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The British public broadcaster, BBC, on Wednesday announced that it will launch 11 new language services in 2017 as part of its expansion project on the continent. The new languages will be Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Telugu, Tigrinya, and Yoruba. Afaan Oromo and Amharic are widely spoken in Ethiopia with […]
Morocco and Senegal are two old friend countries boasting an enduring and special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy, enterprise and mutual respect. The two countries are busy working building a modern and model South-South partnership tackling shared challenges and promoting mutual prosperity. King Mohammed VI paid several visit to Senegal wherein he […]
The Moroccan and Senegalese private sectors are willingly joining hands with governmental officials and institutions to enhance the two countries’ multidimensional cooperation. In this vein, the Moroccan-Senegalese Economic Impetus Group presented Wednesday at a ceremony, co-chaired by King Mohammed VI, who is carrying on his official visit to Senegal, and President Macky Sall, a report […]
The international league for Moroccan expatriates’ freedom and rights has drawn the attention of Spanish legal authorities specialized in crime against humanity cases on the need to arrest the Front Polisario Chief Brahim Ghali who may visit Spain very soon though he has been sued in Spanish courts for crime against humanity. The league’s legal […]
In preparation for the adoption on November 14 of the “Marrakech Declaration: Forging Sustainability, Stability and Security in Africa,” the COP22 Moroccan pavilion hosted on Wednesday a side event bringing together renowned experts who shared views on the means to address the multidimensional climate change risks on the continent. Speaking at the opening of this […]
Morocco and Senegal, two Atlantic African coutries with a time-honored friendship and cooperation are offering Africa a concrete example proving the farsightedness of south-south cooperation based on solidarity and co-development. On Sunday, a new milestone was hit in Moroccan-Senegalese relations with the speech delivered in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, by King Mohammed VI, in which he […]
Nigerian philanthropist Tony Elumelu and his foundation (TEF) have released a new batch of 1,000 African entrepreneurs tasked to create jobs and reduce poverty across the continent, one year after it helped 1,000 others to take off. The 1,000 young entrepreneurs from across the continent, from Senegal to Ethiopia, from South Africa to Morocco were […]
The UK-based news outlet, Middle East Eye, claimed that Saudi Arabia and Qatar sent envoys to Algiers to convince the North African country to take part in peacekeeping operations in Yemen. Middle East Eye, quoting a diplomatic source that requested anonymity, said the two Gulf States have approached Algeria requesting its participation in operations in […]
Non-stop hunting of terrorists continues in Spain as security authorities announced Wednesday the arrest of another Moroccan Jihadist, two days after netting two religious leaders accused of promoting the Islamic State group (IS) on the Balearic Island of Ibiza. A total of 157 terrorists have been arrested since 2015, when the security alert level was […]
A Moroccan citizen living in Turkey has been sentenced to eight years in prison for attempting to join the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria, Moroccan Daily, Al Massae, reported. The man known as Mamoun El Battoui and aged 42 was arrested in February in the town of Bursa, North of the country, for belonging […]