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Morocco has successfully sold an international bond worth 3 billion dollars composed of three parts, the finance ministry said. The bond is divided into securities of 7 years, 12 and 30 years each worth 750 million dollars, 1 billion dollars and 1.25 billion dollars, the ministry said. The deal is the higher amount raised by […]
Morocco has decided to “significantly” increase its contribution to the annual budget of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) by allocating 100,000 dollars for the year 2021, announced, on Tuesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita. Speaking at the 2020 high-level CERF donors conference held remotely, Bourita stressed that Morocco’s contribution to the Fund’s annual […]
The Group of Friends for the elimination of violence against women and girls was officially launched Tuesday at the UN headquarters in New York. The aim of the group is to coordinate action and share information on the elimination of gender-based violence (GBV), and to follow up on the UN Secretary-General’s call earlier this year […]
Head of the Palestinian National Council Salim Al-Zaanoun has praised Morocco’s steadfast and strong support to the Palestinian cause and people against Israeli occupation. In a letter sent to Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives, the PNC chief expressed the Palestinian people’s gratitude to Morocco’s constant and principled positions, under the leadership of King […]
The Polisario Separatist Front is in an embarrassing diplomatic situation with the increase of its isolation in the wake of South Africa joining the circle of countries supporting Morocco’s positions regarding the transgressions committed by the separatists following the events of El Guergarate, wrote electronic newspaper “Middle East Online”. The news website recalled that South […]
The Moroccan airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is launching as of December 15 and during the next five months fifteen new routes towards France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium and the United Kingdom. The operation, carried out in cooperation with the Moroccan National Tourist Office, aims to support the tourism sector which was badly affected by […]
King Mohammed VI has given his high instructions to the government so that all Moroccans benefit for free of the vaccine against the Covid-19. King Mohammed VI has given his high instructions to the Government to adopt free vaccine against the COVID-19 for the benefit of all Moroccans, the Royal Office said in a statement […]
The agreement seeks to boost cooperation between Morocco and the EU in terms of research in different fields, including scientific research. Morocco and the European Union (EU) signed on Tuesday an administrative arrangement on cooperation in marine research and innovation. The agreement will give new impetus to cooperation between Morocco and the EU […]
The kingdom of Morocco has featured among top ten countries on Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2021, a position making the North African country one of the three world’s smaller countries to have made progress in reducing carbon emission. The Arab country occupies the seventh spot right behind respectively Sweden (4th), United Kingdom (5th) and […]
The Central Bank of Libya, CBL, held Monday for the first time a full board meeting since 2014 after which the bank was split into two. The bank, Libya Observer reports, held a full-quorum meeting for the first time in six years to discuss fixing exchange rates of the Libyan dinar to foreign currencies. The […]