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France will reopen its embassy in Tripoli on Monday 29 March. The announcement was made by President Emmanuel Macron while he was receiving the representatives of the new Libyan transitional government, at the Élysée Palace on Tuesday 23 March. France also offered to help Libyan forces regain control of their borders. The President of […]
Algeria, which is known as a traditional customer of Russian and Chinese arms, has become the major buyer of German weapons during the past four years, according to new data released by the Stockholm-based International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). In its report on global arms transfers between 2016-20, the Swedish Think-tank ranks Algeria as […]
Morocco’s national railway operator (Office National des Chemins de Fer) has chosen French Alstom company to ensure the maintenance of new-generation PRIMA M4 electric locomotives. An agreement was signed Wednesday by the two partners. It comes after the contract won by Alstom Morocco in 2018 for the supply of 30 locomotives. Since then, fifteen PRIMA […]
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has commended Morocco’s role in promoting peace and stability, both in Africa and in the Middle East, as well as its contribution to the political process in Libya. This came during a phone talk he held with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita on Thursday. Szijjarto also hailed Morocco’s exemplary management […]
Members of a visiting Basque economic delegation said they were “surprised” and “impressed” by the quality of infrastructure in the city of Laayoune, expressing their keenness to examine investment prospects in the Moroccan Sahara, particularly in the sectors of fisheries and renewable energies. “We were surprised and impressed by the infrastructures that exist in […]
Moroccan authorities have awarded UK Altus Strategies Company (ALS) three new copper and silver exploration projects after it engaged in a competitive tender process. With these new projects, ALS increased its portfolio to seven base and precious metals projects in the Kingdom. “We are delighted to gain three new copper and silver projects in Morocco. […]
A visiting Spanish delegation discussed, Tuesday in Laayoune, the prospects of cooperation in the field of sports with president of the National League of women’s football and of the women’s municipal club of Laayoune, Khadija Ila. The Spanish delegation, composed of director of women’s football at the Spanish Federation of women’s football (RFEF) and sports […]
Prominent Portuguese figures have called on their government and the European Union to support Morocco in the Sahara issue and to back the kingdom’s territorial integrity. In a letter addressed to Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, in his capacity as President of the Council of the EU, a group of former and current Portuguese officials […]
After the defeat of Daesh by the international coalition, no less than 500 fighters of the Islamic State managed to flee via Turkey, Syria and Iraq, towards Europe, according to the investigative program de the French TV channel M6 Enquête exclusive. These seasoned terrorists have settled in some European countries with a predilection particularly for […]
New consecration for Sofia Alaoui. The French-Moroccan director has just won the César for best short film for her “What if the Goats Die?” The award was handed to Sofia Alaoui at France’s 46th César ceremony, held Friday night. Sofia Alaoui was thus ahead of “L’Aventure atomique” by Loïc Barché, “Baltringue” by Josza Anjembe, “I […]