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Moroccan and French Ministers of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit and Laurent Nuñez, held, on Tuesday in Marrakech, a meeting that provided the opportunity for the two parties to review different issues of mutual interest, with focus on security and migration matters. The French official is visiting Morocco to attend the 93rd INTERPOL General Assembly, currently […]
Morocco is positioning its Atlantic coastline as a strategic gateway for trade and regional integration, Transport and Logistics Minister Abdeslam Kayouh told the 34th session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly in London. “Maritime transport is a strategic pillar of Morocco’s economy,” Kayouh said, noting that over 96% of the kingdom’s foreign trade moves […]
Morocco, in keeping with a firm belief in the just nature and centrality of the Palestinian cause, and given, as well, its commitment to achieving a just peace and its keenness to capitalize on the positive momentum generated by the ceasefire agreement, has affirmed its readiness to engage in international efforts to bring about the […]
The Algerian and South African regimes have suffered a major diplomatic setback at the G20 summit, held lately in Johannesburg, after failing to add the Sahara conflict in the final Declaration issued by the summiteers. All their persistent maneuvers to include wordings making reference to the Sahara issue have failed as the whole world has […]
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), on Monday, November 24, announced a unilateral three-month humanitarian truce, a day after the Sudanese Armed Forces dismissed an internationally supported ceasefire proposal. RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, in a televised address, said the pause was intended to ease suffering and facilitate the delivery of aid to civilians exhausted by […]
Minister of Equipment and Water Nizar Baraka represented King Mohammed VI in the seventh African Union-European Union Summit in Luanda, Angola, which opened Monday under the theme “Promoting Peace and Prosperity Through Effective Multilateralism,” with focus on advancing partnership between the two continents. The two-day gathering agenda addresses critical areas of cooperation, with sessions dedicated […]
Sudan’s army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has dismissed a new U.S. proposal delivered by White House adviser Massad Boulos, describing it as the most detrimental plan presented so far. Addressing senior military officials in Khartoum on Sunday, November 23, Burhan argued that the proposal sought to dismantle Sudan’s official security institutions while allowing the […]
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Morocco is among the most important African countries with which Russia maintains reciprocal visa-free arrangements, noting that the Kingdom is one of the leading destinations attracting Russian tourists in North Africa, alongside Egypt and Tunisia. The remarks were made by Tatiana Dovgalenko, Head of the Africa […]
Senior law enforcement officials and ministers from around the world have come together at INTERPOL’s General Assembly which opened this Monday in Marrakesh to address current and future organized crime threats. The four-day conference, attended by more than 800 delegates from 179 countries, including 82 police chiefs, is INTERPOL’s supreme governing body and sets the […]
Morocco has been selected as the only African country included in a new $303.6 million U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract for F-16 radar repair and support services, Business Insider Africa reported. The contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., one of the United States’ leading defense manufacturers. This cooperation underscores Morocco’s strategic partnership […]