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Morocco and the UK have reviewed Thursday in Rabat regional security situation, particularly in the Mediterranean area and the Sahel-Sahara region, as well as their cooperation in the area of cyber-security and cyber-defense. This came at the separate meetings visiting British Minister of Armed Forces, James Heappey, held with Minister Delegate for National Defense Administration […]
Italy has deported 48 Tunisian illegal migrants as part of a program, which began in August as authorities wage war on the Mediterranean crossing. Two Italian aircraft landed early this week with migrants after they were investigated if connected with any legal offense, Tunisie Numerique reports. The expulsions are part of the European country’s program […]
The Spanish government has approved, Tuesday, a €5 million loan to Morocco for the construction of two desalination plants in the cities of Zag and Moulay Brahim. The loan will be granted to the National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) through the Fund for the internationalization of the company (FIEM), according to the […]
Morocco condemns in “the strongest possible terms” the terrible attacks that hit Monday Vienna, said Tuesday minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita, expressing sadness at these attacks that hit the heart of Central Europe, in Vienna. Bourita made the remarks during his participation this Tuesday at the Annual Mediterranean Conference of the Organization for Security […]
The managers of the ports of Tanger-Med (Morocco) and Hamburg (Germany) have agreed to share experiences in ports & vessels operations, digitalization, traffic management, ports cyber security, IT data exchange and Innovation. A cooperation agreement was signed remotely lately by Jens Meier, CEO of Hamburg Port Authority and Mehdi Tazi Riffi, managing director of Tanger […]
The Casablanca tramway company announced on Monday it secured a €100 million loan from the French Development Agency (AFD) for the building of two new lines (T3 & T4) to improve public urban transport in Morocco’s biggest city. The AFD financial support to the expansion of Casablanca Tramway network also includes a €500,000 grant to […]
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced this Monday November 2, on BFMTV he would pay visits to Tunisia and Algeria to discuss the fight against terrorism and the repatriation of nationals registered for radicalism. The Interior Minister is expected in Tunisia on Nov. 06 to hand over the list of the Tunisians put on […]
France expressed, on Friday, its concern about “the current obstruction situation” caused by the Polisario and its militias in the buffer zone of Guerguarat, warning that such a situation is likely to create tensions that would undermine the political process aimed at reaching a final solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. “France […]
Morocco has strongly condemned the knife attack carried out on Thursday at a church in French city of Nice which left three people dead. The attacker, A male suspect, of Tunisian origins, was shot and arrested by the Police. In a statement released by the foreign ministry, Morocco also voiced solidarity with the […]
The European Union has chosen its candidate to the helm of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The EU ambassador in Geneva has officially announced this choice on Tuesday, October 27. Nigeria’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Finance and former number two at the World Bank Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala would […]