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Morocco’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, held, Tuesday in Kuwait city, talks with her Kuwaiti counterpart, Abdelouahab Errachid, on ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. According to a statement by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Finance, relayed by KUNA News Agency, the two parties welcomed, on this occasion, the strong relations […]
Morocco’s direct investments abroad recorded in 2021 the highest level over the past five years, reaching 17.9 billion dirhams. According to the latest data of the exchange office, this figure represents an increase of 10.17 billion dirhams compared to 2020, when these investments amounted to 7.7 billion dirhams. In 2019, Morocco’s investments abroad amounted to […]
The Libyan parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), has accepted the candidacies of former members of Government of National Accord (GNA), the previous Libyan administration, as candidates to replace incumbent Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh being pushed out. Fathi Bashagha, former interior minister of the GNA and Ahmed Maiteeq, deputy head of the GNA, both […]
The United Nations has flatly rejected the baseless accusations made lately by the Algerian regime, alleging that Morocco targets civilians in drone attacks carried out in the security berm in the Moroccan Sahara. During his daily press briefing held at the UN Headquarters in New York, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Security General […]
Morocco’s car industry sales rose 16% to stand at 84 billion dirhams, or $9 billion, contributing largely together with phosphates and agri-food products to a significant rise in exports. Morocco is home to two plants of French carmakers PSA and Renault as well as car part suppliers. Last year’s car exports outperformed pre-pandemic levels posted […]
Morocco said it will reopen ports to passenger traffic on Feb 6 after a similar announcement last week that it will resume passenger air traffic on Feb 7. The government has also decided a set of procedures and measures to ensure the proper implementation of its decision to reopen the borders to passenger air and […]
Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara offers a lasting and realistic political solution which guarantees to the local Saharan inhabitants the collective and individual rights, said the Italian Centre for International Studies (Ce.S.I) In an analysis on the Sahara regional conflict, the Centro Studi Internazionali said the autonomy initiative is propped up by ambitious socioeconomic […]
Morocco stands out as a model of democracy in Africa and a key partner of the European Union in the fight against illegal migration, terrorism and extremism, said Member of the European Parliament Andrey Kovatchev. Commenting lately the European People’s Party (EPP) program “Let’s focus on the MENA Region”, Mr. Kovatchev said he visited the […]
Libya’s Premier Abdulhamid Dbeibah Monday told Al Jazeera network that the Speaker of the House of Representative (HoR) is trying to bring back division and fragmentation to the country, adding that his government will continue its work until the holding of elections, Libya Observer reports. Dbeibah’s accusations came after Aqila Saleh on Monday said HoR […]
The union of secondary education, the general federation of higher education and scientific research, both members of Tunisia’s powerful workers union UGTT, have called on the government to release their January salaries. Monday the federation of higher education and scientific research condemned the delay in the payment of university lecturers’ salaries. In a statement, the […]