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The African Union, AU, is counting on the Moroccan Tanger Med Port to achieve the logistics integration of the continent, a key objective of African Continental Free Trade Area agreement CFTA. Tanger Med Port is awash with opportunities for the continent, said Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the CFTA Secretariat. Speaking during a recent online […]
The industrial production of cannabis in Morocco as recently approved by the legislature will generate a lot of opportunities for other industries, experts have told Le360.ma. The North African country last month joined the group of countries which decriminalized the growing of cannabis. 119 lawmakers approved the move which has been in the pipeline for […]
Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizer producer OCP Group raised 1.5 billion dollars in a dual tranch-bond that is aimed at boosting its growth strategy. The group has become a key player in fertilizer production and plans plants in Nigeria and Ethiopia as well as blending units across the continent. Demand for the bond, which was arranged […]
King Mohammed VI has given instructions to a number of institutions and stakeholders to facilitate the 2021 Summer holidays for the Moroccan community settled abroad, whose majority could not visit the home country last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The King’s instructions come just a couple of days before the entry into effect […]
King Mohammed VI has instructed the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity to put at the disposal of the members of the Moroccan community residing abroad, a special support system on board the ships operating the crossing back home, the Royal Office said in a statement this Sunday. The special support system is meant to ensure […]
King Mohammed VI has urged all transportation companies and all other stakeholders in the field to facilitate the Moroccan diaspora’s return home for the summer holidays through offering affordable travel fees, “Within the framework of the very high concern of His Majesty King Mohammed VI – May God assist Him – that has always […]
Algerian voters have largely abstained from casting ballot in the parliamentary elections amid a crackdown on dissent and free speech by a military regime ruling behind a thin civilian curtain. The military rulers were hoping to use the elections to restore authoritarian stability in a country that braces for an acute economic crisis against the […]
The World Bank has added $100 million to an existing $200 million loan to help Morocco manage natural risks and hazards. “Protecting the people and economy against natural hazard can save Morocco over US$800 million a year,” said Jesko Hentschel, World Bank Maghreb Country Director. “Developing more resilience to the risk of natural disaster is […]
Preparations for the Berlin 2 Conference, scheduled on June 23, were at the focus of phone talks between UNSG’s Special Envoy for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, Ján Kubiš, and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The talks are part of consultations conducted by the UN Special Envoy with national and […]
Libyan Foreign Affairs Minister, Najla Mangoush, has paid tribute to King Mohammed VI for the efforts Morocco is exerting to resolve the Libyan conflict, and called on the Kingdom to “reopen as soon as possible its embassy in Tripoli.” “We are asking Morocco to reopen its embassy in Tripoli,” said the Libyan Foreign Minister after […]