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More European, Latin American, and African countries have joined the scores of states from these continents which expressed support to Morocco following the Moroccan army’s peaceful action carried out Nov.13 to secure the free movement of people and goods at the Guerguarat crossing, on the border between Morocco and Mauritania. In this connection, the Commonwealth […]
Moroccan born American referee Ismail Elfath has earned the Major League Soccer Referee of the year award, the first ever recognition in his career. The Casablanca-born 38-year old man was nominated by the Professional Referee Organization, the award promotor. Elfath was in competition with three others and the candidates were voted on by MLS club […]
Morocco has decided to teach Jewish history and culture in public primary schools, a move that translates the Kingdom’s multi-dimensional strategy to promote pluralism and tolerance and combat religious extremism. Since the last school year, Moroccan children in the 6th grade of the primary cycle have gotten to know their fellow citizens of the […]
Following years of hard diplomatic work, several Latin American countries gave up their hostile stands towards Morocco’s territorial integrity and supported Morocco’s position on the Sahara issue in tandem with a rise in commercial and political ties. So far, Brazil, Peru, Guatemala, Chile, Venezuela’s parliament, Haiti, and Colombia openly welcomed Morocco’s intervention to open […]
The Unites States and the European Union have pledged to back Tunisia’s tourism industry severely affected by the covid-19 pandemic with a combined investment valued at more than €100 million. The US support will come from its development agency, USAID, which has pledged to mobilize between $30 million and $50 million for “Visit Tunisia” program […]
Guyana announced on Saturday its decision to withdraw its recognition of the Polisario’s self-proclaimed “SADR” and to suspend all ties with it. The announcement was made by Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Hilton Todd, in a letter to his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. The Government of Guyana will no longer recognize […]
Major Gen. Andrew Rohling, deputy commanding general of US Army Europe –Africa, and Gen. Belkhir El Farouk, Royal Armed Forces Southern Zone Commander met, on Thursday in Agadir, to discuss plans for conducting next year’s African Lion, the largest military training exercise on the continent, amidst the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The high-ranking […]
The victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 US presidential election has prompted a deep concern within the Polisario top leadership due to the “close and excellent ties” existing between Morocco and the US democrat party, according to a Spanish-speaking website close to the Algeria-backed separatist group. It is “under the Obama administration that […]
The United States is considering the acquisition of a property in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, for the return of US full mission capacity to the North African country. The announcement came during a meeting between US diplomat to Libya Richard Norland and Mohammed Sayala, the Foreign Minister of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA). […]
The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Kingdom of Morocco announced the postponement of the Marrakech annual meetings for a year until October 2022 The annual meetings are usually held for two consecutive years at the World Bank and IMF headquarters in Washington, and then in a member country every third year. […]