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US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East and key official in the US administration so called “deal of the century” purported to settle the Israel-Palestine conflict has announced his resignation few days before the White House unveils its roadmap. President Trump himself on Twitter announced Jason Greenblatt’s resignation which will be […]
Tosyali Holding, one of the world’s leading steel giants, has announced it will open an economic zone in Senegal, the second African country to offer investment opportunities for the Turkish company after Algeria. Fuat Tosyalı, Chairman of the Turkish steel producer, made the announcement last week on the sideline of the 7th Tokyo International Conference […]
Global automotive parts supplier Yazaki is planning to open a new plant in Morocco in January 2020. This plant, Yazaki’s fourth in the kingdom, will be set up in Kenitra, some 40 km to the north of Rabat, and will start operating in January 2020, says L’Economiste daily. The facility will employ 2,500 people, bringing […]
Turkish writer Mohamed Kaddo Afendi Oglu, an expert in Arab-Turkish relations, has confirmed the connections of the Polisario with terror networks threatening the Sahara-Sahel region’s peace and stability. The Turkish writer reached the same conclusion as many pundits and as the Wall Street Journal, which has sounded lately the alarm bell against the dangers […]
Japan’s car company Toyota will soon set up a car assembly plant in Côte d’Ivoire. This is the purpose of an agreement the company signed Thursday August 29 in Yokohama, Japan, with the Ivorian government. The document was signed by the Ivorian transport minister, Amadou Koné, and the CEO of Toyota, Ichiro Kashitani, on the […]
Two of Morocco’s leading banking groups, Banque Centrale Populaire and Attijariwafa Bank, have signed partnership agreements with Japanese banking institutions, on the sidelines of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-VII), currently held in Yokohama. Thus, Banque Centrale Populaire, BCP, and Japan’s second largest banking group Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) signed, on […]
Japan has lately repeated once and again that it does not recognize the SADR, self-proclaimed by the Algeria-backed Polisario. Eager to make its position on the Sahara conflict heard by the international community, especially African leaders, Japan on Wednesday reiterated its official position: non-recognition of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Actually, Japan’s Foreign […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday said his country will offer enhanced trade insurance to boost private sector investment in Africa. Abe made the statement at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development opened in Yokohama on Wednesday. The meeting attended by a few dozen African leaders and representatives of […]
Over twenty African leaders are participating in the seventh edition of the Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD) summit that opened proceedings Wednesday in Yokohama, Japan. The summit, held under the topic “Advancing Africa’s Development through People, Technology and Innovation” is attended by more than 4,500 delegates. Morocco is represented at the event by […]
Morocco looks forward to joining as an observer member the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, a transnational consultative body gathering over 300 deputies from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The move was unveiled Monday in Bangkok by Speaker of the House of Representatives Habib El Malki during his participation at the 40th General Assembly of the […]