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Moroccan-Spanish cooperation in the fight against terrorism, organized crime, and cybercrime was at the focus of talks held this Friday in Agadir by Director General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and Director-General of the Spanish national police, Francisco Pardo Piqueras. The Spanish official who is leading a delegation of the national […]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) presented its latest artificial intelligence readiness assessment report for Morocco at a national conference on AI development in the Kingdom held in Rabat on Friday. The report, result of close collaboration between the Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform and UNESCO, covers various aspects of […]
Spain issued its third warning in a row asking its citizens not to visit the Tindouf camps, where Algeria has abandoned thousands of Sahrawis to the mercy of a separatist militia, the Polisario, that trades in their suffering. The warning was issued by the Spanish foreign ministry in a context marked by increasing Jihadist and […]
The EU and the US have denounced Tunisian government following the recent spate of arrests of lawyers, journalists and opposition politicians. The EU said it was concerned with the arbitrary arrests, after France 24 filmed live the arrest of lawyers Mahdi Zagrouba and Sonia Dahmani, who were seeking refuge in the Bar association in Tunis. […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) expects Morocco’s economic growth to reach 3 per cent in 2024, before rising to 3.6 per cent in 2025, supported by a recovery in external demand and government investment. Following a slowdown in 2022, the country GDP growth picked up to 3.2 % in 2023, driven by […]
The Royal Initiative for the Atlantic was highlighted at a conference at Belgrade’s Faculty of Diplomacy and Security, on the theme “Priorities and ambitions of Moroccan diplomacy – Case study: the Royal Initiative for Atlantic Morocco”. During this meeting, Morocco’s ambassador to Serbia, Mohamed Belhaj, stressed that the Royal Atlantic Initiative was of great strategic […]
Morocco’s tourist arrivals are expected to reach 16.8 million in 2024 against the 14.5 million recorded in 2023, says Fitch Solutions Company in its latest business monitoring report. The strong growth will be driven by increasing arrivals from key source markets such as France, Spain and Belgium. France is expected to be Morocco’s largest arrivals […]
The Senegalese government has bought 344 books owned by its former President Leopold Senghor, after it managed to stop them from being auctioned in France. Senghor served as the first president of independent Senegal from 1960 to 1980. He is also better known for his central role in developing Negritude, an intellectual movement that defended […]
The British government has reiterated its support for the UN-led political process engaged to find a lasting and mutually acceptable solution to the Sahara issue, and affirmed that it is constantly reviewing its position amid mounting parliamentary pressure to follow suit of UK’s allies in recognizing the Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara. During a Westminster […]
Director General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, has been invited to the official celebrations of 200th anniversary of the creation of Spain’s national police force marked this week. Hammouchi was invited by Director General of the Spanish national police force and was the only African security and intelligence official to […]