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The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has unanimously decided to grant Morocco the organization of the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in place of Kenya. Morocco will replace Kenya, who had their rights to host withdrawn by Caf due to a lack of preparation. The tournament for locally-based players is scheduled to take place in […]
King Mohammed VI announced that Morocco will create a new ministerial department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in charge of African affairs. The King who announced the decision at a speech marking the opening session of the new legislative year said that the new African affairs department will be tasked, […]
Maroc Telecom, Morocco’s largest telecom operator, said that it invested €6 billion over the last decade in modernizing telecommunication infrastructure in the African continent. Speaking to the press following talks with Côte d’Ivoire’s president in Abidjan earlier this week, head of Maroc Telecom management board, Abdesslam Ahizoune, said that the company is planning to expand […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has called for the adoption of a new strategy to overcome the structural dysfunctions marking athletics in the African continent, underlining that the performances and records of African athletes enhance the African identity, make the continent better known and increase its influence. In a message to the 27th Congress of […]
Morocco has become a popular destination for African students seeking to pursue their academic studies or acquire new skills in a wide variety of highly paid fields. Since 1986, the North African Kingdom has provided free training to over 25 000 Africans from 47 countries. The list of Africans, who graduated from Moroccan Schools, includes […]
Morocco’s triumphal return to the African Union, its south-south cooperation endeavour and the paralysis plaguing the Maghreb as well as its efforts to find a lasting settlement to the artificial dispute over the Sahara were salient features in the speech delivered by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita before the UN General Assembly. Bourita recalled that Morocco’s […]
Morocco gave strong guarantees that it will not allow any breach of the security of the road linking it to West African states and that it ensures that road safety is respected. Speaking in response to fallacious information spread by Algerian co-opted media, Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita said in New York that the Kingdom […]
In honoring the pledges made during the COP22 Climate Summit in Marrakech, Morocco hosted on the sidelines of the 72nd UN General Assembly in New York a meeting dedicated to promote south-south climate cooperation. The meeting was jointly organized with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and was attended by several public […]
Morocco, acting chair of the UN Peacebuilding commission, has called for the reinforcement of the capacities of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). The call was made by Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita during a high-level meeting held Tuesday in New York on the situation in the Central […]
Morocco expressed its willingness to offer training to the border security forces of the G5 Sahel force bringing together troops from Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad. Speaking at a Francophonie ministerial meeting on security and development on the sidelines of the General Assembly, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said Morocco is ready to […]