Military cooperation between Morocco and the United States is “limitless” and boasts enormous opportunities for the future, said on Thursday Major General Andrew M. Rohling, Commander of the US Army’s Southern European Task Force Africa and Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe and Africa. The senior American official, who was speaking at a […]
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OCP & American BCG join forces to offer AI solutions to industrial groups in Africa
OCP Maintenance Solutions, a subsidiary of the state-owned Moroccan phosphate group, has teamed with American Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to provide innovative solutions, integrating industrial expertise, digital and artificial intelligence (AI) to industrial groups in Africa and beyond. The two sides have sealed a partnership to combine their respective expertise in AI and data […]
African Lion 2021: US army celebrates its anniversary in Morocco
A ceremony was held Monday in Agadir on the occasion of the celebration of the anniversary of the creation of American Army. This anniversary coincides this year with the holding of the combined Moroccan-US exercise African Lion 2021 this June 08-18. The ceremony took place at the headquarters of the FAR Staff of […]
US-Morocco military drills in Sahara, a blow to Algerian-sponsored propaganda
International troops taking part in the African Lion exercise in Mahbes in the Moroccan Sahara as well as the international media attended live rocket firing and paratroop deployment in an area that the Polisario claimed to have targeted in yet a new blatant lie. About 40 kilometers away from the rear base of the separatist […]
African Lion 2021: US deploys HIMRAS rocket launchers in military drills in Moroccan Sahara
The US has tested the HIMRAS rocket launchers in the African Lion drills co-held with Morocco in the area of Mahbes in the Sahara region. Media showed HIMRAS launchers firing multiple rockets in Mahbes area, only 40 kilometers away from the rear base of the Polisario separatist militias in Algeria. HIMRAS system carries six rockets […]
António Guterres nominated by Security Council for second term as UN chief
The UN Security Council has formally selected the current Secretary-General António Guterres as its nominee to serve a second five-year term in the UN top job. The recommendation, made in a resolution adopted by acclamation in a private meeting Tuesday, will go to the 193-member General Assembly for formal approval. Estonia’s UN Ambassador Sven Jurgenson, […]
COVID-19: US health authorities list Morocco in low-risk countries; display full map of Kingdom
The United States’ Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has just updated its recommendations to American citizens concerning international travels and the COVID-19 contamination risks worldwide, listing Morocco among low-risk countries. In its new recommendations, the federal agency listed Morocco among the countries where contamination risks are low and displayed the undivided map of the Kingdom, […]
Morocco-USA trade increased fivefold since 2005
Trade between Morocco and the United States has increased fivefold since 2005, the year before the entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries, to reach 5 billion dollars in 2019, said, Monday in Casablanca, the Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Morocco, David Greene. This commercial dynamic has […]
US-Moroccan African Lion 2021 drills kick off in Agadir
At the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, the joint Moroccan-American African Lion 2021 drills kicked off this Monday in Agadir. The military maneuvers will continue until Friday June 18, 2021 in the regions of Agadir, Tifnit, Tan Tan, Mehbes, Tafraout, Ben Guerir […]
Former US Ambassador to Morocco awarded a royal decoration
King Mohammed VI has bestowed on former US ambassador to Morocco David T. Fischer the Alaouite Wissam of Commander’s Order, in recognition of his efforts to strengthen bilateral relations and close friendship between the two countries. The royal decoration was presented to Mr. Fischer by Morocco’s ambassador to the United States Lalla Joumala Alaoui […]








