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Morocco will take part in the meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS due in Washington on Feb. 6. Delegates of 79 countries of the coalition will discuss the impending territorial defeat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, which is the result of four years of Coalition and partners’ joint efforts, and a significant […]
The Moroccan and Algerian armies will both take part at the US-led Flintlock 2019 military games in Burkina Faso and Mauritania from February 18 to March 1, 2019. The two North African rivals have closed borders since 1994 with Algeria backing a separatist front that waged a war against Morocco until 1991. More than 2,000 […]
Colombia has reaffirmed its support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, and reiterated its position in favor of a “political, fair and lasting” solution to the Sahara issue, on the basis of the Moroccan autonomy plan. This came during the talks a visiting delegation of Colombian senators held with Moroccan officials in Rabat this week. “We reiterate […]
US intelligence agencies have warned against the persistent worldwide threat posed by the terror groups and Al Qaeda. During a Senate hearing, Director of National Intelligence Daniel R. Coats said ISIS still commands thousands of fighters in Iraq and Syria, and it maintains eight branches, more than a dozen networks, and thousands of dispersed supporters […]
Venezuela will reconsider in all likelihood its recognition of the Polisario separatist group under the administration of interim President Juan Guaido. Actually, Juan Guaido expressed his will to relaunch, on sound and serene bases, the relations of cooperation between Morocco and Venezuela, and to remove the obstacles, which could hamper their evolution. Juan Guaido expressed […]
The US Congress has included the Sahara into its aid program to Morocco in a move that translates the US administration’s recognition of the North African country’s sovereignty over the land. The decision means a victory for Morocco, comments local Al Massae daily, which notes that the decision was made possible thanks to the Democrats […]
The Venezuelan government, led by interim President Juan Guaido, will endeavor to restore diplomatic relations with Morocco, which were suspended under the regime of Nicolas Maduro, said Monday in Caracas Manuel Avendano, Foreign Affairs Consultant to the Venezuelan National Assembly (Parliament), the only body controlled by the opposition. “We want to restore our relations with […]
Morocco will play a friendly match on March 26 against Argentina in the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in the Moroccan capital, Rabat. Argentina-led by its super-star Lionel Messi will lock horns with the Atlas Lions of Morocco on March 26 as part of Morocco’s preparation for the African Cup of Nations, to take in place […]
African-focused start-up Andela has raised $100m in a tour in United States, led by Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management. Andela, founded in 2013 to train African software developers and help them get hired by global companies, said it would use the most recent cash injection to expand the business and improve its internal data tools […]
Only few days after the diplomatic victory scored by Rabat with the adoption by the European Parliament with a large majority of the Morocco-EU Farm Agreement that covers the Sahara, the U.S. Congress dropped a House text included in the 2019 draft Appropriation Bill, which excluded the Sahara from the U.S. financial aid to Morocco. […]