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Danish shipping company Maersk is planning to inject around $500 million worth of investments into the Suez Canal Container Terminal in East Port Said, statement issued by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) indicated Thursday. The money will go into the development of a new container dock with a length of 1,000 meters beside the current […]
The Moroccan football federation announced having made a clean break with coach of the national squad Vahid Halilhodzic of Bosnia. The federation said the separation was on good terms with Halilhodzic, three months ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. “Given the differences and divergent visions between the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and national coach […]
Moroccan Ambassador to China Aziz Mekouar has reiterated Morocco’s adherence to the One China principle, affirming that this stand forms the basis of relations between the two friendly countries. The diplomat stressed that this adherence is based on the Kingdom’s principled positions, which are characterized by consistency, responsibility, credibility and reliability regarding the respect of […]
A setback for President Kaïs Saïed: the administrative court of Tunis suspended the execution of his decision taken in June to dismiss 57 judges, a measure that had caused an outcry in the country. According to the court’s spokesperson, a certain number of judges could finally return to the courtroom after the examination of their […]
Fifty Palestinian youngsters from Al Quds will spend their summer holidays in Morocco starting this August 12 within the frame of the Kingdom’s unwavering and longstanding solidarity with the Palestinian people. The two-week summer break is organized by Bayt Mal Al-Quds Agency under the patronage of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al Quds Committee. The […]
IRINI, the European Union (EU) naval operation tasked to reinforce the UN arm embargo on Libya, has arrested a ship bound to Libya transporting vehicles intended for military use, reports say. The action took place July 18 when the vessel identified as MV VICTORY RORO, flying the flag of Equatorial Guinea entered IRINI’s search zone […]
Since its creation in 1989, the North African grouping known as the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) remained ink on paper unable to meet the most basic aspirations of Moroccans, Mauritanians, Algerians, Tunisians and Libyans to economic integration and freedom of movement. At the heart of the impediments to the Maghreb integration lies the regional dispute […]
Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s major opposition party, said Wednesday he was ready to leave the leadership of the party only if there was any solution to the ongoing political crisis that has engulfed the North African country. In an interview with Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu, the Islamist leader said in the interest […]
Moroccan authorities announced this Thursday the arrest of a dangerous Jihadist who was planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the North African Kingdom. The 36-year-old man was captured by police anti-terror units in the Northern city of Tetouan. He was very active on social media networks, promoting extremist ideology and encouraging criminal acts against […]
Central African ministers meeting in Cameroon Wednesday August 10 have agreed to merge the 11-member Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) with the six-member Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) in a move to boost trade and growth. The economy ministers said they want to foster regional integration, accelerate economic transformation and […]