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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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Following the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, the joint Moroccan-US exercise “African Lion 2021” will take place on June 7-18, 2021, in the regions of Agadir, Tifnit, Tan Tan, Mehbes, Tafraout, Ben Guerir and Kenitra, and will involve thousands of troops from […]
The Middle East Policy Council zoomed on Morocco’s leadership in renewable energies, highlighting the country’s steady march to meet its ambitious goal of generating 52% of its electricity needs from renewables by 2030. In an interview with head of Morocco’s energy efficiency agency Said Mouline, the Washington-based think tank drew light on Morocco’s efforts since […]
The African Lion drills, the most important military exercises that take place in Africa, will unfold this year partly in the Moroccan Sahara. The news was already relayed late March by Moroccan media following a preparatory meeting between Moroccan and US senior army officials. The media had then reported that Tan Tan, Mahbes and Dakhla […]
After a record number of migrants entered the occupied enclave of Ceuta earlier this week amid heightened tension between Morocco and Spain over Madrid’s decision to host Polisario chief under a false identity and with an Algerian passport, all eyes turn to Paris and Washington, Rabat’s strong allies, to see which side they will support. […]
Tunisian and US air powers will hold joint military drills May 21-27 in view of sharing military expertise and develop operations military abilities, the Tunisian Defense Ministry announced Wednesday. The drills are in line with the cooperation program established by the two sides in the area of operational training with a number of the friendly […]