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Egypt and Sudan Tuesday agreed to build a railway network connecting both countries, Arab Finance reports citing statement from the Egyptian side. The cooperation agreement was signed by the two countries’ transport ministries, the statement said, adding that the network will link the southern Egyptian city of Aswan and the Sudanese border city of […]
Egyptian authorities have closed the diving spot of Ras Mohammed national park, at the resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh after a 12-year old Ukrainian boy lost his hand in a shark attack. The move came after a shark attacked the boy and his mother as well as their guide during a dive in the park […]
The UAE will open a consulate in Laayoune in a move that signals strong ties of brotherliness and firm support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, the Royal Cabinet said in a statement. The decision came after a phone conversation between King Mohammed VI and his Brother Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed […]
Morocco’s Higher council of Muslim Scholars strongly denounced any attempt at offending the sacredness of the Muslim religion, after a campaign was launched in France to publish cartoons attacking the Prophet, triggering resentment across the Muslim World. In a statement, the council said in no way can the freedom of speech justify offense. It stressed […]
Mauritanian MPs decried the continuing banditry practiced by the Polisario by blocking the flow of commercial trafficking on the Guerguarat border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania. Le360 news websites cited statements by Mauritanian MPs describing the disruption of commercial traffic as an attempt to undermine the Mauritanian economy. Mauritania depends on much of its agricultural […]
More African states have expressed support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara by opening consulates there at a context the Polisario, more isolated than ever, threatens to resume violations of UN-ceasefire agreement. In a single day, Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea Bissau opened consulates in the southern city of Dakhla. A couple of days […]
Chad Monday threw its weight behind Morocco’s autonomy proposal for the Sahara, whose independence is claimed by the Algeria-backed separatist Polisario front. Chadian Foreign Minister Amine Abba Sidick stressed his country’s position as he visited his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita in Rabat. Chad, the Foreign Minister recalled, has severed ties with the pseudo-Sahrawi Republic since […]
The Kingdom of Eswatini opened on Tuesday a Consulate General in the Southern Moroccan city of Laayoune. It is the 7th African diplomatic mission installed in the capital of the Moroccan Sahara in less than a year. The inauguration ceremony of this consulate was co-chaired by Eswatini and Moroccan Foreign Ministers, Thulisile Dladla and Nasser […]
Qatar and the UN-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) headquartered in Tripoli have signed a security cooperation agreement in Doha, Qatari media outlets report. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of a Libyan governmental delegation’s visit to Doha. The delegation conferred with Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in […]
Bouchra Hajij, President of the Moroccan volley association, has been elected as the new chief of the African volleyball confederation (CAVB) after she managed to beat powerful Egyptian contender Amr El Wani. Bouchra Hajij secured 42 votes out of 54 national federations against 12 votes for Wani during the elections held on Sunday, via […]