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Emmerson company, which specializes in natural resources exploration and production, is developing the Khemisset Potash Project, in Northern Morocco. The project has a large JORC Resource Estimate and significant exploration potential with an accelerated development pathway targeting a low capex, high margin mine, says the company’s management. Khemisset is ideally located to benefit from the […]
Once an ardent Polisario supporter, Paraguay has made a U-turn on its pro-separatist stance in favor of backing international law and Morocco’s historic rights over its southern provinces, the Sahara. Paraguay’s Foreign Minister Luis Alberto Castiglioni said that his country “recognizes Morocco as a united country and backs its territorial integrity.” “This is a final […]
Libyan militias have forced nearly 2,000 people from an ethnic minority, targeted for their alleged links to the former Gadaffi Government, to flee long-established shelters in the capital Tripoli, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. In an appeal for the respect of the human rights of families originating from the city of Tawergha, […]
Tunisian President Béji Caid Essebsi on Monday announced the introduction of a draft bill on equal inheritance for men and women, making Tunisia the first country in the Maghreb to offer this right to women. Beji Caid Essebsi made the announcement in a televised address marking the National Women’s Day—the anniversary of the 1956 Personal […]
Kuwait Monday dismissed reports that it has planned to inject $1.6 billion into the Turkish plummeting Lira which lost 40 per cent of its value against the US dollar amid the ongoing diplomatic crisis between Ankara and Washington. Kuwaiti Finance Minister Nayef Al-Hajraf discussed with his Turkish counterpart Berat Albayrak Turkey’s economic situation on Sunday […]
Egyptian President Fattah al-Sisi Monday told his Yemeni counterpart that Cairo is concerned about insecurity in the Red Sea after Houthi rebels attacked two Saudi oil tankers last month in the Strait of Bab al-Mandab. “We categorically reject that Yemen becomes a foothold for the influence of non-Arab forces, or a platform for security and […]
As the migration crisis in Europe has worsened and as illegal migration attempts from Morocco to Europe, particularly to Spain, have surged, some European countries are turning towards the North African Kingdom for help. In this connection, some European leaders have scheduled visits to Rabat to address this issue with Moroccan authorities, reports Al Massae […]
Algeria, France and Mali are said to have reached a secret deal under which they will grant asylum to Al Qaeda and other terrorists in return for laying down arms, the Middle East Eye reported. The media cited an Algerian security source who asked not to be named. The news came after the “surrender” of […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is reportedly planning a visit to Morocco in September to be centered on migration, media reports said. If confirmed, the visit, Macron’s second to Morocco since his election, will come at a context of a surge of illegal migration attempts from Morocco to Spain as migrants shun the Libyan route in […]
In the first five months of 2018, more than 100,000 Chinese tourists visited Morocco, which lifted the visa on Chinese nationals in 2016. Last year, they were 120,000 Chinese tourists among nearly 11 million tourists who visited the North African kingdom where Chinese restaurants are mushrooming. At the China-Morocco Tourism Forum held in Casablanca in […]