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Over 400 senior Chinese and African business leaders and decision-makers will meet at the China-Africa Investment Forum in Marrakech this November 27-28 to discuss partnership projects in transportation, infrastructures, industry, technology, trade and energy. The event is meant to be a platform facilitating business meetings and networking between the main stakeholders of trade and investment […]
Algeria’s role in creating, funding and backing the Polisario separatists was highlighted in a detailed article by French magazine, L’incorrect, which sheds lights on facets of Algeria’s maneuvering to undermine Morocco’s territorial integrity. The magazine starts by a historical overview of Morocco as a centuries-old nation state that was forged through communion between the north […]
Morocco has reaffirmed its position in favor of neighborliness and non-interference in internal affairs of other states and called for sparing the Arab region another war. The remarks were made by State Secretary to the Foreign Ministry, Mounia Bouceta, who is attending the Arab League’s foreign ministers’ emergency meeting in Cairo. Bouceta told the press […]
The Deputy Head of the UN-backed Libyan Presidential Council Ahmed Maetig announced Sunday he is leading inquiries into allegations that African migrants stranded in the North African country are being sold as slaves for a list price of $400. Maetig’s announcement came following a call on Friday by the African Union (AU) to Libyan authorities […]
Morocco and the Mercosur- a sub-regional Latin-American grouping bringing together Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay- have recently started technical negotiations to pave the way for the conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement. To that end, a meeting was held at the headquarters of the Brazilian foreign ministry, where the Moroccan delegation shed light on the […]
Russian security services asked Moroccan counter-terrorism body, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations, to contribute to efforts aiming to reinforce the security of the 2018 World Cup. The request is indicative of the growing expertise amassed by different Moroccan security services, which kept the country at bay in a region beset by turmoil and the […]
Spanish and Moroccan police have netted close to four tons of cocaine with a street value of over €100 million and seized €13 million in cash in an operation that resulted in the dismantlement of a drug trafficking network. The Spanish Interior Ministry said that 40 people were arrested in a long-term anti-trafficking operation, in […]
The United States and Morocco officially launched the “Initiative to Address Homegrown Terrorism” on November 16 in Malta, convening over 70 government officials, law enforcement officers, and non-governmental representatives from 25 countries. The initiative, launched under the auspices of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) and in partnership with the International Institute for Justice and the […]
Morocco and China convened to bolster their strategic partnership through lending support to the “Belt and Road Initiative”. The announcement was made in Beijing during a meeting between visiting Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and State Councilor Yang Jiechi. During their talks, Yang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the […]
Morocco and France renewed commitment to reinforcing their security cooperation at a context marked by the threat of foreign terrorist fighters relocating from the Middle East to Europe and North Africa. The two countries laid emphasis on the need to beef up their bilateral counterterrorism cooperation in a joint statement issued at the end of […]