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The Mufti of Jerusalem commended Morocco for its unwavering support to the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people at a time when the US and its allies in the region are putting forward plans to entrench the Israeli occupation and alter the character of the Al Quds (Jerusalem). Sheikh Mohamed Hussein, who was speaking in […]
Morocco will acquire AH-64 Apache military helicopters from the US within the next two years. The deal to purchase the Apache helicopters has been in the pipeline since April last year, but the timeframe of delivery has only just been revealed. “Morocco has a pressing need for new sophisticated attack helicopters,” a source told Moroccan […]
The Procter & Gamble Company has named Morocco’s Omar Channawi CEO for the Middle East, Africa and Global Development Markets. He will also be responsible for the Trade Division for Asia Pacific, India, Middle East and Africa, covering a total of 105 countries. Omar Channawi, currently Procter & Gamble Business Vice President for Asia-Pacific and […]
Brazilian President has appointed Julio Glinternick Bitelli as Brazil’s new ambassador to Morocco, it was officially announced last week. The new envoy will replace incumbent Jose Humberto de Brito Cruz who is still in his position in the North African country. The nomination has been approved by the Senate, which approved several other appointments. Bitelli […]
Morocco has partnered with EON Reality, the world leader in Virtual Reality, and the USAID, to launch its first Interactive Digital Center (IDC). Located on Mohammed VI Polytechnic University’s campus in Ben Guerir, the new IDC will provide Augmented and Virtual Reality (AVR) technology, solutions, and products to Morocco’s growing digital transformation of the academic, […]
US-based tech giant Microsoft Corp will launch this year two hubs in Nairobi and Lagos with an investment of over $100 million over five years as it seeks to partner with local talents and governments on the continent, Bloomberg reports. Microsoft will launch two hubs this year and plans to hire 100 workers at the […]
The latest UN resolution adopted by the Security Council on the Sahara means that the notions of “independence” or “self-determination referendum” are no longer feasible, underlined the Peruvian Solidarity Council with the so-called SADR, the polisario’s self-declared Sahrawi Republic, supported financially, militarily and diplomatically by Algeria. Resolution 2468, which extended the MINURSO mandate for another […]
Former star of FC Barcelona, AC Milan and the Brazilian selection, Ronaldinho Rivaldo, is on course to become the technical director of Chabab Mohammedia, a club of Morocco’s second division football league, the local club has said. “Rivaldo will sign his contract as technical director on June 9, during Ahmad Faras’s jubilee. Several former Barcelona […]
The Association of Friends of Morocco in Argentina (ASAMIMARG) has called on the international community to act to put an end to the hardships suffered by the Sahrawis sequestered in the Tindouf camps in Algeria. The Association, which includes academics, researchers, politicians, media professionals, economists and experts, denounced the Polisario brutal repression, abuse and ill-treatment […]
Bombardier plans to sell off its plant in Casablanca, which will go to an airplane manufacturer that will keep jobs as well as production, Minister for industry and investment Moulay Hafid Elalamy said. The new owner will be a sub-contractor that will continue to supply bombardier with jet parts, he said, citing Airbus, British JKN […]