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Equatorial Guinea’s President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has been re-elected to a sixth term as president of the West African country. The incumbent president received 94.9% of the votes cast, the country’s electoral commission has anounced on Saturday, putting turnout for the vote at 98%. “The results of the general election solemnly proclaim His Excellency Obiang […]
Hundreds of Congolese marched to the British and French consulate earlier this week, carrying banners calling out the “international community’s ambiguity” in the face of the M23 (March 23) rebels. The demonstration took place after a meeting in Luanda where the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Rwanda as well as the East African Community […]
The Moroccan Ministry of Tourism & Handicraft, the Moroccan Society of Tourism Engineering (SMIT) and the World Tourism Organization (WTO) signed, on Friday in Marrakech, a partnership agreement for the promotion of investment and digitalization in the tourism sector in Morocco. The agreement, signed on the sidelines of the thematic session of the 117th Executive […]
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha, commended the efforts made by King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al Quds Committee, to defend Al Quds and support the Palestinian cause. Ibrahim Taha made the remarks during a meeting earlier this week in Jeddah with a delegation from Bayt Mal Al-Quds […]
A Moroccan peacekeeper, severing in the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), was killed Thursday in an attack in the southeast of this African country. The announcement was made Friday by the UN Mission in CAR, without identifying those responsible for the deadly assault. “A blue helmet from the Moroccan […]
Morocco has lent Qatar a helping hand to secure the World Cup besides the contribution of its citizens in the artistic promotion of the event. Some 6000 Moroccan security staff have travelled to Qatar to help the country ensure the World Cup takes place in best conditions. Qatar has also hired security officials from the […]
Algeria has handed 49 death sentences to people convicted of killing Jamal Ben Smail in a town in the Kabylie region, in a verdict denounced as sham by rights activists. Ben Smail was killed by a mob in the village of Larbaa Naith Irathen accusing him of arson as the region faced a brutal wildfire […]
Morocco and Saudi Arabia’s tourism ministers agreed to work together to promote sustainable tourism and promote the exchange of expertise notably in the field of training human resources. The deal was signed in Marrakech by visiting Saudi tourism minister Ahmed Al-Khateeb and his Moroccan peer Fatim-Zahra Ammor. It was sealed on the sidelines of a […]
Belgian aerospace company SABCA opened on Wednesday in Casablanca new assembly line of aerostructures of PC-12, a single-engine aircraft made by Swiss Pilatus Company. Built over a 16,000 m² area, the $16 million plant employs 240 skilled workers and engineers. Its inauguration ceremony was attended by Taoufiq Moucharraf, Secretary General of Industry ministry, Stephane Burton, […]
The UK government has dedicated £4 billion (€4.7 bn) for strengthening further trade exchanges and economic cooperation with Morocco, a longstanding friend and partner of the United Kingdom. The announcement was made by UK Export Finance (UKEF), a government agency which appointed a new International Export Finance Executive (IEFE) in Casablanca. Up to £4bn is […]