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London stock exchange listed company and mining giant Atlus Strategies will conduct four copper exploration projects in Morocco, the company said in a statement after winning the tender. The competitive tender concerns Agoudim Silver Project (29.0 km2 and located 30 km east of the Imiter silver mine, operated by the Managem Group), Assif Silver & […]
Morocco has decided to sue Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories Group which orchestrated the release of false press reports, accusing Rabat of conducting electronic snooping with Israeli Pegasus spyware. The announcement was made Thursday by French lawyer Olivier Baratelli who has been hired by the North African Kingdom to file the lawsuit in a Paris […]
Morocco is the subject of “smear press campaigns” aimed at “destabilizing it.” The statement was made by French Senator Christian Cambon, who is the chairman of the France-Morocco friendship group at the French Senate, in response to allegations accusing Morocco of having infiltrated the phones of Moroccan and foreign public figures, via computer spyware. In […]
The European External Action Service (EEAS), the diplomatic service and combined Foreign and Defense ministry of the European Union (EU), rejected charges leveled against the EU allegedly planning to send military forces to Libya to prop up ceasefire, Libya Observer reports. “The EU is committed to continue supporting Libya’s return to peace and stability, including […]
Former chief of France’s domestic intelligence agency Bernard Squarcini has cast doubts over the veracity of the accusations targeting Morocco, saying he does not believe the allegations, claiming that the North African Kingdom had hacked cell phones of several Moroccan and foreign personalities using Pegasus spyware of Israeli NSO Group. Speaking to radio station Europe1 […]
Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez will start this week an African tour designed to build up new alliances in the continent after failing to solve lingering diplomatic crisis with neighboring Morocco over the Sahara. According to press reports, Sanchez will travel to Egypt, Kenya and South Africa. Rabat has not been included in this tour, […]
Editor in chief of one of Morocco’s top news websites, Ahmed Najim, said that he was astonished when he saw his name revealed by Forbidden Stories, a consortium of 17 newspapers that released stories claiming that the Moroccan government was among those that used a potent Israeli spy software, Pegasus, to spy on journalists. Najim […]
Morocco would not remain arms crossed if the European Court of Justice gives up to the Algerian-backed separatist front that is challenging a deal that covers products from the Moroccan Sahara in EU trade, agricultural and fisheries deals, an energy pundit said. If the ECJ backs the separatist front with a ruling this could have […]
Moroccan Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit held a working meeting in Rabat on Friday with his Italian counterpart, Ms. Luciana Lamorgese, that focused on a set of issues, including migration, security, and counterterrorism. The meeting also discussed the issue of unaccompanied minors in an illegal situation in Italy. Laftit recalled in this vein Morocco’s clear and […]
Morocco will start producing green ammoniac and hydrogen by next year following an agreement signed Tuesday to launch HEVO Ammoniac Maroc by two global leaders in the sectors. The Portuguese technology company Fusion Fuel Green and the Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), an American engineering solutions provider signed the agreement for the realization of the HEVO […]