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Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, on Friday reiterated before the 75th UN General Assembly Spain’s call for a political solution to the Sahara issue, based on compromise in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council. “We must find a just lasting and mutually acceptable political solution to the Sahara conflict, in accordance […]
Economists have long warned the Algerian regime of an impending Venezuelan scenario as the country put off reforms leaving the economy dependent since independence on oil and gas sales of its state-owned company Sonatrach. The company, which aspired to be among the top 5 global oil and gas companies globally in 2030, hit the cliff […]
Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres discussed Friday several issues of cooperation between Morocco and the UN, including sustainable development, the fight against terrorism, the crisis in Libya and the Sahara conflict. The talks in a video conference were held on the sidelines of the high-level debate of the United […]
About one million Moroccan students of 2,265 schools have chosen this year remote learning to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, said Education Minister Saïd Amzazi. In his presentation made during latest Govt’s Council meeting, the minister said 118 schools were closed after 413 students, 807 teachers, 129 administrative staff and 79 civil servants tested […]
Morocco Thursday unveiled its post-covid-19 economy recovery plan and has made reliance on domestic know-how as a cornerstone of the three-year plan (2021-2023). Moulay Hafid Elalamy, minister of industry, trade and digital and green economy, who was presenting the plan to the Moroccan employers’ union, the CGEM, indicated that the global pandemic, which has decimated […]
Ways of enhancing further security cooperation between Morocco and the United States were at the center of talks held Thursday in Rabat between US ambassador to Morocco David Fischer and Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director-General of national police and domestic intelligence agency. The two sides also discussed coordination mechanisms in the fight against terrorism, violent extremism, organized […]
The Union of the Moroccan press, an independent body grouping Moroccan journalists, released a statement in which it called for a fair trial for Omar Radi and Hafsa Boutahar who accused him of rape. Unlike biased Rights NGOs like Morocco’s AMDH, RSF, Amnesty, and HRW, the National Union of the Moroccan press listened to both […]
Morocco has completed a successful sale of a 1 billion euro two tranche bond with 5.5 year and 10 year maturity at a rate of 1.375% and 2% respectively, in a deal that reflects the trust enjoyed by the country among international financial institutions despite the difficult context of the pandemic. Demand on the bond […]
Reporters without Borders (RSF) has issued a very biased statement, to say the least, in which it arrogantly put itself in the place of the Moroccan justice and castigated a women complaining of sexual assault by journalist Omar Radi, who is also facing espionage charges. In an appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence […]
The Washington-based Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) organized Wednesday, on the sidelines of the 75th United Nations General Assembly, a conference under the theme “Partnership for economic recovery: Morocco”. Addressing the virtual conference, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross welcomed the reforms undertaken by Morocco to encourage foreign investment and improve the business climate. The […]