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Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe have renewed this week their support to the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative within the Kingdom’s territorial integrity as the only solution to the Sahara regional dispute. In separate meetings with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, in Rabat Friday, the Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe Jorge Lopes Bom […]
Mayor of the city of Al Hoceima and chairman of the Moroccan Association of Presidents of Municipal Councils (AMPCC), Mohamed Boudra was elected, on Friday in Durban, President of the Organization of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG-World). The candidate of Africa was elected by consensus following the withdrawal of Russian candidate, Mayor of Kazan, […]
Morocco and the Maldives signed four cooperation agreements to foster their ties during a visit to Rabat by Maldives’ foreign minister Abulla Shahid. The two countries signed agreements on visa exemption and cooperation in the religious field as well as diplomatic training. Shahid, who met Morocco’s foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, is paying a first visit […]
Despite Morocco’s significant progress on the Doing Business index, much remains to be done for Morocco to move from 2.8% growth expected this year to 6 or 7% in order to reduce unemployment, World Bank Vice President for MENA region Ferid Belhaj said. Morocco improved its ranking to 53rd position in the doing business index […]
The gas pipeline project to link Nigeria to Morocco is a strategic undertaking for regional integration in West Africa, said Mrs. Amina Benkhadra, Head of Morocco’s National Office for Hydrocarbons and Mining (ONHYM). This ambitious project will also have positive impacts on the socio-economic development of all countries in the region, said Mrs. Benkhadra at […]
The Network of Elected Women (REFELA) seeks to make of the campaign “African Cities without Street Children” launched at the 8th Africities Summit held in Marrakesh in November 2018 a world campaign. The issue was brought up during the statutory meetings of the United Cities Local governments, UCLG Africa, held prior to the UCLG World […]
The Spanish government has urged again the European Union to increase the funding it grants to Morocco to help the kingdom in its fight against irregular migration. Morocco must be endowed with sufficient resources to deal with illegal immigration, insisted the acting president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, during a joint press conference, Thursday […]
Mayor of the city of Al Hoceima and President of the Moroccan Association of Presidents of Municipal Councils (AMPCC), Mohamed Boudra, was picked as Africa’s candidate for the presidency of the United Cities Local Governments (UCGL) for the 2019-2022 period. The designation of Boudra, who is Vice president of UCLG Africa for the North Africa […]
Human Rights Watch has called on the Algerian authorities to release immediately and unconditionally the peaceful activists and respect the rights to free speech and assembly of all Algerians. “This spate of arrests looks like part of a pattern of trying to weaken opposition to Algeria’s interim rulers and their determination to hold presidential elections […]
Morocco, one of the major international players in counterterrorism, took part in the extraordinary meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS held Thursday in Washington to discuss next steps in the joint campaign to degrade and defeat ISIS. The gathering, which was opened by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, comes following the death of […]