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Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc said it will resume direct flights linking Casablanca and Beijing starting 20 January 2025, and will launch Casablanca-Toronto route on 8 December this year. The airline will operate three flights weekly between Morocco and China, after nearly a five-year halt suspension due to the Covid 19 pandemic. RAM will […]
Morocco is strengthening its military cooperation with the United States and western allies in electromagnetic warfare through “Arcane Thunder 24” exercise which is taking place in the North African Kingdom and Germany this August 5 through 16. A press release issued by U.S. Army Europe/Africa Command says this multi-domain exercise is designed to reinforce strong […]
Newsweek has described Morocco’s strategy to enhance its high-speed rail network by 2040, as “ambitious”, noting that this strategy positions the Kingdom to extend its lead as Africa’s leader in rail. Morocco already has Africa’s only operational high-speed rail line and is intent on expanding and modernizing the network, the magazine stated, noting that this […]
The US and Ghana launched Africa’s first nuclear energy training center open to all African countries considering nuclear in their electricity mix, the US Department of energy said. Ghana and the United States are part of broader pledge to triple global nuclear energy capacity by 2050. To further that goal, the U.S. Department of Energy […]
Morocco football team advanced on Friday to the semi-finals of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after beating USA 4-0 at the Stade de France. Soufiane Rahimi opened the score for the Atlas Lions in the 29th-minute after a penalty kick. Ilias Akhomach added a second from close range at the 63 minutes before captain and […]
Morocco now has the full support for its sovereignty over the Sahara territory by two permanent security council members: The US and France. This support would set the direction for UN efforts to peacefully settle the long-frozen Sahara conflict on the basis of autonomy. The UN Security Council resolutions have been welcoming Morocco’s 2007 autonomy […]
African ministers of trade attending the 21st African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum held in Washington D.C. last week have urged the US government to do away with the AGOA’s annual reviews and expressed the importance of an expeditious renewal of the legislation by the end of 2024. With AGOA expiring in 14 months, […]
The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has commended the leadership of King Mohammed VI in the region and welcomed the “remarkable progress” achieved in the partnership between the United States and Morocco. “The past twenty-five years has been a period of remarkable progress in our relations, and our partnership is stronger and more prosperous […]
Morocco’s Olympic football squad stunned Argentina 2-1 in a match that was marred by referral dysfunctions. Morocco opened the score and led the match 2-0, before Argentina netted a goal and was struggling for an equalizer. Argentina could only score in the 16th minutes of a scheduled 15-minute injury time, leading many observers to raise […]
Gen. Michael Langley, Chief of U.S. Africa Command, travelled on Tuesday to Algeria and met with army chief Said Chengriha and President Abdelmajid Tebboune amidst intelligence reports warning against Iranian weapons delivered recently to Algeria-backed Polisario militias. According to experts, these weapons pose a direct threat to American interests in the region and to Morocco, […]