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The Moroccan government Council decided this Thursday to extend the state of health emergency, that was expected to expire at the end of this January, until February 28, 2022 to preserve the progress achieved in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and reduce the risks of contamination by the new variants, namely the fast-spreading Omicron. […]
Morocco’s unwavering stance regarding the Palestinian cause was reiterated in Addis Ababa at the 43rd session of the African Union Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC), held in preparation of the coming sessions of the Executive Council and the AU Summit. “Morocco reaffirms its strong and clear position in favor of the Palestinian cause and continues its […]
The Tunisian government has been mounting pressure on local financial institutions to fund the 2022 national budget as the country struggles to land foreign loans to close the project’s $2.8 billion budget deficit. The move is revealed by Ahmed El Karm, member of the executive board of Tunisia-based independent think-tank Institut Arabe des Chefs d’Entreprises […]
Thanks to an economic recovery and better tax revenue, the Moroccan government reduced its fiscal deficit to 6% of GDP in 2021 from 7% a year earlier, the finance ministry said. The deficit stood at 70.9 billion dirhams, down from 82.3 billion dirhams in 2020, a year in which Morocco imposed a three-month long lockdown […]
The UN Special Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, spoke on Wednesday about ways to reintegrate people affiliated with armed factions into state institutions. She said this during her meeting with the head of the Military Committee “410”, Mahmoud Bin Yaza, at the naval base “Abu Sitta” in Tripoli. “I followed closely the work of the […]
Morocco has been proactive in taking action against Iran’s mischief and attempts to sow instability in West Africa. Iran saw in the instability fed by weak states and the presence of armed groups in the Sahel and West Africa a chance to gain a foothold backed by client states such as Algeria. Moroccan officials have […]
Morocco’s leadership in the fight against climate change and the promotion of renewable energies was hailed on Wednesday by the Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Peter Taalas. the Secretary General of the WMO notably highlighted, during a meeting with the Arab Group in Geneva, the launch by the Kingdom of the largest […]
The Rabat-based Bayt Mal Al Quds Acharif Agency on Wednesday approved the first part of social and human development projects in Al Quds Acharif under its 2022 annual plan for a total amount of one million dollars, within the framework of the unwavering solicitude of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, towards the […]
Member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) reaffirmed their full support for Morocco’s unity and territorial integrity, saying that a solution to the Sahara issue can only be found within Morocco’s sovereignty. This came during a phone talk Wednesday between Morocco’s foreign minister and GCC Secretary General Nayef Falah Al-Hajraf. The GCC Secretary General […]
The Moroccan mining group, Managem, and the Anglo-Swiss global commodity trading giant, Glencore, have signed a strategic partnership to produce cobalt from recycled battery materials, in Morocco, the two groups announced this Wednesday January 26 in a press release. The partnership provides for the production of recycled cobalt, nickel and lithium at Managem’s CTT Hydrometallurgical […]