Morocco’s Central Bank (Bank Al-Maghrib) and its Hungarian peer Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) have agreed, under an agreement, to foster their cooperation in banking digitalization and innovation in financial services. The agreement, which was signed on Monday, also deals with risk management related to digitalization as well as cybersecurity and digital transformation. Speaking on this […]
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Morocco, UAE poised to bolster their military cooperation
Morocco and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) discussed on Monday in Rabat ways to enhance their military cooperation, said a statement by the General Staff of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR). This came during separate meetings visiting Chief of Staff of the UAE Major General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi had Monday in […]
Covid-19: Morocco suspends air links with France, Spain
Moroccan authorities have decided to temporarily suspend air links to and from France and Spain, extending thus the list of countries with which air links have been banned, in order to limit the spread of COVID-19. The suspension of air links with the two European countries comes into effect as of Tuesday March 30, […]
It is high time France, EU supported Morocco’s position on Sahara (French Senator)
It is high time France and the European Union supported Morocco in its position concerning the Sahara, underlined, on Monday, Senator Claude Kern, vice-president of the European Affairs Committee at the French Senate. “Morocco is today, for France and Europe, a real bridge with Africa,” the Senator of Bas-Rhin said in a statement after […]
Cargo blocking Suez Canal navigation refloats
Egypt Suez Canal authorities Monday said the ship which has blocked navigation in the canal has refloated, adding that the course of the ship has been corrected 80 per cent. Chairman and Managing Director of the Suez Canal Authority Osama Rabie said that water level reached 2 meters, allowing, Ever Give, a Panamanian container vessel’s […]
Algeria’s restive south decries decades of state marginalization – Carnegie
Algeria’s resource rich south is boiling! From Ghardaia to Ain Saleh and recently Ouargla people have taken to the streets, escalated protests demanding a fair redistribution of the country’s gas and oil wealth, much of it is located in their territories. Recent protests in Ouargla in particular were shocking. Images on Algerian social media showed […]
International drug trafficking network dismantled in Kénitra has ramifications near Agadir
Investigations undertaken following the recent dismantling in Kenitra of an international drug trafficking network revealed that the network has ramifications elsewhere in Morocco, precisely in Ait Melloul, near the southern city of Agadir. Investigation by the judicial police of Kénitra, in coordination with the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), led […]
African Lion military drills to take place in Moroccan Sahara
Tan Tan, Mahbes and Dakhla in the Moroccan Sahara territory will be in June the venue of the African Lion military exercises bringing together Moroccan and US armies as well as soldiers from friendly states. The news was relayed by Moroccan media following a preparatory meeting between Moroccan and US senior army officials. The military […]
More & more voices decry appalling situation in Tindouf camps
Experts, journalists and civil society activists continue to decry the appalling situation of the population sequestered in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps in Algeria. On Saturday, it was from Dakhla that Spanish political expert Pedro Ignacio Altamirano called for “the urgent opening of a humanitarian corridor” in order to allow the populations in captivity in […]
Algerian regime pushes conspiracy theories to the limit to discredit pro-democracy Hirak
The Algerian military junta has ridiculed itself once again as it keeps miring itself in conspiracy theories saying this time that one Moroccan was arrested among hundreds of thousands of protesters who took to the street of Algiers demanding a clean break with an opaque and corrupt regime. As the Hirak regains its momentum following […]