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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who started on Wednesday his first official visit to Morocco, has paid tribute to the Kingdom’s contribution to regional peace and stability. “Our deep gratitude (…) goes to King Mohammed VI (…) who is continuing the legacy of his grandfather & father in deepening the bond between the two nations […]
Two Moroccan airports were ranked in the top ten best airports in Africa by Skytrax, an international air transport rating organization. Marrakech-Menara airport and the Mohammed V airport of Casablanca were ranked respectively as fifth and sixth best airports in Africa, according to the ranking of the best African airports in 2021. Cape Town Airport […]
US envoy to Libya Richard Norland will meet this Wednesday in Cairo with rebel and retired field marshal Khalifa Haftar and Egyptian officials in an effort to push for December parliamentary and presidential elections. The US embassy in Libya said on Twitter that the visit comes “as part of US efforts to support Libyan parliamentary […]
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is expected this Wednesday in Morocco for a two-day visit during which he will meet his Moroccan peer and sign cooperation agreement. Lapid will also inaugurate the new Israeli liaison office in Rabat after the two countries agreed to resume their diplomatic ties last December. The visit, the first by […]
Morocco’s Industry Minister Moulay Hafid Alamy flew to the US where he plans to meet aeronautic manufacturers to showcase Morocco’s competitiveness and its growing network of aeronautics suppliers. The visit is expected to attract investments to further boost Morocco’s supply chain, the industry ministry said in a statement, adding that the minister’s agenda includes meetings […]
The toll of the fires ravaging northern Algeria, especially Kabylie, continues to grow heavier. At least 42 people, including 17 civilians and 25 soldiers, have lost their lives due to asphyxiation after fires ravaged vast areas of the Kabylie region, where an independence movement is growing. The fires, which started Monday evening, killed 17 civilians, […]
The National human rights council (CNDH) issued a report on the trial of two journalists Omar Radi and Soulaimane Raisouni in which it deplored the slander campaign that targeted the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs suffered from an “ardent defamation campaign of an unprecedented scale,” said the council, adding that fame or profession were not at stake […]
The Sahraoui Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ASADEDH) has issued an official press release denouncing the “harsh repression suffered” by the Maichan family in front of the premises of the General Secretariat of the Polisario Front in the refugee camp of Rabbouni, in Algeria. ASADEDH exposes the alleged abuses committed by the […]
Morocco tops the list of the five fastest-growing economies in Africa in 2021, Global Data, an international consulting and data analysis firm, said Monday in its latest report. Global Data expects the Kingdom to record a 5.19% growth rate, i.e. the highest rate on the continent in 2021. With this predicted GDP growth […]
Sudan, which has a large electricity deficit, wants to obtain supplies from Ethiopia, which is completing the construction of the GERD, the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Despite the conflict between Egypt and Sudan on the one hand, and Ethiopia on the other, over the distribution of the waters of the Nile, it seems that Addis […]