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The rapprochement between Morocco and South Africa seems to annoy some pro-separatism journalists who continue to spit their venom in the media. The diatribe written on Eyewitness News by Jean Jacques Cornish against Morocco is illustrative of the demise of the separatist discourse in Africa in general and in South Africa in particular. In a […]
King Mohammed VI’s visit to Guinea Conakry was postponed until January 2018 instead of December 20, Moroccan media reported. This friendship and working visit to Conakry is the third by King Mohammed VI since President Alpha Condé took office. During his stay in Conakry, the King will hold talks with Guinean President Alpha Condé, the […]
King Mohammed VI is expected in Guinea Conakry on December 20, in a second visit in 2017. During his friendship and working visit to Conakry, the King will hold talks with Guinean President Alpha Condé, the current Chairman of the African Union. The two leaders will inaugurate several projects that were launched during the King’s […]
The 52nd summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) wrapped up with a political decision regarding Morocco’s membership providing for the setting up of a committee to further study the impact of the admission of the North African Kingdom in the economic bloc. The committee will be presided by the heads of […]
Cooper Pharma, a Moroccan pharmaceutical company launched works to build a $6-million plant at the Kigali Special Economic Zone. The plant, which was supported by Rwanda Development Bank, is part of the deals signed during King Mohammed VI visit to Kigali, in October 2016. The plant will locally produce drugs that include beta-lactam antibiotics in […]
Morocco has taken several initiatives to gather support for climate action, notably in Africa, through landmark projects such as the Adaptation of African Agriculture Initiative (AAA), the World Bank’s Vice President for Sustainable Development, Laura Tuck, said. “We are delighted to see Morocco take the lead as part of efforts to implement the Adaptation of […]
President Jacob Zuma has made a volte-face that bodes well for relations between South Africa and Morocco. Following the talks he had with King Mohammed VI in Abidjan on the sidelines of the AU-EU summit, Zuma continues to talk about promising prospects for ties with Morocco making allusions that Morocco’s absence from the African Union […]
Nick Birnback, a spokesman for United Nations peacekeeping, paid tribute to Morocco’s commitment to peace keeping saying that the country is the 14th largest contributor with 1,610 military, police and civilian personnel deployed in UN Peace keeping operations. “We are grateful to Morocco for its continued contribution to the maintenance of the United Nations peace […]
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma said that a promising future awaits his country’s relations with Morocco following the ice breaking talks he had in Abidjan few days ago with King Mohammed VI. Speaking in an interview with South African news outlet “News 24″, Zuma said that “Morocco is an African nation and we need to […]
Morocco has adopted a pro-active diplomacy that breaks away with the empty chair policy, which left the country outside AU institutions since 1984. Almost one year after its triumphal return to the African Union, Morocco made diplomatic headways thanks to an African Policy that continues to turn former African adversaries into friends. The talks held […]