First Independent Mena Newspaper
The combined Moroccan-American exercise “African Lion 2024” wrapped up on Friday at Cap Draa (north of Tan-Tan), with air and ground military maneuvers involving units from the Moroccan and US armed forces. During the maneuvers, which took place in the presence of Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces and Commander of the South Zone, […]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres honored two peacekeepers from the Royal Armed Forces during the annual ceremony paying tribute to the memory of civilian and uniformed personnel who died in UN peacekeeping operations in 2023. The ceremony coincided with the commemoration on May 29 of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, an occasion to […]
King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, has awarded Royal wissams to US senior military officials. The Royal wissams were awarded at a ceremony held at the headquarters of the South Zone General Staff in Agadir on Thursday to Army General Michael Langley, Commander of the US […]
A slew of new peace initiatives have been put forward to end the armed conflict in Sudan, including by the United States and Egypt. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday (28 May) held a phone call with Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to find ways to “urgently end the conflict in Sudan and […]
A high-level delegation from the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and the US Army on Wednesday visited the medical-surgical field hospital deployed in Akka municipality, province of Tata. Upon their arrival, members of the delegation led by FAR Inspector General and Commander of the Southern Zone, Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, and U.S. […]
In a major step towards strengthening Morocco’s aerospace industry, Pratt & Whitney Canada, part of the RTX Group, held earlier this week a groundbreaking ceremony for its new facility in the Kingdom, known as Pratt & Whitney Morocco (PWM), in the mid-park area in Casablanca. This new 12,000 square metre facility marks a milestone for […]
Morocco is ready to promote its startup ecosystem to a higher level, coordinator of the US Prosper Africa initiative, British A. Robinson, said Tuesday in Marrakech. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Morocco-USA Venture Capital Forum (May 27-28), Robinson underlined that Morocco boasts a startup ecosystem that is increasingly dynamic and innovative, and has […]
Marrakech hosted on Monday and Tuesday a Morocco-USA Venture Capital Forum, organized by the United States Embassy in Rabat, in collaboration with the US government initiative “Prosper Africa”. The forum, the first of its kind between the two countries on venture capital, brought together 25 of the most promising startups in the North African Kingdom. […]
The Gambia has announced its accession as a new member of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The Gambia announced its endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative in a letter Gambian Foreign Minister addressed to his Moroccan peer, Nasser Bourita. Morocco and the United States of America welcome this decision, which marks a significant step forward […]
As part of the parallel humanitarian activities of the combined Moroccan-American exercise “African Lion 2024”, a field medical-surgical hospital has been set-up in the municipality of Akka, in the province of Tata. This multidisciplinary health structure, mobilizing medical teams made up of doctors and nurses from the Moroccan and US Armies, offers medical-surgical and social […]