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Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters on Thursday that the Spanish government will “firmly defend” its national interests in light of Algeria’s decision to scrap a 20-year-old friendship and cooperation treaty. “We are analyzing the implications and the national and European consequences of that measure in a calm, constructive way, but also with […]
Sultana Khaya has failed to attract global attention recently by her multiple gesticulations in support of the Polisario separatists and their mentor Algeria as she continues to spread fake news about describing herself as a human rights activist who ironically calls for taking up arms against Morocco, where she lives! Speaking to the media in […]
Moroccan police announced this Thursday the seizure of more than three tons of cannabis at the Casablanca port and the arrest of several people involved in this major smuggling attempt. The drugs were concealed in consumer goods destined for exports, said a press release issued by the National police. An investigation was opened to identify […]
Russia and Turkey Wednesday vowed to collaborate and work towards the stability of Libya where both countries back rival sides. “Everyone must contribute to the full stabilization of Libya,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday at a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergej Lavrov in Ankara. “We no longer want competition […]
The 193-member UN General Assembly held elections Thursday to elect five new non-permanent members of the Security Council. Japan, Mozambique, Ecuador, Malta and Switzerland were thus elected to replace the members whose terms expire Dec. 31. The newly elected will serve as non-permanent members of UN Security Council from 2023 – 2024. The new members […]
Senegal’s coach Aliou Cissé is calling for a postponement of the AfCON-2023 qualifying matches scheduled for September to allow African teams to better prepare for the World Cup in Qatar, from November 21 to December 18. “The best thing (to) help the five (African) selections that have qualified for the World Cup is to stop […]
Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe have reaffirmed support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, for the Moroccanness of the Sahara and for the Morocco-proposed Autonomy Plan. The remarks were made in separate joint statements issued in Rabat Wednesday following talks between the Foreign Ministers of Gabon Michaël Moussa-Adamo, and of Sao Tome and principe Edite Dos […]
Moroccan Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, met, Wednesday in Rabat, with a delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by the Fund’s Deputy Managing Director, Antoinette Monsio Sayeh. The meeting was an opportunity for Fettah Alaoui to exchange views with the IMF official on the national and international economic situation and […]
Algeria ordered its banks to suspend processing all import and export operations with Spain, in a recent escalation that followed the suspension of a neighborliness treaty in retaliation against Spain’s sovereign decision in support of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara region. The recent Algerian escalation came after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday defended […]
Morocco’s economic growth is expected to slow to 1.1% in 2022 due to a sharp drop in agricultural production but national GDP will increase 4.3% in 2023, the World Bank said. Morocco’s economy grew 7.8% last year as the economy continued to recover from the Covid-19 impact amid an exceptional agricultural output making up for […]