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The African Development Bank approved on Wednesday a $204 million loan to Morocco to help the North African country upgrade social and medical services provided to disabled persons, poor women and children. The funding will finance the building of two hospitals in the southern cities of Guelmim and Ouarzazate, set up 144 units for special […]
Morocco took over the rotating chairmanship of the Union of Economic & Social Councils & Similar Institutions of Africa during the Union’s General Assembly convened Wednesday in Rabat. Ahmed Reda Chami, President of the Moroccan Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) won the majority of votes and will thus chair the African body for the […]
Tunisia security forces nabbed in the city of Hammamet, Nabeul province, members of a terror cell, pledging allegiance to the Islamic state group (ISIS). Security forces raided the house of the ringleader, a Tunisian man in his twenties, following an alert. “The raid was launched following intelligence that the suspect threatened some security forces with […]
Egypt will supply retired General and rival of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), Khalifa Haftar, with tanks. The move came in reaction to Turkey’s recent military promise to the internationally recognized Libyan administration, based in Tripoli. Egyptian sources revealed Wednesday that the largest populated Arab country will loan Russia-made tanks to Haftar’s Libyan […]
Algeria’s newly elected President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been inaugurated this Thursday, one week after unpopular polls. The 74-year old made his maiden speech to the nation in front of a myriad of civil and military authorities and in the presence of foreign diplomats accredited to the North African country, the state-run news agency APS reported. […]
The Ministry of Energy, Mining and the Environment (MEME), the OCP Group, and the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) have sealed a new partnership agreement to strengthen their cooperation, particularly in the fields of education, training, research and sustainable development. The three sides also signed a Specific Agreement on the creation and development of the […]
Two laws asserting Morocco’s sovereignty on all its territorial waters on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, including off the Sahara, will soon be adopted by Moroccan MPs. The laws, already adopted by the foreign affairs committee at the Lower House, were described as “ground breaking” by Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita who said the legislation […]
The Millennium Challenge Account-Morocco Strategic Orientation Council discussed at its 7th session the progress made in implementing the cooperation program, under the compact II signed between Morocco and the United States, represented by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The session, chaired by Head of the Government Saad Eddine el othmani, reviewed means to speed up […]
An exhibition paying homage to Morocco’s Blue Helmets and their global humanitarian action is currently hosted at the UN Office in Geneva on the sidelines of the first Global Forum on Refugees. The event, organized by Royal Armed Forces (FAR), reflects Morocco’s commitment to peace, security and humanitarian missions throughout the world. It also highlights […]
More and more middle class Moroccans apply for Schengen visas mostly to spend their holidays in the EU much to the benefit of Schengen countries consulates in the north African country that amassed $44 million (420 million dirhams) in 2018. Total money spent on failed visa applications stood at 77 million dirhams as Schengen countries […]