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The US State Department Tuesday called on the armed men that occupied Libya’s Sharara oil field in the desert, south of the country, to hand over the oil facility to the National Oil Corporation (NOC), which has declared force majeure. “The United States continues to monitor the situation at the Sharara oil field and echoes […]
Only three months after the launch of the Africa–Europe Alliance, the European Commission presented the first progress made in boosting investment and creating jobs in Africa at the High-Level Forum Africa-Europe held in Vienna, Tuesday. The Forum was hosted jointly by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, as EU President, and Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda and […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved $2.9 billion for Morocco Under the Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL) that will provide insurance against external risks, support Moroccan efforts to reduce fiscal, external vulnerabilities and promote more inclusive growth. Despite a sharp pick up in global oil prices, Moroccan authorities have reduced fiscal and external vulnerabilities […]
Morocco, France, Spain and Belgium have just set up a joint security cell, tasked with foiling any terrorist attacks during the year’s end holiday season. According to local daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia, which is reporting the news this Monday, the joint security cell is already operational and works around the clock. The daily, quoting […]
Pope Francis hailed on Sunday the Marrakech Pact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration adopted last week, expressing hope that the global pact would help to better handle migration flows and incite the international community to assume its responsibility towards those forced to flee their homes. “The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, […]
Tunisia has secured an $830 million assistance from Saudi Arabia that will help it face up the economic and financial hardships it has been encountering since 2011. The announcement was made by Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed Saturday following a visit to Saudi Arabia. Out of the amount provided by Riyadh, $500 million will be […]
After they suffered setbacks at the European Parliament, which voted at the level of committees for the renewal of the EU-Morocco farm & fisheries deals recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara, the Polisario separatists, relayed by Algerian media, rushed to distort the remarks made lately by US National security advisor John Bolton on Washington’s review […]
The Organized Crime Squad of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) announced the arrest, on Saturday (Dec.15) in Boujdour, Southern Morocco, of a Colombian national, in possession of equipment he was planning to use in cocaine trafficking by means of aircraft. This arrest allowed to abort a diabolical plan aiming at the installation in […]
Just few days after Morocco hosted the intergovernmental conference that adopted the Marrakech Pact, the ground-breaking UN-led global agreement on migration, the European Union has renewed its support for Morocco’s migration-related policy and efforts. The EU said in a statement that it is intensifying its support to Morocco to address irregular migration in response to […]
King Mohammed VI has urged the Moroccan Ombudsman institution to continue its contribution to upholding the principles of the rule of law, transparency and good governance in the management of public services. The Sovereign, who appointed on Thursday Mohamed Benalilou as Ombudsman, also called the Mediator institution to continue making recommendations aimed at “guaranteeing the […]