Negotiations are currently underway between the Moroccan phosphates group OCP and Kenya for the setting up of a fertilizer plant in Kisumu, the third largest city in Kenya after Nairobi and Mombasa. In this connection, the head of the Orange Democracy Movement (ODM), the main opposition party in Kenya, Raila Odinga, is currently visiting Morocco […]
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Morocco, UAE Ink MoU to Promote Real Estate Investments
Morocco and the United Arab Emirates signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the promotion and management of investments in the real estate sector. The agreement was initialed on the sidelines of the Dubai Property Festival by Morocco’s State Secretary for Housing, Fatna Lkhiyel, and Director General of Dubai Land Department, Sultan Butti bin Mijrin, reported […]
Moroccan Mohamed Belaich appointed AU Special Representative in Sudan
The African Union (AU) has appointed Moroccan national Mohamed Belaich as the Pan-African organization’s Special Representative and Head of the AU Office in Sudan, a statement of the organization said. Ambassador Mohamed Belaich will represent the AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat in Sudan. Belaich served as ambassador of Morocco to Kuwait, Libya and Sudan. […]
Libya: Maltese armed forces escort migrant-held Turkish tanker to Maltese port
Maltese armed forces have managed to usher a Turkish tanker hijacked by migrants who left Libyan coasts to the port of the city of Senglea. The Turkish merchant ship, the Elhibru 1, docked Thursday at Boiler Wharf in Senglea. Reports Wednesday said some migrants who left Libyan coasts seized the vessel. The hijackers picked up […]
French court frees Ben Ali’s brother-in-law on bail; a blow to Tunisia’s extradition request
A court in France has granted bail to one of former President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali’s brothers-in-law despite demand by Tunisia to extradite the man wanted on many charges. The court in Aix-en-Provence, southern France, ordered Belhassen Trabelsi’s release after the latter “deposited €100,000 ($112,000) and agreed not to leave France nor meet with others […]
UN, ICC to investigate massacre of villagers in Mali
United Nations human rights experts have arrived in Mali to investigate last weekend’s horrific extermination of at least 157 villagers in the central region of the war-torn nation. Armed men wearing traditional Dogon hunters’ clothing surrounded the village at dawn last weekend before attacking people in their homes in Ogossagou in the Mopti region. The […]
Mozambique: the untold story of Cyclone Idai
Millions of survivors face dire conditions after the tropical cyclone Idai smashed into Mozambique’s coast, unleashing hurricane-force wind and rain that flooded swathes of the country. Thousands of people were trapped for more than a week in submerged villages without access to clean water. Two weeks after the Cyclone, the homeless, hungry and injured are […]
EAC to provide 7,480 megawatts of electricity by 2022
The East African Community (EAC) has secure $2.5 billion loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to provide an additional 7,480 megawatts (MW) of electricity by 2022. The regional bloc comprises six member states in the African Great Lakes region in eastern Africa, namely: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The funds – […]
Pope Francis coming to Morocco as “a pilgrim of peace & fraternity”
On the eve of his visit to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, Pope Francis expressed, on Thursday, his thanks to the Sovereign for this ‘gracious’ invitation. In a video message to the Moroccan people, Pope Francis says he is coming to the Kingdom as a “pilgrim of peace […]
For Morocco, foreign policy is a matter of sovereignty
Morocco considers foreign policy a matter of sovereignty and deems that coordination with Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, must be done on both sides and must not be selective. The remarks were made Thursday in Casablanca by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at a joint briefing with his Jordanian counterpart […]