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Moroccan International Teaching Hospital Mohamed VI conducts mandibular surgery with 3D printed titanium prosthesis

The international Teaching Hospital Mohamed VI in the Moroccan city of Bouskoura, near the city of Casablanca, has carried out a mandibular surgery using 3D printed titanium prosthesis, an unprecedented surgery using such a technology. The surgery took place on September 15 and was carried out by Prof. Kounimba Coulibaly on a female patient suffering […]

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EU eager to strengthen its unique & reliable partnership with Morocco, Ursula von der Leyen says

The European Union wants to strengthen its “unique and reliable” partnership with Morocco at all levels, said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. “We want to strengthen the unique and reliable EU-Morocco partnership across the board: Enhanced trade and more cooperation on digital and energy, for example,” Ms. Von der Leyen […]

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Morocco’s Central Bank raises rates to 2% to fight inflation

Bank Al-Maghrib, Morocco’s central bank, decided Tuesday to increase its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 2 percent and to continue to monitor closely the economic developments, both nationally and internationally, and in particular, the evolution of inflationary pressures. The decision was made by the Bank’s Board after having analyzed the international economic […]

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Morocco preserves its reputation in the world in 2022

Morocco’s reputation has remained stable in the course of 2022, registering a slight increase of 0.3 points in its general reputation indicator, standing at 48.6 points on the RepCore scale, which corresponds to a moderate reputation according to the Reputation Lab normative scale. This is what emerges from the report published by the IRES. This […]

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Moroccan cultural scene turns Covid-19 page

At least 520,000 people attended a music festival that run over three days (Sept. 22 – 25) in Rabat, bringing together a constellation of mega music stars, signaling the recovery of Morocco’s artistic scene after a period of cultural lethargy that lasted two years because of Covid-19. The final concert was attended by 200,000 music-lovers […]

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Morocco & Mauritania Discuss Security Cooperation Prospects

Head of Morocco’s national police & domestic intelligence agency Abdellatif El Hammouchi and Mauritania’s Chief of national security Mesgharou Ould Sidi Leghweizi discussed on Tuesday in Rabat ways of enhancing security cooperation and coordinating efforts against common regional challenges. The two parties stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation in police training, exchanging experiences, expertise and […]

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Morocco at UNGA asks Algeria to take a hard look in the mirror

Morocco has once again, in the UN General Assembly, held Algeria responsible for the perpetuation of the conflict in the Sahara territory and for the fate of thousands of Sahraouis living in precarious conditions in the Polisario-run camps in southern-Western Algeria. In response to an address by Algeria’s foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra in which he […]

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PAP President stresses importance of inter-African cooperation to meet development challenges

Cooperation and solidarity among African countries and peoples are essential to meet the challenges of development in the continent, Pan-African Parliament (PAP) President Fortune Zephaniah Charumbira said Monday in Rabat. Speaking at an inaugural course at the College of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences under the theme “The Pan-African Parliament at the heart of current […]

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MEP blasts Algeria’s repeated violation of its trade commitments as unacceptable

MEP Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero on Monday blasted “the repeated violation” by Algeria of its trade commitments to Spain and the European Union, calling this attitude “unacceptable.” “‘It is clear that we have a trade problem with Algeria. And not only Spain,” tweeted the Spanish MEP of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats at the European […]

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Moroccan FM receives Algerian envoy bearing letter of invitation to King Mohammed VI to attend Arab Summit

On the High Instructions of King Mohammed VI, the Minister of Foreign Affairs,  Nasser Bourita, received this Tuesday, September 27, 2022, the Algerian Minister of Justice,  Abderrachid Tebbi, emissary of President Abdelmajid Tebboune, to the King.   The emissary of the Algerian president handed over to Bourita the letter of invitation addressed to King Mohammed […]