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Moroccan diplomacy is deeply attached to a rules-based international order where multilateralism is key, said Minister in charge of African cooperation Mohcine Jazouli. The Kingdom continues to adhere to the founding principles of the Non-Aligned Movement for an international system permeated by solidarity, justice and multilateralism, Jazouli said at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Baku, […]
Morocco sent a high-level delegation led by head of the government to the Russia-Africa summit in Sotchi, reflecting the Kingdom’s commitment to attracting investments to the continent and its potential to act as a gateway for Russian businesses that seek opportunities in Africa, said Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Morocco’s participation in the summit is part […]
Nigeria Wednesday signed up for 12 Russia-made military helicopters to be used in the fight against Boko Haram, an Islamic State-linked insurgency giving headache to Abuja since 2009. Under the deal, Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) will deliver 12 Mi-35 helicopters to Nigeria. The FSVTS did not reveal the value of the deal, […]
Morocco’s MYA Energy, Russian Development Bank and Russia’s export center agreed to build a 2 billion euro refiner with an initial 100,000 barrel per day capacity in northern Morocco. The refinery is designed to reach a target of 200,000 barrels per day and will offer thousands of jobs to locals, MAP news agency said. Citing […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday launched the first ever Russia-Africa summit and pledged influence-free relations with the continent that struggles to get rid of American, European and Chinese interferences. Some 43 African heads of state and government, including Morocco’s Saad Eddine El Othmani, have flocked to Sochi for the two-day Russia-Africa summit this October 23-24. […]
The United Kingdom Tuesday lifted travel restrictions to Egypt’s Red Sea Sharm el-Sheikh resort, four years after the Islamic State group (ISIS) brought down a Russian passenger jet. British authorities in 2015 imposed ban on flights to and from the resort city in reaction to the downing of the aircraft shortly after takeoff. The jet […]
The Russia-Africa Economic Forum will host a panel discussion themed “Contribution of Nuclear Technologies in the Development of Africa,” organizers of the event announced. Sochi will host the Russia–Africa Economic Forum alongside the Summit on October 23-24. The Forum will be attended by African heads of state, representatives of Russian, African, and international business and […]
The German justice Monday began in Hamburg the trial of three Iraqi men charged of plotting terror attacks against non-Muslim believers. The defendants were arrested in January in the northwestern state of Schleswig-Holstein. The prosecution charged two of them, both aged 23, for trying to manufacture explosives using black powder from firework. The third, aged […]
The Moroccan embassy said it closed its office in Beirut on the backdrop of continuing mass protests over economic and political problems in Lebanon. The embassy announced its closure on social media after setting up a crisis cell to help Moroccan nationals in Lebanon. Anger at political elites has engulfed Lebanon as hundreds of thousands […]
The UNESCO will organize October 28-31 in Morocco’s capital city Rabat a symposium on the sustainable management of water resources, called the Open Water Symposium. The symposium on water resource management responds to the problem of water stress faced by African and Middle Eastern countries. The use of software to manage irrigation, wastewater treatment and […]