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Security forces at Casablanca Mohammed V international airport Wednesday arrested an Italian national who has been on Interpol wanted list for an alleged involvement in armed robbery in Belgium. The suspect was arrested upon landing from a Canada-Morocco flight. Moroccan security authorities had received an arrest request from their Belgian counterparts who on August 5 […]
The feckless and corrupt Polisario leaders continue to suffer major setbacks, losing more grounds, allies, regional and international support. It seems that they have been dropped by the new Mauritanian leadership. The early signs of the cracks in relations with Nouakchott appeared during the presidential campaign that led to the victory of Mohamed Ould […]
The gas pipeline project to link Nigeria to Morocco will act as an incentive for further regional integration in West Africa, head of Nigeria’s National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari said. Morocco and Nigeria agreed to build the pipeline in late 2016 during a visit by King Mohammed VI to Abuja. Several meetings followed as […]
The World Bank has stressed the need to support Moroccan companies to enable them better penetrate markets, develop and export their goods, services and products. In an analysis on the situation of the private sector in the North African Kingdom, the WB experts say favorable business environment requires the setting up of conditions conducive to […]
Moroccan security services foiled on Monday the smuggling of 840 kg of cannabis at the Tanger-Med Port. The drugs were concealed inside utensils and pottery goods destined for export. The banned substance was carried by a vehicle registered in Morocco and heading for Spain. The driver, a 50-year-old Moroccan man, was arrested. Moroccan authorities opened […]
Morocco is preparing to launch works to build a dual carriageway linking Dakhla to the southernmost tip of Guargarat on the borders with Mauritania. The 450 kilometer road will cost 1 billion dirhams, le360.ma news portal said citing a government source. The road is conducive to the increase in commercial traffic with the rest of […]
Morocco has managed to curb illegal migration flows to Spain by 70% despite the crackdown elsewhere in the Mediterranean that pushed many migrants to consider the Western Mediterranean route. Only 7885 migrants made it illegally to Spanish coasts this month, that is 70% less compared to same month last year, The UN migration agency IOM […]
A US congressional delegation started Sunday a three-day visit to Morocco for talks with high-ranking Moroccan officials on ways to strengthen further the strategic relationship between the two countries. The delegation, which is headed by Democrat Representative Frank Joseph Pallone, started contacts in Rabat Sunday by a meeting at the Ministry of Energy. This […]
Agentis, a Moroccan company with proven expertise in the field of health infrastructure and Medical equipment manufacturing, Saturday launched the construction works of a hospital in Adzopé, 100 kilometers north of Abidjan. The construction of this new facility worth $50 million is part of the implementation of a Memorandum of Understanding between Côte d’Ivoire and […]
Morocco’s national human rights council (CNDH) will pay compensation to dozens civilians who were kidnapped by the polisario separatists militias. Many Moroccans endured violations by the Polisario, which, with consent and support from Algeria, conducted hit and run tactics against Morocco and kidnaped, burned down and looted villagers on the border. The victims were identified […]