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Two Mauritanians kidnapped in Mali on July 18 along with three Chinese nationals were released on Tuesday, a source close to the Mauritanian government said. The five men were abducted during an attack on a road construction site some 55 km from the town of Kwala in southwestern Mali, not far from the Mauritanian border, […]
Malawi has inaugurated this Thursday a consulate general in Laâyoune, thus marking its firm support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and for its territorial integrity. The inauguration ceremony took place in the presence of the Foreign Minister of Malawi, Eisenhower Nduwa Mkaka, and his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. Malawi’s foreign minister Eisenhower Nduwa Mkaka […]
The US Air Force has awarded aerospace and defense company Raytheon Technologies a $212.05 million contract to meet Morocco’s order for military aircraft engines, reports say, citing the Department of Defense. The Massachusetts-based company will manufacture F100-PW-229 install engines through its Pratt & Whitney business, at Hartford, Connecticut. Delivery is expected in 2025. The State […]
King Mohammed VI has built a strategy based on the triad of democratic consolidation, economic recovery, and human development. A vision that has propelled the Kingdom to the circle of the main emerging countries, and that has made its voice heeded worldwide. Since his accession to the throne 22 years ago, King Mohammed VI has […]
Following accurate intelligence provided by Moroccan security services represented by the General Directorate of Studies and Documents (DGED) and the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST), Greek security services (EYP) on Tuesday arrested a 28-year-old Moroccan national, who had held senior positions in the operational squads of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization in Syria. […]
The inroads made by Morocco at the economic and diplomatic levels in Africa bother Berlin, as a leading German international relations think tank has called on the EU to help a weakening Algeria counterbalance Rabat’s increasing influence in the continent. Morocco recalled its ambassador to Berlin in May in protest over Germany’s hostile positions towards […]
The Moroccan government plans to sell 35% stake in Marsa Maroc to Groupe Tanger Med which manages the biggest port in the Mediterranean and Africa in terms of container capacity. Marsa Maroc manages container terminals at 9 Moroccan ports and is listed at the Casablanca stock exchange. The deal will inject some 5.48 billion dirhams […]
US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Joey Hood, said Biden administration maintains recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. “There is no change in the US position,” he told reporters in Rabat Wednesday following talks with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Hood reiterated support for a UN solution to the Sahara issue […]
Morocco, accused of having used Pegasus spy software, is increasing the number of legal defamation proceedings in France against the media having published such accusations. On July 22, Morocco launched a first libel proceeding against Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories, which orchestrated the release of false press reports, accusing Rabat of conducting electronic snooping with […]
The investigating judge of the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid, Santiago Pedraz, heard on Tuesday, the first of the three witnesses, in the Brahim Ghali case, lodged at the end of last June by the defense of the Sahrawi Association of human rights (ASADEH). The witness, Sahrawi activist Ahmed Tarouzi who resides in Laayoune, told […]