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A large delegation of Spanish business operators on Monday visited several completed and ongoing projects in the Moroccan Southern city of Dakhla to explore the investment opportunities offered by this region. On this occasion, the economic actors and business leaders said they were “impressed” by the investment opportunities and the quality of infrastructure in Dakhla, […]
Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares reaffirmed that his country has a “very solid relationship” with Morocco. “We have a very solid relationship with Morocco that benefits Spain,” said the head of Spanish diplomacy Thursday at a press briefing in Seville with his Portuguese counterpart, Joao Cravinho. The dynamic that is developing with […]
King Mohammed VI has offered his condolences to UK’s new King Charles III following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96. “It is with deep sadness and great sorrow that I have learned the news of the passing of your mother, HM Queen Elizabeth II”, said the Moroccan Monarch […]
Africa-focused British oil and gas company Chariot has signed a pipeline tie-in agreement that takes it a step forward in unlocking its Anchois gas project offshore Morocco. The agreement was signed with Morocco’s Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) and it secures access to the major Maghreb Europe Gas Pipeline (GME) in the […]
María Antonia Trujillo, former Spanish housing minister, urged her country to review its position on the two enclaves in northern Morocco Ceuta and Melilla whom she described as “relics” of colonialism and an “offense to Morocco’s territorial integrity.” Speaking at a seminar held by University Abdelmalek Essaadi in Tetuan, Trujillo said her country should reconsider […]
Belgian MPs of the liberal Reformist Movement (MR) pleaded, Friday in Rabat, for the strengthening of economic, social and environmental ties between Morocco and Belgium. “It is important for us as residents of Belgium and Brussels to come here to see what links we can strengthen and what bridges we can build economically, socially and […]
TUI Group, one of the global tourism leaders, has voiced readiness to strengthen further its presence in Morocco and step up investment in the North African Kingdom. At a meeting held Thursday in Rabat with Head of Moroccan Govt. Aziz Akhannouch, TUI chief Sebastian Ebel said the German travel giant is upbeat over the growth […]
The first UN-chartered ship carrying Ukrainian grain to Africa since the flare up of the Russia-Ukraine conflict arrived in Djibouti on Tuesday (30 August) to be distributed in Ethiopia to help the drought-stricken nation cope with worsening hunger that threatens to become a famine. “The food on the Brave Commander will feed 1.5 million people, […]
One of the few viable alternatives to Russian fertilizer is Morocco, which already accounts for 40% of Europe’s imports of phosphate, said Jacob Hansen, Director General of Fertilizers Europe. Hansen made the remarks to European press as the global battle for fertilizer, a vital commodity for food production, has emerged as one of the by-products […]
French President Emmanuel Macron said he will pay a visit to Morocco in late October, after wrapping up a visit to Algiers in which no major investment agreement was signed. Macron made the statement while talking to a group of festival goers at Touquet Music Beach. Macron last visited Morocco in November 2018 to inaugurate […]