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The European Police Office (Europol) foiled in Rotterdam port an attempt at trafficking a considerable cargo of arms to terrorists in the Spanish-occupied cities of Ceuta and Melilla in northern Morocco, Moroccan newspaper al Ahdat reported. The seized weapons comprised pistols and machine guns and were intended to be smuggled through Sardinia to North Africa, […]
Leading Japanese car part maker, JTEKT, will set up a plant worth €15 million in Tangier, an investment that will further bolster the automotive ecosystem in the country. The factory is scheduled to start producing car steering systems and drive parts in 2018, the Tanger-Med Port announced in a statement. The plant, to be built […]
The recourse of the Polisario separatists to third country courts is a desperate attempt to sap efforts under the UN process to settle the Sahara issue, Former Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacio said in an article published on Dipulico website. The former Spanish Foreign Minister highlighted the importance of settling the Sahara issue within the […]
Dutch drug trafficker, Said Chaou, has been arrested in the Netherlands after Rabat requested his extradition accusing him of funding and igniting unrest in the northern Rif region. Minister of foreign affairs Nasser Bourita Thursday informed the cabinet at its weekly meeting that the wanted trafficker was arrested in the Netherlands and would be extradited […]
Italy’s deputy Foreign Minister Mario Giro made it clear that the referendum option does not offer a feasible solution to the regional conflict over the Sahara and that the Algerian-Backed Polisario separatists had better give up the chimera of conducting a vote on the Sahara’s independence. The Italian official made the remarks during the presentation, […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has lent Morocco €120 million to finance the Saïss Water Conservation Project that will help protect the country’s agricultural sector from the impact of climate change. The project, which includes the construction of irrigation infrastructure, is being supported by a co-financing grant of €32 million from the Green […]
The US Department of State awarded Moroccan Judge Amina Oufroukhi the title of “Hero of the Trafficking in Persons Report 2017” in recognition of her valuable contributions in the elaboration of Morocco’s anti-trafficking law in 2016. The Moroccan judge “played a critical role in drafting and encouraging the passage of Morocco’s anti-trafficking law in 2016 […]
King Mohammed VI has appointed Boughaleb El Attar as Morocco’s first ambassador to Cuba in decades, a bold diplomatic move showing the North African kingdom’s determination to reach out to countries of all political hues in the new world order. The newly appointed Moroccan envoy to Havana, 70, excels in Spanish literature and is an […]
Moroccan intelligence agencies have accomplished another feat of arms as they tipped their European counterparts about the whereabouts of a senior ISIS member, commonly called the “Minister of Finance” of the terrorist group. The intelligence provided by the Moroccan agencies enabled to identify the terrorist, a Danish of Moroccan origin, who was handling huge amounts […]
Egyptian officials have pointed fingers at Qatar for supporting terrorism during a U.N. session on Tuesday, held at the initiative of Egypt and chaired by Egypt’s Permanent Representative Amr Aboul Atta. During the session, a list enumerating Qatar’s violations of the UN arms embargo on Libya was circulated with allegations that Doha is a key […]