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Germany’s top diplomat made Sunday a surprise visit to Libya amid efforts by Berlin to help rival factions end their differences. Heiko Maas landed at the airport of the coastal city of Zuwara where he was welcomed by Foreign Minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), Mohamed Taher Sayala. According to press reports, […]
Morocco and the UK signed an association agreement that would ensure the continuity of the current trade terms under the EU-Morocco free trade agreement without additional tariff barriers. This agreement, also called continuity agreement, was signed in London Saturday by Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita and UK Minister of State for the Middle East and […]
The European Union funded project ODYSSEA will launch its North Africa’s first operational sea observatory in Al Hoceima National Park, in northeastern Morocco. The launch of the sea observatory will take place during the third general assembly of the ODYSSEA Project to convene in Tangier October 29-31, said a press release from the European Commission, […]
Morocco is taking part in the sixth Our Ocean Conference held in Oslo, Norway Oct.23-24 that is highlighting the importance of knowledge as the basis for countries’ actions and policies to ensure protection of our ocean, responsible management of marine resources and sustainable future economic growth. The conference, bringing together government officials, and leaders from […]
Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company (OCP) has joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), an international organization of over 200 forward-thinking companies committed to sustainable development. Joining WBCSD’s network will enable OCP Group to continue to enhance and implement its sustainability ambitions in collaboration with such partners, sharing the same goals and values. Mostafa […]
The United Kingdom Tuesday lifted travel restrictions to Egypt’s Red Sea Sharm el-Sheikh resort, four years after the Islamic State group (ISIS) brought down a Russian passenger jet. British authorities in 2015 imposed ban on flights to and from the resort city in reaction to the downing of the aircraft shortly after takeoff. The jet […]
The German justice Monday began in Hamburg the trial of three Iraqi men charged of plotting terror attacks against non-Muslim believers. The defendants were arrested in January in the northwestern state of Schleswig-Holstein. The prosecution charged two of them, both aged 23, for trying to manufacture explosives using black powder from firework. The third, aged […]
Tunisia was officially removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklist, Premier Youssef Chahed tweeted. The FATF decided Friday as part of a plenary meeting (October 16-18 in Paris), to delist Tunisia and said the Tunisian government met its commitments to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, Chahed further said, according to Tunisian news […]
European and global aerospace giant, Airbus, is planning to launch an academy for pilots in Tunisia, the transport ministry of the North African country has said. The ministry of transport indicated in a statement that Airbus will soon launch the academy as part of partnership between the European multinational and the Tunisian Agency of Technical […]
Morocco’s OCP Group, the world’s first producer and exporter of phosphate in all its forms, takes part in the 7th World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit organized in London Oct.15-16. During the event, the Moroccan phosphate group displays its experience in the fertilizer industry, promotes its vision of the digital transformation of agriculture, and presents its projects, […]