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The US International Trade Administration confirmed the sale of PATRIOT Air Defense systems and G550 reconnaissance aircraft to Morocco. The US agency however did not offer details on the value or quantity of the sale, but it recalled that Morocco is the largest buyer of US arms in the African continent. It recalled that Morocco […]
French President Emanuel Macron made it clear that there will be “no repentance nor apologies” for the occupation of Algeria or the bloody eight-year war that ended French rule. However, the French President said he supports “symbolic acts” that encourage reconciliation between the two countries. The Algerian war of independence (1954-1962) was marked by war […]
A group of researchers from Cambridge University and the University of Western Australia has unearthed a fossil starship in Morocco that dates back 480 million years. The fossil specimen is the world’s oldest-known starfish ever discovered, providing an insight into the evolution of starfish and other echinoderms. Headed by Aaron W. Hunter from the department […]
The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) approved on Tuesday the mechanism for selecting a new united executive authority for the entire country. The UN announced that the participants in the inter-Libyan dialogue have agree on a mechanism to select the future leaders of the transition government that will oversee the elections scheduled for December 24, […]
Tunisia and Libya have discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the oil sector. Assaad Ajili, Tunisian envoy to Libya met with Mustafa Sanalla, head of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli, NOC said in a statement. The statement said the two men discussed ways of endorsing bilateral cooperation between […]
King Mohammed VI received Wednesday a message from Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohammed ben Zayed Al Nahyan. The message, whose contents were not disclosed, was conveyed to the Monarch by UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdallah Ben Zayed Al-Nahyane during an audience at the Royal […]
The United States has submitted to all 193 UN member states the US presidential proclamation recognizing Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Sahara territory. The text of the American recognition of the Moroccan Sahara was sent to all UN member countries by US permanent representative to UN Kelly Craft in the six official languages of […]
Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, on Tuesday sent a letter to the UN Secretary General and to the President and members of the Security Council, in which he denounced South Africa’s the maneuvers and misleading tactics about the Sahara issue. The Moroccan ambassador’s letter comes following the correspondence that South Africa’s Permanent […]
Morocco has put in place all logistical preparations to launch the mass vaccination campaign but deplores delays due to the high demand and speculations, head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani said. Speaking at the house of advisors Tuesday, EL Othmani said that Morocco aims to vaccinate 25 million people starting with frontliners, including […]
Moroccan authorities have firmly rejected the claims of Human Rights Watch about the Moroccan judicial system as stated in its World Report 2021. Moroccan authorities “categorically reject” the chapter dedicated to Morocco in the report, as this NGO persists in its inappropriate approach in assessing the human rights situation in Morocco, by disregarding the methodological […]