Category: Europe

German aid worker hostage freed in Mali thanks to Morocco

December 9, 2022

German aid worker Jörg Lange, who was abducted in 2018 in western Niger, has been released thanks to Moroccan intelligence services, according to German newspaper ... Read More

Germany boosts aid for African deals to woo allies, counter China’s charm offensive

December 9, 2022

Germany is set to increase its state guarantees for business investments in African countries, a move widely interpreted as being aimed at diversifying trade relations ... Read More

Is France seeking to mend ties with Morocco?

December 9, 2022

French foreign minister Catherine Colonna will pay a visit to Morocco on Dec. 15-16 to discuss bilateral ties with her Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita after ... Read More

Morocco-Belgium Joint High Committee to Meet in Rabat in 2023

December 8, 2022

Morocco and Belgium have decided to convene their joint high cooperation committee in Rabat in 2023 to strengthen further multiform partnership set between the two ... Read More

Morocco eyes huge hydrogen projects for export to Europe – Bloomberg

December 7, 2022

Morocco is considering partnering with Gautam Adani — Asia’s richest person — on a large-scale hydrogen project amid a renewable energy push to meet demand ... Read More

First Economic Parliamentary Forum for Euro-Mediterranean Region & Gulf held in Marrakech

December 7, 2022

The first edition (constitutive session) of the Economic Parliamentary Forum for the Euro-Mediterranean Region and Gulf, initiated by Morocco's House of Advisors and the Parliamentary ... Read More

French high-end luxury fashion house Dior contemplates entering Egyptian market

December 6, 2022

French high-end luxury fashion house Dior is considering opening a shop in Egypt, reports say. Ali Al-Musailhi, Egypt’s Minister of Supply and Internal Trade met ... Read More

London Administrative Court rejects petition against Morocco-UK Association Agreement

December 5, 2022

The administrative court of London rejected, on Monday, the petition of a British NGO (WSC), working on behalf of the "polisario", which challenged the association ... Read More

Burkina Faso suspends France’s RFI public radio for airing ‘terrorist propaganda’

December 5, 2022

Burkina Faso has ordered "the immediate suspension and until further notice" of Radio France Internationale (RFI), a French public radio, accusing it of having relayed ... Read More

EU unveils details of $150bn Global Gateway investment plan for Africa

December 2, 2022

European Union and African Union (AU) leaders met in Brussels earlier this week to unveil details of the bloc’s $150bn Global Gateway Plan for Africa ... Read More