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Tanger Med Group, which manages the largest Mediterranean port, logistics and industrial zones, reported an annual 2024 revenue up 12.3% to $1.23 billion. The performance was largely on the back of higher container activity in the port, ranked 17th worldwide. Morocco’s Tanger Med port has widened the gap with other Mediterranean competitors, outperforming all with […]
The strategic Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project, recently rebranded as the Atlantic Africa Pipeline, is attracting significant international interest, with both the United States and China vying for involvement in the $25 billion venture. During the IMF and World Bank Spring 2025 meetings in Washington, Nigerian Finance Minister Wale Edun revealed growing American interest in the […]
In a letter to the members of the UN Security Council, Morocco debunked a series of allegations used by Algeria to deny its responsibility over the continuing suffering of the population held in the Tindouf camps. The letter was sent by Morocco’s representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, in response to Algerian claims put forward […]
President of the Colombian Congress (Upper House of the Parliament), Efraín José Cepeda Sarabia, reiterated the support of the Colombian Parliament to Morocco’s territorial integrity. “I would like to reiterate that the Parliament, as a legitimate representative of the Colombian people, supports the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Morocco and rejects the ill-advised position […]
Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, has placed inter-parliamentary dialogue and south-south cooperation among its top national priorities to address shared global economic, security, and climate challenges. To foster unity of the South and mobilize its MPs for shared peace, growth development, Morocco hosted (Apr.28-29) the South–South Parliamentary Dialogue Forum to give new […]
Ways of enhancing further cooperation ties between Helsinki and Rabat were at the center of talks held Monday in Rabat by visiting Minister for Foreign Trade of Finland Mr. Ville Tavio with several Moroccan officials. Mr.Tavio met with foreign minister Nasser Bourita. They discussed political relations, regional cooperation prospects, shared global priorities and ways of […]
The foreign ministers of the three landlocked states of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso reaffirmed their full endorsement of the Atlantic Initiative, put forward by Morocco’s King to help them access global trade and address their development challenges. This came following an audience in Rabat offered by King Mohammed VI to the three Foreign Ministers […]
North Africa, though predominantly Muslim today, was once a Christian heartland that produced three popes who fundamentally shaped Christianity as it is now known. Their legacies include the establishment of Easter Sunday and Valentine’s Day celebrations that continue to this day. “North Africa was the Bible Belt of ancient Christianity,” Professor Christopher Bellitto, a historian […]
The Moroccan Energy Investment Company (SIE) has launched a new initiative to select industrial companies for energy audits, advancing the country’s industrial energy transition and efficiency targets. The program aims to help manufacturing companies identify energy-saving opportunities while promoting both efficiency measures and renewable energy solutions. All audits will adhere to Moroccan standards NM ISO […]
The Tunisian Organization of Young Doctors has announced plans for stage a nationwide strike and protest march on May 2, in response to the breakdown of negotiations with the Ministry of Health. Talks held on Monday, April 28, reportedly failed to yield any meaningful outcomes, despite ministry officials acknowledging the legitimacy of the doctors’ grievances. […]