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Morocco and the United States have signed the fourth cooperation action plan in the fields of environment and sustainable development, covering the 2024-2027 period. The plan, initialed in Rabat on Wednesday by Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, and the US Ambassador to Morocco, Puneet Talwar, aims to bolster the two parties’ […]
Moroccan Rabha El Haymar has been awarded US International Women of Courage Award 2024 for her successful efforts made to gain recognition of her traditional marriage to spare her daughter a life of marginalization and discrimination as an undocumented child. Ms. Rabha has navigated her country’s legal system thanks to a recourse provided by Morocco’s […]
State Magazine, the U.S. State Department Magazine, has highlighted, in its March issue, the “enduring, multifaceted and long-standing” partnership between the United States and Morocco. The March issue of State Magazine devotes its “Post of the Month” section to Morocco and its strategic partnership with the United States. It recalls the recognition in 2020 by […]
Canada’s Shimco, a manufacturer serving the global aerospace supply chain, said it plans to have a plant in Morocco. A deal was signed to that end with Morocco’s industrial hub Midparc to join a constellation of global aeronautical suppliers in Nouacauer industrial zone in Casablanca. Speaking at the signing ceremony, attended by Moroccan industry minister, […]
Chad’s Prime Minister, Succès Masra, has commended, in Washington, the Initiative of King Mohammed VI aimed at promoting access of the Sahel States to the Atlantic Ocean, deeming it “very relevant”. Speaking during a round table held by the U.S think tank The Atlantic Council, Succès Masra, who is on an official visit to the […]
The U.S. Department of State and the Embassy of Morocco in Washington jointly organized a briefing on the latest developments in the Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation. The Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation was launched in September 2023, as a multilateral forum heralding a new era in regional cooperation, where Morocco stands out as a founding member […]
Morocco stands as a “beacon of security and cooperation in the region”, U.S. Marine Corps General Michael Langley, AFRICOM Commander, said Wednesday in Rabat. “It is an honor to have been hosted by a nation that stands as a beacon of security and cooperation in the region”, the US military official told the press following […]
Defense cooperation and shared security interests between Morocco and the United States were at the focus of a meeting in Rabat Wednesday between Minister in charge of National Defense Administration, Abdeltif Loudyi, and Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, AFRICOM Commander, who is visiting Morocco. Talks also discussed the potential to further strengthen Morocco-US partnership and […]
The United States, the United Kingdom and Spain have issued security alerts, warning their citizens residing in or visiting Algeria against any travel to the city of Tindouf or the surrounding Polisario-controlled camps. The travel warnings came amid ongoing demonstrations organized by young Sahrawis in the city and its surroundings against the Polisario and Algerian […]
Participants at the Parliamentary Conference on South-South Cooperation held in Rabat Feb.15-16, commended the international initiative of King Mohammed VI aimed at promoting access of Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean. “We commend and welcome the international initiative of His Majesty King Mohammed VI aimed at promoting access of Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean, […]