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Malagasy Foreign Minister Atallah Béatrice Jeanine expressed her country’s support for Morocco’s decision to reintegrate the African institutional family. “President Hery Rajaonarimampianina welcomed the letter sent by President of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, regarding Morocco’s request to return to the African institutional family,” said Malagasy Foreign Minister in a statement to MAP following […]
King Mohammed VI and President of Madagascar Hery Rajaonarimampianina, chaired Monday in Antananarivo, the signing ceremony of twenty-two bilateral cooperation agreements. The deals, which cover several socioeconomic sectors including the political, cultural, commercial, diplomatic and educational fields, seek to enhance partnership between the two countries within the frame of the South-South cooperation and co-development. Earlier, […]
The 13 anti-slavery activists from the slavery abolitionist movement (known by its acronym IRA) have been seen their prison sentences reduced after an appeal court revisited their cases, reports say. Zouerate court of appeal Friday November 17 overturned the 20 years in prison pronounced against the activists on Wednesday November 16. The court in a […]
Tunisians and victims’ families of March 2015 Bardo attacks of Tunis can begin to see the light at the end tunnel as French ambassador Friday announced trial of the culprits can commence in the first half next year after judge in charge of investigations wrapped up the process. Three gunmen reportedly Islamic State group (IS) […]
As part of efforts to promote clean energy and reduce climate change, Morocco plans to use solid waste to generate electricity. In this regards, a memorandum of understanding was signed between engineering company Siemens and PEPS, a branch of the Imperium Holding industrial group, specialized in turning solid waste into electricity, in partnership with NST, […]
Moroccan security forces have arrested in the town of Azrou, in Fès-Meknès region a man with links with al Qaeda Islamic organisation, reports say. The North African country has already nabbed several members of the Islamic State group (IS) which have shortlisted the kingdom as one their main targets after Moroccan security force foiled and […]
The Tunisian wife of Algerian terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar has been arrested along with another Tunisian woman in East Libya, reports say. Anti-terrorism authorities of Libyan rival government based in the Eastern city of Beida announced the arrest of the women along with their driver. The two women according to Libyan sources were heading to South […]
After a fruitful visit to Ethiopia, King Mohammed VI arrived in Madagascar, the land where his grandfather, late King Mohammed V, was exiled by the French protectorate in the early fifties of the past century. The visit is part of Morocco’s Africa foreign policy which aims at establishing a south-south cooperation model underpinned by solidarity […]
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailé Mariam Dessalegn has voiced support for Morocco’s return to the African Union as of the next summit of the pan-African organization. Ethiopia’s support for Morocco’s return to the African institutional family was articulated in a joint statement issued following King Mohammed VI’s landmark visit to Ethiopia, the first since his accession […]
Canberra will soon have an embassy in Rabat in order to strengthen ties with the Kingdom, said Julie Bishop Australia’s Foreign Minister in Marrakech. Bishop made the announcement during a press briefing following talks with her Moroccan peer Salaheddine Mezouar, on the side lines of COP22. We hope that the opening of the embassy will […]