened Monday in Geneva. The event, running through Nov 24, is organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), UNCTAD and UNHCR. The Exhibition […]
The 4th annual meeting of Africa free zones was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this Tuesday under the theme “Economic Zones – Accelerator for Industrialization in Africa”. The meeting, sponsored by Africa Free Zones Organization (AFZO), was held during the “Africa Industrialization Week”, organized by the African Union Nov. 18 to 22. Over 220 delegates […]