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United Nations Secretary-General has appointed Najat Maalla M’jid of Morocco as his Special Representative on Violence against Children “United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today (Thursday) the appointment of Najat Maalla M’jid of Morocco as his Special Representative on Violence Against Children at the level of Assistant Secretary-General. She will succeed Marta Santos Pais of […]
A Moroccan delegation led by Minister Delegate for Reform of Administration and Civil Service, Mohamed Benabdelkader is taking part in the 6th Open Government Partnership Global Summit currently convened in Ottawa. The Moroccan minister will participate in a round table on the open government in Africa and confer with Canadian senior officials on cooperation prospects […]
Prince Moulay Rachid arrived in Jeddah this Thursday to represent King Mohammed VI at the Extraordinary Arab Summit and the 14th Islamic Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), to be held in Makkah. The extraordinary Arab summit was summoned by Saudi Arabia following the subversive acts that targeted mid-May two oil pumping stations […]
Moroccan security forces Wednesday arrested an Italian man suspected to be leader of The Camorra crime syndicate. The 53-year old man is wanted in Italy over alleged criminal acts including blackmailing of businessmen, violence, international homicide, and drug trafficking. The arrest comes in line with an international arrest warrant issued by Italian authorities and a […]
The UN has placed on its terror blacklist 26 Tunisian citizens and 3 organizations following an update of the list of people connected to terrorism around the world. The UN Security Council sanction committee Wednesday reviewed the list and placed the Tunisians and the organizations on its backlist. Head of the national counter-terrorism commission, Mokhtar […]
The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved $200 million in funding for the establishment of a Renewable Energy Guarantees Program (REGREP) in Ethiopia. These funds, to be disbursed by the International Development Association (IDA), will help the authorities in Addis Ababa to reform their regulatory framework and gear it up for private investment and […]
Sudan’s former national intelligence chief wanted for crime and human rights abuse and accused by protestors of thwarting the revolution has allegedly found refuge in Egypt. Salah Gosh, according to media reports, had been in Egypt for days after police tried to arrest him last week in vain. Prosecutors last week ordered Gosh’s arrest but […]
Algeria’s Minister of Energy Mohamed Arkab has announced that the final version of a new hydrocarbon law has been drafted and will be submitted to authorities for approval. OPEC member Algeria relies heavily on oil and gas, which account for 60 percent of the budget and 94 percent of its export revenue, despite promises to […]
Belgium will allocate Morocco €3 million, over four years, to promote jobs creation and youth self-employment. The funds will be granted under a Moroccan-Belgian project dubbed “Supporting Youth Entrepreneurship Development in Morocco.” The project, whose related agreement was signed on Wednesday in Rabat, will focus in a first phase on four regions: Beni […]
Morocco’s mining company Managem said it has resolved the obstruction that has affected one of its gold shipments in Sudan and that the cargo is now cleared for export. On May 8, Sudanese authorities seized a Managem gold shipment causing an obstruction to the company’s gold exports in Sudan despite “ having completed all the […]