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The visit King Mohammed VI was planning to pay to Zambia this December has been postponed to early 2017, announced the Zambian Foreign Department in a release. King Mohammed VI was scheduled to visit the Central African country on December 17 following his state visit to Nigeria. The reasons for the postponement have not been […]
Morocco sent emergency humanitarian aid to the Sub-Saharan migrants who were cruelly deported by Algerian authorities and abandoned in the desert in northern Niger. The aid was sent upon directives from King Mohammed VI to help the migrants who were abandoned by Algerian authorities in northern Niger in harsh conditions. This humanitarian gesture is in […]
Slowly but surely Morocco’s King Mohammed VI is playing a leading role in the development of the African continent at a time dictators are gradually bowing out of the scene and the continent is crying for sustainable economic development. King Mohammed VI’s diplomatic tactic is winning. No lesson to teach, no arrogance. Taking over his […]
Morocco and Nigeria signed a partnership agreement to conduct feasibility studies and build a gas pipeline that will stretch along the coast connecting Nigerian gas wells with West African countries all the way up until reaching the Kingdom. The signing ceremony of the agreement was chaired in Abuja by Nigeria’s President Muhammdo Buhari and King […]
King Mohammed VI and Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari presided in Abuja over the signing ceremony of a partnership to build a fertilizers plant in Nigeria. King Mohammed VI who is in Abuja on an official visit as part of an African tour gives substance through establishing win-win partnerships with African countries and putting Morocco’s expertise […]
Moroccan and Nigerian business stakeholders are pondering over ways to increase economic ties between the two continent giants as King Mohamed VI visits President Buhari in Abuja. Moroccan and Nigerian private and public sector investors have been meeting since Wednesday in economic capital Lagos to detect investment opportunities between the two countries. Nigeria, the second […]
The drop in oil prices has taken a heavy toll on Algeria’s budget revenues with the trade deficit expanding to 15.8 billion dollars as of October compared to 13.7 billion dollars the same period last year. By the end of October, Algeria’s export revenues slipped by 23.44% standing at 22.7 billion dollars propelling the government […]
President al-Sisi of Egypt has confirmed that his government has been providing support to the Libyan National Army (LNA) under the command of Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar. The Egyptian president stated that “it is our country’s priority to back up national armies, for example in Libya, to assert control over Libyan territories and deal with […]
The introduction of the Pan-African passport in 2018 will boost air travel by 24% in Africa, a research by global travel technology provider, Sabre said on Wednesday. According to the research carried out in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt, respondents were ready to spend 24% more moving across the continent when the passport is […]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said he supports the Syrian military, a position at odds with his country’s Gulf donators like Saudi Arabia. The former army chief, who has overseen a warming of ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s main backer Russia, made the comments during an interview aired Tuesday with Portuguese broadcaster RTP. […]