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Real Estate Group Green Valley of the United Arab Emirates has announced plans to invest over $31 million to enhance its presence in thriving Morocco. According to Ali Al Salami, General Director of the UAE group, which has already projects in the North African Kingdom, Morocco’s stability and its strong friendship ties with Emirati leaders […]
The latest historic visit made by King Mohammed VI to the Gulf region has yielded positive results at the strategic and security levels, and also at the financial scale. The royal tour has prompted Kuwait to speed up its due financial contribution to Morocco within the frame of the GCC pledges made to the North […]
Egypt could soon be entangled in another round of territorial dispute with Sudan over the Halayed Triangle overlooking the Red Sea as Sudan’s Foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour told the parliament that Khartoum has taken “necessary legal and political measures” to preserve its rights and sovereignty. Sudan raised new concerns over the territory after Egypt and […]
The Moroccan Government has deplored the stand of the United States, tasked with drafting the first resolution on the extension of the mandate of the MINURSO, the UN peace-keeping mission in the Sahara, which was contrary to the spirit of partnership existing between Rabat and Washington. Without mentioning the USA, but in barely veiled terms, […]
Does democracy itch the Algerian regime? The answers is yes according to 2015 Democracy Index report published by the Economist intelligent Unit which puts Algeria among authoritarian regimes around world, as it features at the 118th spot out 167 countries. Democracy in Algeria is one of the worst in the Middle East and North Africa […]
King Mohammed VI and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, stressed at talks they held Saturday in Abu Dhabi the need to coordinate Arab stances to counter the terrorism and violence that undermine the region’s security and stability. During the talks, King Mohammed VI, who had arrived in Abu Dhabi […]
The oil tanker flying Indian flag accused by the United Nations and the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) of carrying illegal oil on behalf of the Libyan rival government based in the East has finally returned the shipment to the unity government, Head of the NOC said on Sunday. “Thanks to the intervention of the […]
The European Union-Morocco friendship group at the European Parliament on Friday called for the implementation of the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan for the Sahara without delay, giving thus strong backing to Morocco’s position in the Sahara conflict. The support came from the group of EU lawmakers, led by Gilles Pargneaux, Rachida Dati and Stefano Maullu, just […]
Morocco’s Bureau Central d’Investigations Judiciares (BCIJ,) dubbed Morocco’s FBI, Friday nabbed in the city of Nador a terror cell planning terrorist attacks and tasked to form an Emirate in the kingdom, reports say. The terror cell made of three men, according to a statement by the interior ministry, received instructions to establish an Emirate in […]
Tunisia’s Interior Minister Hedi Majdoub revealed that they have gathered intelligence indicating that terrorist groups linked to the Islamic State operating in Libya are planning to launch attacks in the country. The attacks are to be carried out by suicide bombers against security officers, the official said during a hearing with the Security and Defense […]