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Protection of Morocco’s air and land borders will be enhanced further with the purchase of various Tow -2A missiles for $776 million and additional F-16 ammunition for $209 million. The State Department announced on Thursday its approval of the sale to Morocco of 2,401 Tow 2A, Radio Frequency (RF) Missiles (BGM-71-4B-RF); and twenty eight Tow […]
The dismissal of US national security adviser John Bolton by President Donald Trump was received as a good news for Morocco and a blow for the Polisario separatists and their mentor Algeria who nurtured a false hope to see the US adopt an anti-Moroccan stand on the Sahara issue. Bolton has on multiple times showed […]
President Donald Trump has received the resignation of his national security adviser John Bolton, a warmonger whose stands have leaned towards the separatist thesis in the Moroccan Sahara. Trump said in a tweet that he asked Bolton to resign because his services are no longer needed. “I disagree strongly with many of his suggestions as […]
OCP Group and the National Basketball Association (NBA) tied a new multiyear partnership aiming at expanding the NBA Junior League programs in Morocco and Rwanda, but also at building new basketball courts in Khouribga and Benguerir (Morocco) and in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, while using the transformative power of basketball to empower Moroccan and Rwandan […]
Moroccan dental Professor Ihsane Ben Yahya has been named president-elect of the International Dental Federation (FDI) during its General Assembly held Sept.8 in San Francisco, USA. Ben Yahia has been an FDI Council member since 2013. She will serve a two-year term before assuming the FDI presidency in 2021. “I will spare no effort to […]
Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and Mexican National Human Rights Commission have agreed to bolster their cooperation and exchange experiences between the two human rights institutions. At a meeting held Wednesday in Mexico City between CNDH Secretary-General Mounir Bensalah and Mexican peer Luis Raul Gonzalez Perez, the two sides voiced willingness to foster […]
The Canadian government has decided to facilitate the procedures for young Moroccans who wish to pursue their studies in Canada, through the Student Direct Stream (SDS) program, starting September 9. Launched in 2018, this expedited study permit processing program has been extended to include students from Morocco and Senegal. Its processing time does not exceed […]
US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East and key official in the US administration so called “deal of the century” purported to settle the Israel-Palestine conflict has announced his resignation few days before the White House unveils its roadmap. President Trump himself on Twitter announced Jason Greenblatt’s resignation which will be […]
Two people working for a US-based charity have been killed by unidentified gunmen, in Gambella, Ethiopia. The gunmen ambushed and attacked a team of Action Against Hunger during a transit from pediatric Nutrition Stabilization Center in Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp. Two members of the team died in the attack, the NGO said, adding it has suspended […]
The Polisario leadership has been hit by another devastating setback in Latin America, a former bastion of the separatist group, backed by the Algerian regime, which is currently fighting for its survival under unprecedented popular revolt. The latest of the long diplomatic and political failures suffered by the secessionists took place in Brazil where […]