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US President Donald Trump has invited the foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to go to Washington to hold talks on the giant hydroelectric dam on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile. The huge project, named Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), is the subject of dispute, mainly between Ethiopia and Egypt. Egypt, which relies almost totally on […]
Spanish acting Prime Minister and leader of the Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) Pedro Sanchez has praised Morocco’s efforts in combating the illegal migrants’ crossings to Spain, saying the key role played by the North African Kingdom has led to a major drop in the number of arrivals of migrants. “We have succeeded in reducing by […]
Head of Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN) Mustapha Bakkoury and Director General of UNIDO LI Yong inked on Tuesday an agreement destined to enhance further cooperation between the two sides in clean and sustainable energy. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the 18th UNIDO General Conference currently convened in Abu Dhabi, UAE, […]
The case of Ahmed El Khalil, a former leader of the “polisario” who has been missing since 2009, will be referred as a case of enforced disappearance to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva. The case referral will be made by French attorney Hubert Seillan, at the request […]
The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) will host the next edition of the U.S -Africa Business Summit in June 2020 in Marrakech, Morocco The announcement was made in Washington on Monday by CCA CEO Florizelle Liser, in the Presence of Morocco’s ambassador to the USA, Joumana Alaoui. Following a strategic selection process, CCA’s Board of […]
Morocco and the European Union signed, on Monday in Brussels, the administrative arrangement for the implementation of the scientific and technological cooperation agreement laying down the conditions and modalities for the Kingdom’s participation in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean area (PRIMA). Morocco became a participating state in the Partnership for Research […]
In Senegal, Exim Bank of the United States has made a preliminary commitment worth $ 86 million for Senegal’s rural electrification projects. The preliminary commitment is the first that Exim Bank has approved under a recently signed memorandum of understanding with Senegal’s Ministry of Economy, Planning and Cooperation. If the transaction reaches final board approval, […]
Anger is growing among the populations of the Polisario-run Tindouf camps following the circulation by the separatist front’s media of intimate photos of the wife of opponent Fadel Breika, who has been detained since June. In a bid to humiliate the Sahraoui activisit and blogger, Fadel Breika, the Polisario “security services” violated his privacy by […]
The Moroccan city of Benguerir (near Marrakech) is hosting this Nov.4-5 the 2nd annual ministerial conference of the Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to climate change (AAA Initiative). The event, organized under the theme: “Food Security Facing Climate Change”, brings together representatives of key financial institutions, donors, the private sector and scientific researchers […]
French author, lawyer and editor Hubert Seillan analyzes in a new book, “Moroccan Sahara: Space and Time,” how, historically, geographically, and sociologically, the disputed Sahara territory is and has “been Moroccan” for centuries and how this Atlantic Sahara has always been an coveted space. The author makes it clear throughout his book, issued by “La […]