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Morocco’s foreign ministry voiced satisfaction with the support expressed by the US for a political solution to the Sahara issue based on the autonomy proposal under the Kingdom’s sovereignty. In a statement issued Friday following the adoption by the Congress of the US 2017 appropriation bill, the foreign ministry “welcomed the provisions relating to the […]
Morocco’s mobile phone operator INWI has inked a deal with Intelsat to integrate services from its 35e satellite in its network in a bid to gain competitive edge in local market. The move comes after INWI got a VSAT license from Morocco’s National Agency of Telecommunications Regulation (ANRT). The Moroccan mobile phone operator is also […]
After it restored diplomatic ties with Cuba, Morocco is preparing for the opening of an embassy in Havana, a diplomatic source told the Moroccan news website le360.ma. “Morocco will soon open an embassy in Cuba,” the source said, adding that the kingdom has voiced support for lifting the US-imposed economic embargo on Cuba. Morocco’s stance […]
Morocco and Cuba have ushered a new era by restoring their diplomatic ties and turning the page of 37 years of severance on the backdrop of Havana’s alignment on the Polisario separatist thesis. The re-establishment of diplomatic ties was announced following a meeting between the heads of the permanent missions of the two countries at […]
Morocco has been described as the country “least affected” by terrorism in North Africa and the Sahel with zero attacks reported in 2016 said the annual study dubbed: “Terrorism in North Africa and the Sahel in 2016”, issued by the Inter-University Centre on Terrorism Studies (IUCTS) and the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. “During 2016, […]
President Trump’s foreign policy adviser Walid Phares has warned against attempts by Tunisian Islamists and their Tripoli-based counterparts to bring down President Caid Essebsi’s democratically elected regime. The US official and Trump’s right-hand man for the Middle East indicated on his facebook page that Washington received intelligence that Tunisian Islamists are colliding with their Libyan […]
Moroccan military capabilities will be enhanced with 317 AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missiles to be supplied by the American defense company Raytheon, according to press reports. The contract awarded to Raytheon also includes 199 Block II captive air-training missiles to be used during military exercises. Sidewinder missiles are infrared-tracking weapons used for short-range air-to-air and […]
The US defense department once again sounded the alarm over Moscow’s growing interest in Libya, indicating that ties between Russians and head of the Libyan National Army Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar is evident. After Syria, Moscow and Washington have engaged in another diplomatic showdown in the North African country. General Thomas Tom Waldhauser, who heads […]
Department of State’s Report Lauds Morocco’s Efforts to Guarantee Civil Liberties The U.S. Department of State’s 2016 Country Report on Human Rights Practices highlights the efforts led by Moroccan authorities to uphold civil liberties. The annual report highlighted Morocco’s commitment to guarantee the freedom of speech and the press noting that “in July the parliament […]
Azzedine Soufiane, a Canadian citizen from Moroccan origin has been identified among the six victims of the terrorist attack that targeted a mosque in Quebec City on Sunday evening. Details of the dead and the injured have emerged. Quebec City police released the names and ages of the victims of the fatal shooting. Soufiane, aged […]