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The president of the Royal Moroccan Federation (FRMF), Fouzi Lekjaa, was elected this Friday March 12 to the Council of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), an election that consecrates Moroccan sports diplomacy. Fouzi Lekjaa was appointed member of the FIFA Council during the 43rd Ordinary and Elective General Assembly of the African Football […]
Head of Morocco’s central bureau of judicial investigations (BCIJ) Habboub Cherkaoui has alerted to the surge in numbers of Polisario fighters who join the ranks of terrorist groups in the Sahel, notably Al Qaeda. Faced with grim prospects and oppression in the camps, many of the disenchanted youth held under the yoke of the Polisario […]
The Summit of the African Union Peace and Security Council emerged as a platform to disavow Algeria and Kenya, who vainly maneuvered to include the Sahara issue in the agenda of the meeting initially devoted to climate change. At Algeria’s instigation, Kenya, which holds the rotating presidency of the AU Peace and Security Council, […]
The Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) announced Tuesday the appointment of SCL Advisory Limited, a company founded and led by Moroccan Selloua Chakri, to help it expand its database and develop its activities around the world. “SCL Advisory Limited will support the Stock Exchange’s efforts to provide financial professionals and issuers with market data, analysis, and […]
Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum has failed to get the support for the Polisario separatist group Front during his latest trip to Togo that was part of an intensive lobbying and new plots hatched against Morocco’s territorial integrity. In his twitter account, the Algerian minister said that he discussed with foreign minister of Togo, Robert […]
An appeal for “calm and serenity” was launched Monday evening by President Macky Sall. The head of state expressed himself in a message to the nation, after several days of violent demonstrations that left at least five people dead, according to an official report and eight according to Amnesty International. There were disruptions in the […]
The climate is still very tense in Senegal, shaken since Wednesday by demonstrations that have resulted in at least 5 confirmed deaths, with the death of a young man in the region of Kolda on Saturday, confirmed by the gendarmerie. These disturbances follow the arrest of Ousmane Sonko for “disturbing public order”. The opponent […]
Zambia has installation on Friday Kelvin Malisase as its Consul in Laayoune, dismissing thus the allegations relayed by the Algerian media claiming that the Zambian consulate in Laayoune would be closed. Zambian Foreign Minister Joseph Malanji, who is on a working visit to Morocco, confirmed Friday the opening of a Zambian embassy in Rabat and […]
Following the telephone conversation held last month between King Mohammed VI and President Muhammadu Buhari, a Nigerian delegation led by minister of Petroleum Resources Timipre Marlin Sylva is visiting Morocco to set out the next steps of the $1.3 Bln fertilizer production plant project launched in June 2018. Spearheaded by OCP Group and the Nigeria […]
Joining their voice to that of politicians and elected representatives from Africa, Europe and Latin American, civil society activists have also stressed the importance of supporting the Moroccan autonomy initiative as a serious, credible and objective mechanism and as the only basis to achieve a just and lasting solution to the artificial conflict over the […]