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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 […]
Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers giant OCP signed a deal with USAID to work on joint projects focusing on African agricultural development. The agreement was signed during a visit to University Mohammed VI Polytechnic by Samantha Power, USAID Administrator. Under the deal, the two parties will work on a project dubbed “Space to Place” that will […]
Atlantic prosperity requires structural integration between South countries and their international partners, said on Friday Morocco’s ambassador to the United States, Youssef Amrani, adding that “connectivity is the path that will take us there for sure”. The diplomat made the remarks while speaking during a high-level panel discussion held in Washington by the U.S. think […]