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As violent clashes intensify between Israelis and Palestinians, the U.S. administration has reached out to Morocco for its peacemaking leverage to end hostilities in the region. In this connection, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita this Tuesday. “The Secretary and the Foreign Minister discussed their shared […]
The International Criminal Court, ICC, Monday wielded prosecution against mercenaries and foreign troops in Libya for using detention centers to commit a variety of serious crimes, The New Arab reports. The Hague-based court’s Chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda indicated during a virtual meeting of the UN Security Council on Libya that her office has received […]
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will contribute to the financing of Morocco’s territorial development projects with a $165 Mln loan. The loan agreement was concluded recently between JICA and le Fonds d’Equipement Communal (FEC), which is trying to diversify its sources of financing on an international scale. This comes as Morocco is embarking on […]
As if the use of excessive violence on the part of the security services in Algeria when arresting peaceful protesters was not enough, the authorities now seek to stiffen the penalties incurred by prosecuting them on terrorism and conspiracy charges. The increasing violence at the risk of causing a tragedy and civilian casualties and the […]
Nearly 5000 migrants, including young Moroccans, crossed from the northern coasts to the Spanish-occupied enclave of Ceuta, local media reported. One person died in the crossing and the rest, including some 1000 minors, are waiting to be sent back to Morocco under a readmission deal. Some swam while others crossed on feet. Videos […]
Tunisia’s finance minister returned from the US with a grant of $500 million intended to finance infrastructure projects. “Our visit to Washington was important and fruitful with International Monetary Fund, World Bank and American officials”, minister Ali Kooli told Reuters. Kooli was in Washington to start discussions about a new loan program with the IMF. […]
Algerian media have engaged in a spate of empty slogans of solidarity with Palestinians at a time Morocco sent 40 tons of emergency aid to the West Bank and Gaza. The Algerian regime, blinded by an endemic anti-semitism, has engaged in an anti-Moroccan rhetoric often evoking Rabat’s decision to resume diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv […]
Princess Lalla Hasnaa, President of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, called, Monday, on the international community to make a firm commitment, during this decade, to establish education for sustainable development as an absolute priority, underlining the urgency of this action. “Let us make a firm commitment, during this decade, to establish education […]
As Morocco is emerging as a regional economic and military power in the new order that is taking shape in North Africa, neighboring countries are grinding their teeth and jostling for regional leadership. Thanks to its political stability, economic resilience and capacity to turn crisis into opportunity, Morocco continues to drain more foreign investors […]
Interpol has set up a new cybercrime operations desk to boost the capacity of 49 African countries to fight cybercrime and internet fraud. The Africa desk will help shape a regional strategy to drive intelligence-led coordinated actions against cybercriminals and support joint operations. The Interpol’s move, which is supported by UK, comes amid an […]