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Swiss aircraft manufacturer, Pilatus, and Belgian aerospace company, Sabca, have sealed a deal for the assembly of PC-12 aerostructures in Morocco. The deal, which was inked Monday by Pilatus and Sabca CEOs in presence of Morocco’s minister of Industry Moulay Hafid Elalamy, will give impetus to aerospace ecosystem set up in the Kingdom to attract […]
Morocco made Algeria experience the painful taste of supporting separatism in Morocco’s Sahara, reiterating that it should give self-determination to the Kabyle people before defending that principle elsewhere. Speaking at a UN event in St Dominican Republic, Ambassador Omar Hilale said that colonization ended in the Sahara region after Morocco retrieved the territory from Spain, […]
Moroccan tomatoes have made big gains in market share and sales in the European Union during the few past years, according to Hortoinfo magazine. Morocco’s tomato exports increased to the EU during the last five years, while the Spanish and Dutch tomato sales in the EU have plummeted. In the first semester 2021, Moroccan tomato […]
Morocco has signed lately in Abu Dhabi the charter of the Arab Space Cooperation Group seeking to encourage and enhance inter-Arab cooperation in the space sector. “Morocco is proud to be a founding member of the Arab Space Cooperation Group and signing its basic charter is an important step forward in creating a unified regional […]
Sierra Leone has joined the growing list of countries that have opened consulates in the Moroccan Sahara, inaugurating this Monday a Consulate General in Dakhla and installing Ms. Zainab Candy as the country’s consul general. Ms. Candy was installed in her functions by the Ambassador of the Republic of Sierra Leone in Rabat, Mr. Atumanni […]
King Abdullah II of Jordan reiterated his country’s support to Libya and to efforts to protect the North African country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, a statement by the Jordanian Royal Court said. King Abdallah met with Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in Amman where they discussed ways to develop bilateral relations. The monarch, according […]
Algeria Sunday arrested Tunisian media mogul and leader of the second largest party in the Parliament, Nabil Karoui, for entering illegally in its territory, reports say. Nabil Karoui, according to media reports, was arrested in the Algerian border city of Tébessa alongside four other people including his brother and lawmaker Ghazi Karoui. They will appear […]
Egypt has announced the discovery, in the city of Alexandria, of the remains of “residential and commercial” areas dating back to at least the second century BC, and the fossil of a new species of amphibian whale dating back 43 million years in Fayoum, south of Cairo. In a statement posted on Facebook, the Egyptian […]
Djibouti and the Union of the Comors have joined the growing list of countries that have deplored Algeria’s decision to cut diplomatic relations with Morocco. Djibouti on Sunday expressed its “deep regret” over Algeria’s decision and called for settling the dispute through diplomatic channels. Djibouti’s foreign Ministry underlined in a statement that the “Republic of […]
The Swiss Federal Court recently issued a judgment supporting and confirming the official position of the Swiss government on the issue of the Moroccan Sahara. In its judgment, the Federal Court rejected the appeal lodged by an individual contesting the decision of the Swiss authorities to refuse, when renewing his “refugee” permit, to display the […]