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Turkish-born citizen and leader of the South Africa National Democratic Movement (SANDM), Mehmet Vefa Dag, is seeking to sit at the helm of the country in May presidential elections, to become the first South African citizen of foreign origin to lead the most powerful African nation. The Cape Town-based politician’s party has entered into coalition […]
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has hailed the sustained efforts made by King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, in defending the holy sites of Islam in Al-Quds Al-Sharif against Israeli attempts to Judaize the holy city. In the resolutions adopted Saturday in Abu Dhabi at the end of the 46th session of […]
Draft strategies to combat terrorism and narcotics in the Arab world were adopted by the Arab interior ministers at the 36th meeting of their Council convened this weekend in Tunis. Morocco took part in the Tunis meeting with a delegation led by Interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit. In his speech made before his Arab peers, Mr. […]
The 7th joint Tunisian-Qatari High Commission highlighted Saturday by the signing of ten Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) covering many areas, with focus on maritime cooperation. The agreements, signed by Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and Qatar’s interior minister Cheikh Abdallah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, cover many areas including transport, youth, sport, tourism, culture, […]
Chinese and South Sudanese officials last weekend emphasized their commitment to resuming and increasing production at South Sudanese oilfields and protecting the environment. The commitments were made during meetings between executives of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and visiting Minister of Petroleum of South Sudan, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth. The meetings discussed issues ranging from […]
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will convene its 44th annual meeting in Marrakech April 3-6 to discuss challenges and explore opportunities facing IsDB Group member countries. The announcement of the venue was made Thursday by Moroccan Minister of Economy & Finance Mohamed Benchaaboun during the Public-Private Partnerships Forum 2019 organized by the IsDB in Rabat. […]
Egyptian authorities Thursday handed over to Hamas four of its fighters kidnapped three years ago at Rafah crossing point. The Palestinian movement announced the release of the four officers, believed to be members of the group’s naval commando forces. The men were kidnapped from a bus at the crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday pledged to increase trade volume with Chad by 40 percent from the current $60 million to $100 million, as part of plans to bolster ties between the two countries. President Erdogan made the statement on receiving visiting Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno in Ankara, state-run news agency Anadolu reports. […]
Morocco’s first sugar refinery Cosumar confirmed that production in its new refinery in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, will start by the end of 2019, as planned. The confirmation was made by the firm’s CEO Mohammed Fikrat in a statement to the media Tuesday, in Casablanca. The establishment of the new white sugar refinery, named Durrah sugar […]
Varroc Lighting Systems opened Tuesday a greenfield 17,000-square meter facility in Tangier, Morocco. The facility produces headlamps, rear lamps, and daytime running lamps for current and future customers located in Morocco, Spain, and France. Speaking on this occasion, Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy, said the opening of this plant […]