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Moroccan Karima El Azhary has won the prestigious German Green Talents Award 2019 for PhD research focusing on developing new sustainable construction and insulation materials, based on alimentary and agricultural waste. Her goal is to improve thermal insulation and energy efficiency of buildings predominantly in underprivileged areas. Karima has been rewarded for her efforts seeking […]
The Council of the Moroccan community abroad condemned, on Sunday, the actions of the individuals who burned the national flag during a demonstration staged Saturday in Paris, stressing that this “childish and coward” act is a “serious attack on “one of the symbols of national sovereignty”. “The desecration of the national flag is a criminal […]
The United Kingdom’s ambassador to Morocco Thomas Reilly has pointed out that the United Nations must play an exclusive role in the Sahara settlement process and that a solution to the Sahara issue is to be found within the United Nations. The British ambassador who pointed out that his country “understands very well the importance […]
Germany’s top diplomat made Sunday a surprise visit to Libya amid efforts by Berlin to help rival factions end their differences. Heiko Maas landed at the airport of the coastal city of Zuwara where he was welcomed by Foreign Minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), Mohamed Taher Sayala. According to press reports, […]
Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi has been re-elected with a landslide victory, according to official results announced on Sunday. In a victory speech before his supporters in capital Maputo, Nyusi said he would further develop Mozambique and hasten the implementation of a two-month-old peace deal with Renamo rebel group. The peace deal signed between Frelimo and […]
Twenty two candidates, including two former Prime Ministers, have applied for the December presidential elections, state-run news agency APS said Sunday, after deadline for bids submission ended Saturday. The election authority, according to the agency, has 7 days to validate the various candidacies that include Ali Benflis and Abdelmadjid Tebboune, two former premiers under Abdelaziz […]
In Mali, armed groups that have signed the 2015 peace agreement, on Saturday called on other groups that share a common core to rally behind one umbrella to form a political movement in the northern region of the war-torn West African nation. At the opening of a “congress” of its movement in Kidal, the High […]
Germany’s embassy in Tunisia has denied any involvement in the future trip of a group of Tunisian youths to Israel, a country the North Africa nation has been boycotting. Rumors have circulated that Germany has facilitated the issuance of visas for young Tunisians to take part in an EU-sponsored program in Israel, including visits to […]
Morocco and the UK signed an association agreement that would ensure the continuity of the current trade terms under the EU-Morocco free trade agreement without additional tariff barriers. This agreement, also called continuity agreement, was signed in London Saturday by Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita and UK Minister of State for the Middle East and […]
Moroccan diplomacy is deeply attached to a rules-based international order where multilateralism is key, said Minister in charge of African cooperation Mohcine Jazouli. The Kingdom continues to adhere to the founding principles of the Non-Aligned Movement for an international system permeated by solidarity, justice and multilateralism, Jazouli said at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Baku, […]