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Morocco’s special forces will receive $18 million dollars as part of a US administration plan worth hundreds of millions of dollars to equip allies in the MENA region to counter the IS threat as the group seeks to relocate its terrorist activities from Iraq and Syria to Africa. The news was relayed by Al Monitor […]
Morocco and China have agreed to establish an academic institute tasked with conducting studies on the “Belt and Road” initiative, the Chinese news agency announced. The joint institute will be built by China’s Ningxia University and Morocco’s Hassan I University. The Chinese news agency reported a group of delegates from Ningxia University visited the Hassan […]
The Chilean parliament adopted with a sweeping majority a resolution supporting Morocco’s initiative to grant the Sahara a substantive autonomy. Sixty-six Chilean MPs voted in favor, 11 against and 22 abstained. This outspoken support for the autonomy initiative, which Morocco presented to the UN in 2007 as a lasting solution to the Sahara dispute, is […]
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf has taken part in naval drills alongside Morocco’s frigate Sygma Sultan Moulay Ismail on the coast of Agadir, Moroccan media reported. The naval war games took place on the sidelines of a visit by the USS Vella Gulf to Agadir in December. “The visit serves to enhance US-Morocco […]
Morocco will bolster the defense capabilities of its F16 fighter jets with the acquisition of advanced medium range air-to-air AMRAAM missiles, the Pentagon said in a press release. A contract has been signed between Morocco’s air force and the US defense contractor, Raytheon, providing for the acquisition of the air-to-air missiles as well as for […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has had a telephone call with President-Elect George Weah, a former international football star, who won Liberia’s presidential election, defeating Vice-president Joseph Boakai in a runoff with 61.5 pc of the vote. During the phone call, the Moroccan Sovereign offered his “warmest congratulations” to George Weah for his victory, said […]
A “Partnership of Hope” was the wording used by the Times of India to describe the ever-growing ties between Morocco and India. In an article published on the website of the Indian paper, Rudroneel Ghosh reflected on the significance of the cooperation agreements signed by the two countries in December in fields including healthcare, Road […]
Spain remained Morocco’s top trading partner in 2016 with trade turnover totaling $10.6 billion up from $9.3 billion in 2015, Morocco’s foreign exchange regulatory authority, L’Office des Changes said. Between 2015 and 2016, Morocco’s imports from Spain rose from $4.4 billion to $6.2 billion, while its exports to the country jumped from $4.2 billion to […]
Bahrain’s Islamic Bank, Al Tamweel wa Inma (BTI) Bank, which opened lately its headquarters in Casablanca, looks forward to setting 37 branches by 2022 in various cities of Mo-rocco. The BTI Bank has been launched following the partnership sealed by Al Baraka Banking Group (ABG), the leading multi-national Islamic Banking Group, headquartered in Bahrain, and […]
Abu Dhabi’s National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company (OCP) signed a sulphur supply agreement covering 25 years. Under the agreement, ADNOC will increase the volume of sulphur exports to the OCP up from 2 million tons in 2016. ADNOC, one of the world’s largest sulphur producers, sees promising prospects for raising sulphur […]