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Morocco received three prizes in the “Global Capital Bonds Awards 2021”, the Ministry of Economy & Finance announced on Friday. Morocco was thus ranked as the best issuer of international bonds in Africa; the 2nd best issuer in the category “Emerging Markets”; and the best manager of the international financial market in the African region, […]
Military cooperation between Morocco and the United States is “limitless” and boasts enormous opportunities for the future, said on Thursday Major General Andrew M. Rohling, Commander of the US Army’s Southern European Task Force Africa and Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe and Africa. The senior American official, who was speaking at a […]
The atrocities and crimes committed by Spain during its dark colonial period are still haunting the colonizer and its countless victims such as Moroccan Sahrawi resistant Mohamed Bassir, hero of the Laayoune historic uprising of June 17, 1970. A meeting was held Wednesday in the city of Laayoune to pay tribute to this Sahrawi fighter […]
President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Fouzi Lekjaa, was elected Thursday as a member of the Executive Council of the Union of Arab Football Associations for 2021-2025. This election took place during the 26th session of the General Assembly of this body, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which also re-elected by acclamation Prince […]
Serbia has reiterated its strong backing to Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and to its territorial integrity. The Serbian supportive stand was voiced by Speaker of National Assembly Ivica Dačić at a meeting held Wednesday in Rabat with Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita. The two officials expressed satisfaction over the excellent historical ties existing between […]
Italian political leader Matteo Salvini has pleaded for upgrading relations with Morocco on all aspects, as the kingdom is “the most stable country in the entire Mediterranean and North African region”. “We should speed up and improve relations with Morocco which is the most stable country in the entire Mediterranean and North African region,” said […]
The newly formed Israeli government has four ministers of Moroccan descent, less than the previous government which had seven. The new cabinet includes Meir Cohen as labor and welfare minister. He was born in Essaouira in 1955 and migrated to Israel with his family at the age of 7. The government line-up also has among […]
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh thanked King Mohammed VI as well as the Moroccan government, political parties and people for their support to Palestinian legitimate rights during his first visit to Morocco. Haniyeh made the remarks following talks with Secretary General of the PJD party Saad Dine El Otmani. The head of the political bureau of […]
A man described as a “high-ranking fighter of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara” (EIGS) has been captured by French forces in Mali, in a joint Nigerien-French operation against the group’s militants. Dadi Ould Chouaib, also known as Abou Dardar, was arrested on June 11 in the flashpoint “tri-border” region between Niger, Mali and […]
The Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stressed, Wednesday in Riyadh, the importance of the strategic partnership with Morocco. In a statement issued at the end of the 148th session of the GCC, the Ministerial Council expressed its solidarity and full support for all the measures taken by Morocco for the preservation of […]