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Senegal has joined the club of African countries that have taken their recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara to a tangible consular level. Senegal, Morocco’s longstanding friend and ally, will open its consulate on Monday, Moroccan media said citing official sources. Senegal’s move in support of Morocco’s territorial integrity has a heavy weight on […]
The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project is the best alternative to the Nord-Stream 2 natural gas Russian pipeline project which is at the heart of tensions between the United States, the European Union, and Russia, American news outlet Newslooks states. In an article entitled “The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the EU-US alliance”, Newslooks […]
Algerian authorities have left migrants die crammed in a bus after an accident near Niger where Algerian army intended to abandon them in the desert. Images on social media showed a torched bus, corpses and injured migrants as a convoy of 82 buses was carrying hundreds of migrants southwards. The migrants who died were buried […]
Morocco has stressed the need to strengthen the capacities of states and sub-regional organizations to respond to the new terrorist threats posed by ISIS in Africa, which has become now the target and focus of the terror group. “The response to the emerging threats of ISIS in Africa must prioritize support to African states and […]
Morocco’s state-owned OCP Group, the world’s largest phosphate mining and leading fertilizer company, and the Eastern & Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) announced on Tuesday $400 million fertilizer trade finance transactions sealed via blockchain technology. Some $270 million of this deal have already been completed, while the remaining sum will be finalized in […]
More than 100 senior officials representing 13 African railway companies are taking part in a training session organized by Moroccan national railway operator, Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF). The four-day training, which started on Monday, is part of the action plan set out by the International Union of Railways (UIC) for Africa Region, […]
The Morocco Africa Cultures and Developments Organization (OMA) and a Nigerian business delegation signed, Monday in Rabat, a partnership agreement providing for the setting up of a Nigeria-Morocco Business Council. By bringing together business operators from the two countries, the council will help support the various memoranda of understanding signed by the heads of […]
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari thanked king Mohammed VI for the success of a Moroccan-Nigerian project under which Morocco will build a 1.3 billion fertilizers plant in Nigeria. ‘’We are well on our way to becoming a regional and global fertilizer power house,’’ said President Buhari on his official twitter account after announcing the signing by […]
French President Emmanuel Macron for the first time officially recognized the responsibility of France in the disorder which has been shaking Libya and part of Africa for ten years. “We owe a debt to Libya, very clear: a decade of disorder, » said President Macron while receiving the new Libyan leaders, Tuesday March 23 at […]
Kenya’s vice-president William Ruto has said that the autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty in the Sahara provinces “is the best solution to the Sahara issue.” “I declare as Vice-President of Kenya that the Autonomy Plan under Moroccan sovereignty is the best solution to the Sahara issue,” said William Ruto during a meeting with the ambassador […]