A court in Tunisia sentenced to death a takfiri for the murder of Commandant Riadh Barrouta killed in a stabbing attack back in 2017 at Bardo Museum in capital Tunis. The country’s specialized criminal chamber for terrorist cases also handed to the accused life in prison sentence for attempting to kill another police officer, Mohsen […]
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Turkey Commends King’s leadership, Morocco’s role as pole of stability in the region
Turkey on Tuesday commended the leadership of King Mohammed VI and Morocco’s role as a pole of stability in the region. This came during talks held by videoconference between Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, and his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. The Turkish official praised during the talks the leadership of King Mohammed VI and Morocco’s […]
How Morocco foiled Algerian-Spanish plot to help separatist chief evade justice
Spain has flawed Schengen rules and its own judiciary by letting in Polisario leader Brahim Ghali under what Rabat called fraudulent conditions. La Razon and other Spanish media have reported that an investigation has been opened at the Spanish airport where Ghali was let in to determine the conditions of his access to the country. […]
Moroccan Tourism businesses sigh a breath of relief at opening of international traffic
Morocco has opened its airports to international passenger traffic with most of tourism emitting countries giving a brim of hope for tourism professionals who have borne the brunt of Covid-19 travel bans. After a tough 2020 year in which tourism revenues fell by 53.8% to 36.3 billion dirhams ($3.8 billion), travel receipts further dropped by […]
Tunisia: Nabil Karoui admitted to hospital after hunger strike
Nabil Karoui, head of Tunisia’s largest party in the parliament and media mogul has been admitted to hospital early Tuesday after he began a hunger strike to protest his detention in prison since December. A video posted on his official Facebook page showed the founder of the Heart Tunisia party, which came second during last […]
Morocco-USA trade increased fivefold since 2005
Trade between Morocco and the United States has increased fivefold since 2005, the year before the entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries, to reach 5 billion dollars in 2019, said, Monday in Casablanca, the Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Morocco, David Greene. This commercial dynamic has […]
EU welcomes Morocco’s decision to facilitate return of unaccompanied minors
The European Union (EU) has welcomed again Morocco’s decision to definitively settle the issue of unaccompanied minors in Europe. “The EU welcomes Morocco’s decision to facilitate the return of unaccompanied and duly identified Moroccan minors,” a spokesperson of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy told MAP on Tuesday. She underlined that “for years, […]
UN General Assembly: Moroccan Ambassador elected by acclamation chairman of First Committee
Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Omar Hilale, was elected Monday by acclamation as Chairman of the First Committee of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. This is the first time that Morocco is assuming the chairmanship of this important Committee which is in charge of disarmament and international […]
US-Moroccan African Lion 2021 drills kick off in Agadir
At the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, the joint Moroccan-American African Lion 2021 drills kicked off this Monday in Agadir. The military maneuvers will continue until Friday June 18, 2021 in the regions of Agadir, Tifnit, Tan Tan, Mehbes, Tafraout, Ben Guerir […]
Morocco condemns attacks in Burkina Faso as despicable terrorist aggression
Morocco has strongly condemned as despicable terrorist attacks the cowardly aggression, which targeted Solhan, northern Burkina Faso, early Saturday, killing 160 innocent civilians. This came in a message that Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita addressed to his Burkinabe peer, Mr. Alpha Barry. Nasser Bourita denounced the despicable terrorist attacks, which targeted northern Burkina Faso, killing 160 […]