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President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema has addressed a message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed by Leslie Mbula, Special Envoy of the Zambian President to Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita at a meeting held in Rabat Friday. In a statement to the press following the meeting, Leslie Mbula praised the excellent relations […]
Philip Morris International (PMI) used its participation in GITEX Africa 2026 to advance a vision of healthcare transformation premised not on technological novelty, but on measurable outcomes at scale. Speaking at a panel on stimulating innovation for better health results, Taylan Süer, Managing Director of Philip Morris Maghreb, argued that the central challenge of health […]
Mali announced this Friday that « following a thorough review of this important issue (the Sahara), which has an impact on sub-regional peace and security, the Republic of Mali has decided, as of today, to withdraw its recognition of the “Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)”». This position was expressed in a statement by the Malian […]
Morocco, France and the European Union have jointly launched two new programs at a ceremony in Rabat on Thursday 9 April, marking a significant step in the trilateral effort to build structured, rights-based pathways for legal labor mobility between North Africa and Europe. The two initiatives — THAMM+ Équipe France and the second phase of […]
Morocco is among the priority countries for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food for Progress program in FY 2026, aimed at bolstering agricultural productivity and trade. For FY 2026, Food for Progress anticipates awarding up to $226 million in new cooperative agreements for up to five-year projects ranging from $28 to $35 million each. […]
Morocco’s ABA Technology Company has partnered with French multinational IT services firm to deploy its Fusion AI platform across the African continent. The platform is designed to control the full AI value chain, from underlying infrastructure through to real-world applications, enabling organisations to deploy AI without routing their data, models, or decision-making through foreign systems […]
The Policy Center for the New South this week unveiled The Oxford Handbook of the Moroccan Economy, a new reference work that provides a comprehensive analysis of Morocco’s long-term economic transformation, as policymakers, researchers and academics gathered in Rabat for a two-day conference marking the book’s publication. Published by Oxford University Press and edited by […]
Kenya expressed on Thursday its support for autonomy for the Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty as the only credible and realistic solution to resolve the dispute, and affirmed its intention to cooperate with like-minded States to promote the plan implementation. This position was expressed during the first session of the Morocco-Kenya Joint Cooperation Commission, co-chaired in […]
Morocco and Poland have explored at a meeting in Rabat Thursday opportunities to broaden the scope of their cooperation in matters of defense. The meeting gathered Minister Delegate in charge of Morocco’s National Defense Administration Abdeltif Loudyi and Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister, Coordinator of Special Services of Poland Tomasz Siemoniak, who was is […]
Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar has joined the signatories of the bipartisan bill seeking to brand the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The bill was tabled in the House of Representatives by Republican Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA). H.R. 4119 has gained so far the support of […]