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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) under the Nigerian Presidency has authorized the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to enter into an agreement with ECOWAS for the construction of the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, informed State House officials of the decision after the FEC meeting, chaired by Vice President […]
The first confirmed case of monkeypox has been recorded in Morocco, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection announced Thursday. “The case, coming from a European country, was identified under the protocol established by our country since the launch of the global health alert,” the ministry said in a statement. The patient’s health condition is […]
Remittances by Moroccan expatriates exceeded 30.56 billion dirhams at the end of April 2022, against MAD 29.03 billion a year earlier, according to the Office des Changes (exchange office). These transfers are up 5.3% or 1.52 billion dirhams, said the Office in its monthly bulletin of foreign trade indicators for April 2022. The Office also […]
The chairperson of the African Union, President Macky Sall of Senegal, will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday as the war in Ukraine exacerbates food insecurity on the continent. Macky Sall, accompanied by Moussa Faki Mahamat, the African Union Commission chairperson, is expected in Russia this Thursday and will meet Putin in Sochi on […]
Italy will organize an international Conference on Libya on June 22 as Rome is championing a new deal on the oil-rich African country, Italy news agency Nova reports citing diplomatic sources. The conference, defined as technical table, will include the three Western permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, namely France, the U.K. and the […]
Morocco mulls building nuclear power plants to enhance further its low-carbon energy mix and speed up its green economy transition by adopting smart technologies to maximize efficiency, reduce costs and CO2 emissions. These projects have been unveiled by minister of Energy Transition & Sustainable Development, Leïla Benali at the House of Advisors (Parliament upper house). […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied Wednesday sacked 57 judges as part of what he claims efforts to purge the judiciary system that he accuses of corruption. He had amended the Decree on the temporary supreme judicial council, empowering him to remove judges under specific conditions. A decree read on the state-run television announced the sacking of […]
Skoda Auto is among the automotive makers who are looking to Morocco to supply cable harness to offset the production disruption due to the Russia-Ukraine war. In a statement, Skoda Auto said it has secured additional production capacities of cable harness from Morocco and Romania which will add to a plant it has relocated from […]
Morocco reported a 124% rise in tourism receipts to 14.62 billion dirhams ($1.5 bln) up to April this year, getting closer to pre-pandemic levels of 2019, the exchange office said. Analysts say that the receipts could have been higher had it not been for Ramadan which coincided with April this year. Morocco is restoring air […]
Leader of the Spanish Popular Party Alberto Núñez Feijóo has underlined the importance that this main Spanish opposition party attaches to relations with its North African neighbor and partner. This came at a meeting Tuesday in Rotterdam, Netherlands with the head of the Moroccan government and president of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), Aziz […]