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King Mohammed VI and King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa held talks in Rabat Thursday. King Hamad is on a private visit to Morocco, reports MAP, without disclosing the contents of talks. On Wednesday, Bahraini Foreign minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa held a meeting in Rabat with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. He […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will begin an African tour on January 26, Ankara said in a statement. After a two-day visit to Algeria, Erdogan will travel to the Gambia and Senegal, where he will discuss economic cooperation and other bilateral issues with Gambian and Senegalese Presidents Adama Barrow and Macky Sall. Erdogan’s talks with […]
Lebanese took to streets Tuesday in several cities to reject the cabinet of Prime Minister Hassan Diab formed following months-long political turmoil, triggered by economic hardship and public outcry against corruption. President Michel Aoun Tuesday vented the 20-minister cabinet tasked to end the country’s worst economic crisis in recent history. Diab, former education minister and […]
The Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and services company Huawei is ready to cooperate with its Moroccan partners to launch the 5G network, Huawei vice-president for North-Africa, Philippe Wang, said Monday in Beijing. Philippe Wang who was talking to a Moroccan delegation on a visit to a Huawei service center in Beijing said his company was […]
Office chérifien des phosphates (OCP), Morocco’s phosphate group, will soon open a fertilizer company in Romania in conjunction with Al Dahra, an Emirati multinational agribusiness group, reports say. OCP and al Dahra will set up South East European Fertilizer Company (SEEFCO) with a capital estimated at $5 billion. The Moroccan government’s approval of the operation, […]
The Turkish General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA) will carry out mineral exploration activities in Niger under a cooperation agreement between the two countries signed Monday. Exploration activities will take place in the West African country’s geochemistry, geophysics and drilling projects, said Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez who signed the agreement […]
The biggest city in the Sahara, southern Morocco, will be a venue on February 22 of a meeting bringing together foreign ministers of Morocco and 12 pacific countries. The meeting ushers a new era of support for Morocco’s territorial sovereignty, Foreign minister said after announcing the event. The participating countries will explore means to boost […]
Egypt’s police raided the Cairo office of Anadolu news agency, AA, and arrested four staff members amid growing tensions between the two countries. AA in a statement said security forces stormed the office on Tuesday evening, cut off the internet and shut down the security camera. On Wednesday, they seized the staff passports, mobile phones, […]
Morocco’s trade minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy said that the Kingdom and Turkey have started negotiations to review some provisions to make their Free Trade Agreement more balanced. He said Morocco loses 2 billion dollars annually in trade with Turkey, adding that the two parties have agreed to reconsider the agreement in order to make it […]
Korean HANDS Corporation, aluminum wheel manufacturer, opened on Tuesday a plant in Tangier, its first production site in Africa, enhancing Morocco’s automotive cluster, which is attracting a growing number of investors in this highly competitive industry. The Korean group has invested over €400 million in its Moroccan factory to create up to 1600 jobs. […]