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The Moroccan Sahara has become a magnet for investors in ports, infrastructure, energy and tourism thanks to a propitious business climate and the Kingdom’s effort to ensure global support for its sovereignty over the territory, Bloomberg wrote. “A $1.2 billion project, Dakhla Atlantic Port, is transforming a desert area into a crucial trade link, connecting […]
Thanks to its strategic alliance sealed with Washington, Beijing, and Brussels, Morocco has become an important partner in global trade and the new geopolitical shifts taking place in the world. In an analysis published Wednesday on Morocco’s rising economic power, The New York Times recalled the brief visit paid latest November to Morocco by Xi […]
A delegation of Moroccan legal experts has pleaded, before the 29th World Law Congress in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, for the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan for the Sahara, describing the plan as a credible, realistic, and lawful settlement to the long-standing territorial dispute over the Sahara. The delegation members also highlighted the Kingdom’s strategic approach in […]
Congo and Rwanda have submitted a draft peace proposal as part of U.S.-led negotiations aimed at ending the conflict in resource-rich eastern Congo, according to U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Africa and the Middle East, Massad Boulos. Boulos welcomed the draft text on social media, calling it “an important step,” though details of […]
Princess Lalla Asmaa, President of the Lalla Asmaa Foundation, on Friday visited Washington’s Gallaudet University, the only institution worldwide solely dedicated to the education of the deaf and hard of hearing from early childhood up to PhD level. The visit highlighted by the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Gallaudet University and the Lalla […]
The President of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen), Carlos René Hernandez, said a recent visit to Laayoune has reaffirmed the bloc’s support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and its sovereignty over all its territories. Hernandez, who led a Parlacen delegation to Morocco in mid-April, said, on the sidelines of Parlacen’s General Assembly in Santo Domingo, that […]
Morocco hosted NATO’s Regional Endeavor 2025 to strengthen further regional cooperation, dialogue and interoperability between NATO partners for peace and stability. Organized by Allied Joint Force Command Naples (JFC Naples) and hosted by the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces from 28 April to 2 May, the event was opened by Brigadier Aziz Idrissi Yazani, head of […]
The strategic Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project, recently rebranded as the Atlantic Africa Pipeline, is attracting significant international interest, with both the United States and China vying for involvement in the $25 billion venture. During the IMF and World Bank Spring 2025 meetings in Washington, Nigerian Finance Minister Wale Edun revealed growing American interest in the […]
President of the Colombian Congress (Upper House of the Parliament), Efraín José Cepeda Sarabia, reiterated the support of the Colombian Parliament to Morocco’s territorial integrity. “I would like to reiterate that the Parliament, as a legitimate representative of the Colombian people, supports the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Morocco and rejects the ill-advised position […]
Airbus, the world’s biggest plane-maker, confirmed this Monday the acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems industrial assets dedicated to its commercial aircraft programs including the Casablanca production site. Under terms of the agreement signed between the two parties, Airbus will take ownership of the facilities that produce fuselage sections, wings, and other components. The deal includes the […]