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The Japanese Government and the UN Development Program (UNDP) are backing a project to combat online radicalization of youth in Morocco. The one-year-long project, launched Thursday in Rabat, by the Rabita Mohammadia of Ulema, is meant to counter hate speech and raise awareness among young people to the contingency dangers of the Internet and […]
Jordan plans to open a consulate in Laayoune, the largest city in the Moroccan Sahara, amid a growing support for Morocco at the Arab and African levels. The decision was announced by King Abdullah II of Jordan during phone talks with King Mohammed VI Thursday, the Moroccan Royal Office said in a statement. […]
Russia has urged a halt of hostilities in the Sahara and stressed on the need for a political solution, after the Algeria-backed Polisario announced unilaterally that it will continue to violate a UN-brokered ceasefire. The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces have carried out an operation to clear Morocco’s only road link with the rest of Africa […]
Morocco’s export association, ASMEX, has inked a deal with Center for Standardization and Certification under the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation and the Eurasian Development Fund aiming at selling Moroccan halal products in Russia. The deal, struck late last week, is spurred by emerging opportunities provided by the covid-19 pandemic, aujourd’hui.ma reports […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the draft agreement between his country and Sudan for the establishment of a Russian naval base on the shores of the African country. The draft deal was announced last week and waited for the Russian leader’s stamp. The base will be Russia’s first ever full military presence in Africa […]
The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, has welcomed the decisions taken by King Mohammed VI to restore the situation in the region of Guerguarat in the Moroccan Sahara and hailed the positive results of these decisions which allowed to reopen the crossing point between Morocco and Mauritania and restore the safe movement […]
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres deplored that his efforts to avoid escalation in Guerguarat have failed and vowed that the UN will work to maintain the ceasefire. In a response by his spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, Guterres said he “remains committed to avoid the collapse of the ceasefire.” Morocco said its army managed to set […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied will travel Saturday to Qatar for a three-day visit, his office said Wednesday. The visit is taking place amid difficult economic conditions in the North African country whose economy has been severely affected by the pandemic. Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said the pandemic cost the country $2.9 billion in losses. […]
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita has called for the development of a multidimensional and unified approach to address the common challenges facing Arab countries and the European Union (EU). Bourita made his remarks in a speech he delivered before the fifth Arab League-EU Summit that took place on a digital form, November 9-10, under […]
Senior Palestinian official and key member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr Saeb Erekat, has passed away from COVID-19, said Palestinian party Fatah. He was 65. Erekat died at Israel’s Hadassah-University Medical Center where he was receiving intensive care. The familiar face in Palestinian politics for 40 years and veteran peace negotiator […]