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The French Foreign ministry slammed Monday police treatment of journalists during Jan. 14 pro-democracy demonstration against President Kais Saied, in the Tunisian capital Tunis, reports say. “Several journalists, including correspondents from the French and international press, were victims of violence while covering the demonstrations in Tunis on January 14, 2022. This is not acceptable,” the […]
Spain’s King Felipe VI urged his country’s cabinet to take steps in order to improve ties with its southern neighbor Morocco on “solid foundations.” Relations between Morocco and Spain worsened after Madrid acted in connivance with Algeria in hosting for medical treatment the Polisario chief who entered Spain under a false identity and an Algerian […]
Morocco was cited as one of the four countries in the world with a significant potential to become exporters of green hydrogen, the international renewable energy agency IRENA said. Morocco has already announced a national plan to increase the share of renewable energy in overall energy consumption with a potential to supply 4% of global […]
King Mohammed VI has strongly condemned the despicable attack perpetrated by the Houthi militia and their supporters against the territory of the United Arab Emirates, which targeted innocent people and civilian facilities. In a phone talk this Monday with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the […]
UK company Chariot Oil and Gas will start pumping gas from offshore Larache in the Atlantic to Moroccan clients in 2024, head of Morocco’s hydrocarbons office Amina Benkhadra said. Chariot had announced few days ago a major gas discovery offshore the northern Moroccan city of Larache, following appraisal and exploration drillings carried out at the […]
Former Head of Spanish News Agency EFE, Luis María Anson, has voiced concern over Washington’s growing preference of Morocco over Spain, saying such a tendency will weaken Madrid’s regional and international influence. The U.S. administration is suspicious of the Spanish government’s rapprochement with the communist party, but also of Pedro Sánchez’s open or undeclared ties […]
Morocco has granted four exploration licenses for gold mines to the Canadian company Stellar AfricaGold Inc. part of its plans to upgrade the exploitation of its natural resources. The Canadian exploration company, which explores precious metals, has announced it secured the four new exploration permits to expand operations in Tichka, at approximately 80 kilometers south-southwest […]
The surge of Omicron has submerged Algerian hospitals suffering from a lack of staff and oxygen amid a total media blackout. Meanwhile, Algeria’s president opts for diversion claiming his country’s health system is the best in Africa. The World Health Organization points regularly at the unreliable pandemic figures released by Algerian authorities, as the official […]
The UN Secretary General’s personal envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, was in Rabat on Thursday, where he started his first tour of the region since taking office in November 2021. Reiterating its support for the UN envoy, the Biden administration, part of the continuity of the American recognition, in December 2020, of the […]
The Foreign Ministers of Morocco and Burkina Faso, Nasser Bourita and Hadizatou Rosine Sori-Coulibaly, have renewed their two countries’ commitment to developing multi-dimensional cooperation at the bilateral, regional, and international levels. The two ministers made the pledge in a phone conversation on Friday, January 14. “During this meeting, the two ministers welcomed the excellent ties […]