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King Mohammed VI of Morocco canceled his visit to Monrovia where he was supposed to attend the 51st summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which will examine Morocco’s bid to join the West African grouping. The decision was made against the backdrop of the controversy surrounding the presence of Israeli Prime […]
As Morocco gather’s support for its membership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a Moroccan delegation will attend the bi-annual summit of the west African sub-regional grouping, in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia. The delegation, led by Morocco’s Ambassador to Abuja, Moha Ouali Tagma, will hold talks with West African officials ahead of the […]
The lack of an overall US strategy is complicating the U.S. military’s struggle to help bring stability to Africa where focus should be on adopting a cohesive policy regarding eastern and northern Africa, according to commander of the U.S. Special Operations Forces in Africa Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc. In an article titled “The Gray Zone […]
Morocco has comparative advantage in terms of sharing experience and expertise in Africa, notably in renewable energies, an area of excellence in the North African Kingdom, said the Financial Times. In an article by Siona Jenkins titled, Morocco Capitalises on Early Lead in Renewables, the British paper sheds light on the continental leadership of Morocco […]
Japan sees in Morocco a partner that can facilitate its cooperation efforts in Africa. An agreement was signed in this regards between the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Morocco’s Equipment and Transport Ministry to develop human resources in the field of transport in African countries. Under the agreement, Japan and Morocco will cooperate through […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has been awarded the Order of La Pléiade, the highest honorary order of the International Organization of la Francophonie, in recognition of his determining role in promoting the values of dialogue and tolerance. The Monarch was handed the decoration on Wednesday by President of the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie, […]
The agreements signed between Morocco and Nigeria to build an offshore gas pipeline has effectively buried plans to achieve the Trans-Saharan Gas Project that was mulled in 2002 to bring Nigerian gas to the Mediterranean through Niger and Algeria. Former Algerian Interior Minister and ex-Ambassador, Abderrahmane Meziane Cherif bemoaned that his country has been outperformed […]
The World Health Organization has elected Ethiopia’s former health minister and malaria expert Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as director-general. He’s the first African to ever hold the position in nearly seven decades of the existence of WHO, one of the most powerful UN agencies, employing some 8000 people across the world. He replaces Margaret Chan, […]
Attijariwafa Bank, la Caisse Centrale de Garantie and le Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc have all won 2017 African Banker Awards in various categories. Attijariwafa Bank has been awarded the trophy of “Best Regional Bank in North Africa”, la Caisse Centrale de Garantie has obtained the “Financial Inclusion Award”, while le Groupe Crédit Agricole du […]
Food security has been a salient feature of Morocco’s cooperation in Africa as evidenced with the agreements signed by the Kingdom and several African countries notably in the fields of Agriculture and fertilizer production. This endeavor to boost food security on the continent has been materialized notably by Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company (OCP), which sealed […]