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Ecuador has voiced clear and steadfast support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its entire territory, including the Sahara. The supportive stand of Quito comes in a joint statement issued following talks held Monday in Rabat between Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita and his Ecuadorian peer Kury Pesantes. Ecuador also backs the autonomy plan offered by Morocco […]
Laïla Marrakchi’s third feature, “La Más Dulce” (“Strawberries” in English), has secured US theatrical distribution, H24info reports. Artmattan acquired the rights, according to the Paris-based company Lucky Number. The film was chosen to represent Morocco in the best international feature category at the 2027 Oscars, and the announcement is part of a series of new […]
Morocco has consolidated its fruit and vegetable exports to Canadian market for the fourth consecutive year from 2018 to 2023, EastFruit news platform said. Moroccan exporters shipped 94 thousand tons of fresh, frozen, and dried fruits and vegetables to Canada in 2023, worth $95 million. This is a remarkable increase from four years ago, when […]
The Royal Moroccan Air Forces participated, alongside delegations from 18 allied and partner nations of the United States, in the events of International Week 2026 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, announced U.S. State Department Tuesday in a post on its X account. This Week provided an opportunity for Royal Moroccan Air Forces to engage […]
U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson has lambasted Russia, Algeria and Polisario after Moscow vetoed a widely supported US draft resolution endorsing Autonomy plan in the Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty and restructuring the UN Mission. “The goal of Russia is further destabilization of Africa”, said the Congressman in a comment posted Saturday on his X account. The […]
The United States made it clear it will no longer support a status quo that keeps Sahrawis trapped in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps for decades more, after a Russian veto blocked a US-drafted Security Council resolution that had the backing of 11 members. In his explanation of vote, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike […]
The 25 new F-16C/D Block 72 fighter jets, which will be delivered to Morocco, will be equipped with Viper Shield (AN/ALQ-254(V)1), an advanced, all-digital electronic warfare (EW) suite developed by L3Harris Technologies in partnership with Lockheed Martin, according to press reports. Morocco will receive the next-generation F-16 fighter jets which maximize survivability and mission success […]
Less than two years after its return to the South American market, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has reached a new milestone with the launch, on Thursday, of its fifth weekly direct flight between São Paulo and Casablanca. The national carrier is planning daily flights from the Brazilian metropolis by 2028 and to launch a new […]
Laayoune’s Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy signed two memoranda of understanding with American institutions on Thursday to strengthen academic cooperation between Morocco and the U.S. in medical training, scientific research and patient care. The agreements were signed on the sidelines of the second Morocco-U.S. Medical Days, which bring together doctors, professors and researchers from both […]
Morocco has voted at the UN General Assembly against ending the U.S. economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba, supporter of the Algerian military regime and its Polisario terrorist separatist group. Last year, Rabat had voted for resolution calling for lifting the embargo imposed by Washington against Havana, hoping that Cuba would review its position […]