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The United States has decided to open a General Consulate in the Southern Moroccan city of Dakhla. This highly significant diplomatic move by a world super-power supports Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, dealing a hard blow to the polisario separatists and their Algerian supporters. The decision was announced by US president Donald Trump in a […]
In a historical move, US President Donald Trump has recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and announced to King Mohammed VI the opening of a US consulate in Dakhla. President Trump informed King Mohammed VI during a phone talk this Thursday of “the promulgation of a presidential decree, with what this act entails as undeniable […]
The Group of Friends for the elimination of violence against women and girls was officially launched Tuesday at the UN headquarters in New York. The aim of the group is to coordinate action and share information on the elimination of gender-based violence (GBV), and to follow up on the UN Secretary-General’s call earlier this year […]
Morocco continues to gain global support for its legitimate and self-defense action made by Moroccan army to restore the free movement of people and goods in the southern border of Guerguarat zone between Morocco and Mauritania. In this vein, the Dominican government has voiced its solidarity with the North African Kingdom and condemned the obstructions […]
The United States Thursday laid the foundation stone of a new consulate general premises in the city of Casablanca, in Morocco. The groundbreaking of the new US Consulate General campus in Casablanca is the latest demonstration of the “enduring friendship and strategic partnership” between the US and the Kingdom of Morocco, the US Department […]
US companies expressed their eagerness to take part in Libya’s reconstruction including infrastructure and economy. This came during a virtual meeting Tuesday between the American Chamber of Commerce in Libya (AmCham Libya), the US envoy to the North African country Richard Norland, and American companies. Participants in the meeting exchanged views regarding the evolving political […]
The US has given approval for Boeing 737 MAX to fly again and Morocco’s airlines RAM expects to operate the aircraft in 2021. Medias 24 reported that RAM is waiting for the go-ahead of Morocco’s aviation authority and that of the European Aviation Safety Agency. RAM has grounded two Boeing 737 MAX for 20 months […]
The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has expressed, on behalf of its member states, its support “for the measures taken by the Moroccan Government to preserve peace and stability in the buffer zone of Guerguarat, and to secure the free movement of people and goods to the African continent.” In a statement published on […]
The Republic of Haiti has decided to open a consulate general in Dakhla, extending thus the list of countries having opened consulates in the Moroccan Sahara. The decision to open the Haitian consulate in Dakhla was announced by Haiti’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in a letter addressed to his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita. The […]
Morocco’s fertilizer giant, OCP Group, has rejected the US Trade Department’s decision to impose 23.64 per cent of preliminary countervailing duties on fertilizer products exports to the US after Florida-based Mosaic Company attacked the Moroccan company, Le360.ma reports. OCP Group and Mosaic have been locked up in a trade dispute since July after the US […]