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The round table on the Sahara, scheduled for Dec.5-6 in Geneva, offers the opportunity to promote confidence-building, said Monday the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mounia Boucetta. Security Council Resolution 2440, adopted on 31 October 2018, marks a significant step forward, especially as it stresses the need to open a new chapter in the […]
The Jersey-based company Predator Oil & Gas said on Monday it received an eight-year permit for hydrocarbon exploration and appraisal onshore northern Morocco. The exclusive license includes an initial 30-months exploration phase covering an area stretching 7,269 square km, to the east of producing gas fields and northwest of Sound Energy PLC’s Tendrara gas project. […]
Germany has called on stakeholders in the Sahara issue to have a constructive attitude at the round table to be held in Geneva December 5-6. The call was launched by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the end of talks Thursday in Berlin with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. The German official stressed the “paramount […]
The Council of the European Union adopted Thursday (Nov.29) in Brussels the new fisheries agreement with Morocco, European sources said. The council’s move comes just one day after the Committee of Permanent Representatives in the EU, known by its French acronym COREPER, approved the new fisheries agreement. The agreement needs to be ratified by the […]
The Moroccan telecommunications operator has received the “Smart City Africa” award for its project of high speed wifi network in the Casablanca tramway, called “Wifi M3ak”. The prize was handed to Mrs. Nadia Fassi-Fehri, President and CEO of Inwi, at a ceremony in Paris Tuesday, on the sidelines of the Smart City Forum. Inwi’s “Wifi […]
Belgian SABCA has teamed up with Sabena Aerospace to set up in Morocco a major and independent regional player in Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and upgrade (MRO&U) for African military aircraft. SABCA, through its subsidiary SABCA Maroc, partners with Sabena Aerospace to propose, from the North African Kingdom, services for military aircraft maintenance. The first identified […]
A fifth term for Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika would be viewed as an insult and a mark of contempt (hogra) for the Algerian people, said the Financial Times in a column focusing on the deepening political crisis in the country and growing social woes. Even if, for now, the anger of Algerian people is dormant, […]
Moroccan Royal Navy continues its rescue and humanitarian mission, saving almost every day sub-Saharan illegal migrants who were on the verge of drowning off the country’s Northern coasts. On Sunday, the Moroccan navy rescued 47 African illegal migrants who were aboard a stranded makeshift boat after its engine broke down. All the rescued migrants, including […]
Morocco, which is located only 8.6 miles (14 Km) away from Spain, is facing a growing number of migrants from around Africa attempting to cross to Europe from its Northern coasts. Moroccan authorities have foiled 68,000 illegal migration attempts and dismantled 122 human trafficking networks since 2002, said on Thursday Junior Interior Minister Noureddine Boutayeb […]
Morocco spent €1.4 million in support for mosques and Muslim associations in Madrid and Catalonia, Islamic affairs minister Ahmed Taoufiq said. That amount was intended to cover the financial needs of places exclusively dedicated to worship as well as legal associations, the minister told Spanish news agency EFE. Morocco’s support for mosques in Spain does […]