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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 […]
Morocco and Jordan are exploring ways of enhancing further their cooperation in the sectors of energy and mining, one of the main pillars of the two countries’ economies. A at meeting held Monday in Amman between Moroccan Minister of Energy & Mines Aziz Rabbah and Head of Jordan’s Minerals Regulatory Commission Farouq Hiyari, the two […]
Japan was the latest in a series of global powers that strongly reiterated their rejection of the Algerian-backed separatism in southern Morocco. The Japanese stance on the Sahara issue was expressed by Middle East and North Africa director at the foreign ministry Katsuhiko Takahashi who reaffirmed his country’s non-recognition of the Polisario self-declared SADR republic, […]
Bayt Mal Al Quds agency, an offshoot of the OIC, issued a report covering two-decades of King Mohammed VI leadership at the head of the agency in championing the rights of Al Quds inhabitants and the sacred character of the holy city revered by Muslims, Christians and Jews. The 131-page report highlights the achievements […]
Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan received, Thursday, in Rabat, the children from the holy city of Al Quds who are taking part in the 12th edition of the Summer Camps organized in Morocco by Bayt Mal Al-Quds Agency under the patronage of King Mohammed VI, President of the Al-Quds Committee. Fifty Palestinian children aged between […]
Qatar national carrier will launch in the autumn its first flights to Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, becoming the first non-African airline to fly passengers in and out the Southern African country, Simple Flying reports. The inaugural flight will take place October 27th, via Johannesburg, South Africa. The airline will run three weekly flights, Sundays, Wednesdays […]
The creation of a Chinese-Moroccan center of traditional medicine was at center of talks held this weekend in Shanghai between Moroccan health minister Anas Doukkali and Chinese officials. The center will be set up in Casablanca. It will offer traditional medical treatments, training and the possibility to carry out scientific research. This center, […]
Japanese electrical and industrial automation company Yokogawa opened its African subsidiary in Casablanca in a bid to expand in Morocco and the continent. In Morocco, the company targets industrial clients in the fields of energy and chemical, pharmaceutical, agri-food industries as well as waste and sewage water treatment. The group generates a turnover […]