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The Marrakech International Film Festival has secured its place among the world’s premier cinematic events, American director and actor Sean Penn said on Tuesday in Marrakech. Sean Penn who is attending the ongoing 21st edition of the festival praised at a news conference the perfect organization of this global event as well as its impressive […]
Morocco and the US are projecting power in favor of regional peace and stability, sending a strong deterrence message to the sponsors of terrorism and separatism in North Africa and the wider Sahel. As the mighty aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman docks off Al Hoceima in Morocco’s Mediterranean waters, two B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers […]
Outgoing US president Joe Biden arrived in Angola on Monday (2 December) for his long-awaited inaugural presidential visit to the continent and also the first-ever visit by a sitting US head of state to the oil-rich southern African country. On his way to the African continent, Biden stopped in the Atlantic Ocean island nation of […]
Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld reiterated, on Monday, her country’s decision to suspend its recognition of the self-proclaimed “sadr” and emphasized the importance of the Autonomy Initiative for the Sahara region, proposed by Morocco in 2007. During a virtual meeting with her Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, Sommerfeld took the opportunity to reaffirm Ecuador’s decision, taken […]
The Colombian Government has formally apologized for the involvement of Colombian nationals serving as mercenaries within the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudan, a situation that has caused widespread concern. On December 1, during a meeting with Sudan’s Ambassador to Egypt, General Emad-Eddin Mustafa Adawi, Colombian Ambassador to Cairo, Ms. Anne Melania de Gaviria, […]
Only weeks before stepping down from the political stage, US president Joe Biden will visit Angola from 2-4 December in what will be his first trip to the African continent during his presidency. It’s not by chance that Angola was chosen to be among the US leader’s final international engagements before leaving office — “this […]
The prestigious 2024 MEDays Grand Prize was awarded, on Saturday in Tangier, to three eminent Caribbean leaders: the Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, and the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Philip Joseph Pierre. Awarded at the closing ceremony of the 16th MEDays Forum, this […]
The Government of Grenada has reiterated unwavering support to the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty, saying the plan is the ONLY “credible, serious and realistic solution” to the Sahara regional dispute. The supportive stand was expressed by Prime Minister of this Caribbean country Dickon Mitchell following his talks […]
The Forum of Presidents of Legislative Powers of Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico (FOPREL) lauded on Wednesday in Rabat the Royal Atlantic Initiative launched by King Mohammed VI and his move to promote access of Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean. Under the terms of a decision adopted unanimously following its 30th extraordinary session, […]
The United States has demonstrated its defense and security commitment to Morocco through joint military training, proving U.S. long-range strike capabilities and standing with the North African Kingdom, an ally and strategic partner, against regional threats. U.S. Africa Command, supported by U.S. Strategic Command, conducted lately a training with the Moroccan military at Aoreora Range […]