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The Eleventh Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) opened on Wednesday its three-day meeting in the city of Marrakech with the participation of delegates representing all UN member states and Observers. Placed under the theme: “Honoring International Commitments to Unlock the Potential of all Migrants for Development”, the forum features debates and panels on […]
Morocco took over from Algeria as co-chair, with France, for the year 2019, of the Steering Committee of the ministerial conference on the initiative for sustainable development of the blue economy in the western Mediterranean, known as the WestMed Initiative. At the ministerial meeting convened in Algiers on December 3-4, Morocco has been officially designated, […]
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 […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco visited Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon on Monday (Dec. 3), who has been recovering since November 29 at the Rabat military hospital. The king inquired about the health condition of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, and wished him a speedy recovery. The King’s call on the ailing president reflects […]
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. […]
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale to Morocco of 162 enhanced Abrams tanks for an estimated cost of $1.259 billion, says the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency. This military sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security and capacity of a major Non-NATO […]
King Mohammed VI has congratulated Moroccan football club Raja of Casablanca for winning the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup. It is the sixth CAF title for the Moroccans, who have also won the Champions League three times and the Super Cup once. The Moroccan club grabbed on Sunday this new title after defeating in Kinshasa Congolese […]
Morocco is on the list of the countries that may host the 2019 Africa Cup tournament after the Executive Committee of the African Football confederation decided that Cameroon will not host the continental tournament next June. The CAF Executive Committee said at a meeting last Friday that the situation in Cameroon was not that safe […]
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 […]
King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al Quds Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, has renewed his firm commitment to continue defending Al Quds and the Palestinian cause until the Palestinian people obtain their independence and “set up their independent state along the lines of 4 June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital”. In […]