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The government of South Korea has excluded the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group from the list of invitees to the 2024 Korea-Africa summit, dealing another hard blow to the Algerian regime. According to diplomatic sources, Morocco has been invited to take part in the event by Seoul which has affirmed that ONLY sovereign African states recognized […]
A senior Israeli official on Wednesday evening rubbished a report by local media earlier in the day claiming that Israel is “in talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo” and other nations to discuss the possibility of relocating thousands of Gazans to these countries, Times of Israel reports. “There are those in Israel who think […]
United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Congo have sealed a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement that is expected to reduce or eliminate tariffs, remove unnecessary trade barriers, and improve market access. Thani Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Trade announced the deal on X, former Twitter. “The breadth of the UAE’s trade network continues to broaden as we […]
Moroccan Mohamed Zaouin, from Souss-Massa’s Education and Training Academy, stands among the winners of the competition organized by the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) for young people in the creation of digital content for learning Arabic. Zaouin, honored for his smartphone app Boustan Al Arabia, secured the third position in this competition, […]
Fresh allegation has resurfaced in Nigeria that Chinese firms operating in the West African country employ prisoners from China, but although the validity of the rumor is questionable, the presence of large numbers of Chinese workers laboring on infrastructure projects built by Chinese companies is one of the most controversial aspects of China’s economic engagement […]
East African countries have been hit hard by higher freight costs and longer cargo delivery time, as Yemen’s Houthi rebels step up attacks on ships traveling through the Red Sea to the western end of the Indian Ocean. Ports in Kenya and other East African ports should expect slower business in the immediate future as […]
Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan are putting the final touches to start operations on the first stage of the Arab Trade Line, the first-ever shipping/logistics line connecting several countries from the Arab Gulf to Egypt on the way to European and American ports, Ahram Online reports. Work is underway to build the Taba–Arish trade/logistics railway corridor, […]
Morocco and Indonesia signed, Friday, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic partnership between the two countries. The MoU was signed following talks in Rabat between Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, and his Indonesian peer, Retno Marsudi. The MoU aims to diversify and expand cooperation areas, notably in matters of security […]
The Russia-Arab cooperation forum in Marrakech urged full respect of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states and urged non-interference in domestic issues. This came in the final statement of the forum, attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and hosted by his Moroccan peer Nasser Boourita. Several states in the region struggle with the […]
The Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum, held in Marrakech at the foreign ministers’ level, welcomed the key role played by King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al Quds committee, in safeguarding the city of Jerusalem and supporting its people. The forum “supports the role of the presidency of the Jerusalem Committee and its efforts to counter the practices […]