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UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced Friday the appointment of Moroccan Najat Rochdi as UN Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon and resident and humanitarian coordinator in this country. Najat Rochdi brings more than 20 years of experience in the development and humanitarian aid sector and international coordination in conflict and post-conflict zones, notably through her last […]
King Mohammed VI received a phone call from Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Thursday June 19. A statement by the Royal Office said Sheikh Mohammed expressed to the Monarch hopes for a speedy recovery and wishes of good health. […]
Moroccan economy has so far shown resilience and agility in responding to the coronavirus pandemic making it one of the least impacted in the MENA region by the pandemic, MENA and Central Asia director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Jihad Azour said. “Morocco is one of the countries that knew how to efficiently manage […]
The Chinese government has excluded the polisario from the extraordinary China-Africa summit 2020, dealing a hard blow to the polisario and Algerian rulers who are disoriented and disheartened to see that all schemes hatched against Morocco’s territorial integrity are falling apart. Fearing to irk Beijing, Algerian President, Abdelmajid Tebboune did not utter a word on […]
Turkey is in talks with its ally, the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), to establish two military bases in Libya, reports say. An official Turkish source told Reuters that Ankara is mulling plans to take control of the Misrata naval base and of Al Watiya air base located south on the outskirt of capital […]
Morocco has expressed its rejection of all unilateral measures that could be taken by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories, whether in the West Bank or in Eastern Al-Quds. Addressing an emergency meeting of the OIC Executive Committee, held Wednesday, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said any Israeli annexation move would violate international law, undermine the […]
The Arab Monetary Fund has extended Morocco a new $211 million loan, within the framework of the Structural Adjustment Facility, to support a reform program in the public finance sector, the Arab financial institution announced in a statement released Friday. The loan agreement was signed on May 23 by Morocco’s Economy and Finance Minister Mohamed […]
The US has ramped up pressure on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to end the three-year old diplomatic feud with Qatar on grounds that the crisis generates revenues for embargo-hit Iran. The Trump administration is taking a new tack in trying to resolve a three-year-old Gulf crisis by pressing Saudi Arabia and the […]
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released a set of guidelines to help tourism sector emerge stronger and more sustainably from COVID-19. The guidelines highlight the need to act decisively, to restore confidence and, as UNWTO strengthens its partnership with Google, to embrace innovation and the digital transformation of global tourism. The new guidelines, […]
The Japanese House of Councilors on Wednesday adopted the agreement on non-double taxation signed between Morocco and Japan. The agreement was signed in Rabat on January 8 during the fifth session of the Morocco-Japan Joint Commission meeting. It is meant to avoid double taxation and to prevent tax evasion and fraud. It applies to persons […]