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Morocco is evidencing at the highest level its firm attachment to achieving the global climate agenda. The participation of King Mohammed VI at the One Planet Summit in Paris is a reaffirmation of Morocco’s keen interest in protecting the environment and curbing climate change effects. The One Planet summit, co-hosted by the United Nations and […]
Morocco continues to steadily expand its car industry fabric, a fact that confirms the country’s leading position in relation to high added-value activities and the confidence it enjoys on the part of international investors. After the Memorandum of Understanding signed Saturday between Morocco and Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD related to building a production site […]
France and Qatar signed a slew of contracts worth €12 billion as President Emmanuel Macron visited the isolated Gulf country this week. Under the deal, Doha will acquire 12 Rafales fighter jets and 50 Airbus planes. “These contracts underline the closeness of our commercial ties,” Macron said during the signing ceremony in Doha Thursday. He […]
The European Union has earmarked €29.6 million to fund new programs destined to protect migrants and fight against smugglers and traffickers in Africa and the Mediterranean region. Supported by EU Trust Fund for Africa, these programs will strengthen the migrants’ protection, support their sustainable reintegration or voluntary return as well as combat the criminal networks […]
French President Emanuel Macron said in Algiers that Morocco and Algeria should work together to resolve the Sahara issue, a statement that implies Algeria’s role in perpetuating the over four-decade conflict. “France adopts an equidistant position regarding the Sahara issue concerning which we maintain our known position that has not been changed nor will it […]
Moroccan security and intelligence services have been asked by their European counterparts to help in securing the New Year’s Eve celebrations against growing terror threats, according to Moroccan press reports. This is neither a first nor a surprise request, says Al Ahdath Al Maghribiya daily, noting that the European security agencies have issued a red […]
Africa was a salient theme in all cooperation prospects discussed during the 13th Moroccan-Portuguese High-Level Meeting in Rabat. The Head of the Moroccan government Saad Eddine El Othmani and his Portuguese counterpart Antonio Costa vowed to join efforts in order to tap into development as well as investment and business opportunities in Africa through the […]
Vice – Dean of the University of Mohammed I in Oujda Abdelkader Hakkou denounced in the strongest words his arbitrary and abusive detention by Belgian authorities upon his arrival in Charleroi Airport on Friday evening. The Professor was invited by the Francophone Free University of Brussels (ULB) but he ended up being locked up at […]
Low-cost Green Airline, Air Mediterranean, said it will launch three weekly direct flights linking Casablanca to Athens as of December 4. The first Boeing 400/737 will take off from Athens Airport at 19:30 with a return flight same day from Casablanca’s international airport at 23:00. This new air-route will promote tourism between the two nations […]
King Mohammed VI has called for the establishment of a new bi-continental pact between the European Union and Africa to rise, together, to the challenges thrown at them. In a message to the 5th European Union-African Union summit that opened Wednesday in Abidjan, King Mohammed VI pointed out that the EU and the AU are […]