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Mauritania and the European Union have extended for another year their Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA), signed in 2015 for 4 years. This extension allows the partners to negotiate another SFPA, avoiding some blockages that could lead to the cessation of fishing in Mauritanian waters. Mauritania and the EU have decided to extend the […]
Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces have acquired from a Ukrainian firm, the highly effective Bukovel AD system, known worldwide for its high performance in the fight against drones. This new system will allow the FAR to annihilate any threat of drones, noted the Website FAR-Maroc, which disclosed the news. Moroccan air defense is being strengthened with […]
Morocco and Spain agreed to expand cooperation in the fight against illegal migration as Spain reaps benefits of Morocco’s efforts with arrivals in Spanish coasts nearly halving this year. The pledge was made by Moroccan Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit and his Spanish peer Fernando Grande-Marlaska at a meeting in Rabat this Wednesday. The meeting tackled […]
A Moroccan delegation composed of Director General of the Foreign Intelligence Agency Yassine Mansouri and Director General of National Police & Domestic Intelligence Service Abdellatif Hammouchi held talks, on Monday in Rome, with senior Italian political and security officials, a diplomatic source said on Tuesday. Morocco’s top security officials arrived in Rome on Sunday and […]
The French container transportation and shipping company, CMA CGM, is enhancing its shuttle service in Morocco, offering its clients as of Sept.12 a new stopover in the southern Moroccan port of Dakhla. The global shipping group said it made the move in order to continue developing business opportunities in Morocco and support Moroccan clients with […]
Some 2.765 million Moroccans living abroad, mainly in Europe, entered Morocco this summer according to figures released on August 30. Head of the Government Saad Eddine EL Otmani said in a tweet the number of Moroccans returning to their homeland in the summer increased 3.4% compared to last year’s summer season. “This reflects a growing […]
Policemen at the Bab Sebta crossing point arrested on Friday a Frenchman of Turkish origin who was wanted by Interpol for alleged links to international drug trafficking networks, national police (DGSN) said. The arrest of the 27-year-old suspect is part of the strengthening of international cooperation in the fight against cross-border crime as well […]
Moroccan authorities stopped some 400 migrants from jumping the fence surrounding the Spanish occupied enclave of Ceuta. Spanish authorities said that 150 migrants managed to enter the enclave in a major assault on the fence since the 2018 summer. Moroccan authorities said that 9 migrants were injured in the attempt and 90 others arrested. Morocco […]
Local authorities in Marrakech said that there is no thing as such a memorial or museum in the commune of Ait Faska near Marrakech after news reports said that a Holocaust memorial opened in the area. Local authorities said in a statement that they did not issue a permit to build such a project. The […]
The agitator of Al Hoceima, Nasser Zefzafi, who dreams to become a champion of human rights, has come out empty-handed from his quest for international recognition as a hero-victim. Actually, Nasser Zefzafi was not shortlisted for the Václav Havel Prize, shattering his whims to gain international stature with such a prestigious prize that only genuine […]