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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will contribute €65 million to fund projects aimed at expanding the capacity and optimizing the operations of the multipurpose terminals of the ports of Casablanca and Jorf Lasfar. The financing agreement was signed by EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso and Managing director of Morocco’s port management company, Marsa […]
The President of the French National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet reiterated, in Rabat on Friday, France’s support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara. Speaking at the House of Representatives during the closing seminar of the Morocco-European Union institutional twinning program, Braun-Pivet highlighted France’s historical, cultural and strategic ties with Morocco, emphasizing her country’s commitment to “support […]
The Libyan Government of National Unity has called on Moscow to provide an urgent explanation regarding the Russian Embassy’s recent travel warning for Libya. Issued on Thursday, December 12, the advisory discourages Russian citizens from traveling to Libya, citing risks to safety, and comes in the wake of the arrest of a Russian citizen in […]
The U.S. State Department has commended Morocco’s counter-terrorism (CT) efforts which have enabled the North African Kingdom to mitigate the risk of terrorism by promoting economic and human development in addition to countering radicalization. In its annual country reports on terrorism released Thursday, the State Department said Morocco continued its comprehensive strategy that includes vigilant […]
President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema has sent a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over to Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita by Zambia’s peer Mulambo Haimbe during a meeting held Friday in Laayoune on the sidelines of the 1st session of Moroccan-Zambian cooperation commission. Zambia’s top diplomat has reiterated on this […]
President of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, praised on December 12, 2024, a communiqué signed the previous day by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. The agreement, facilitated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, represents a crucial step toward resolving longstanding tensions between the two East African […]
A group defending Polisario separatism in the European parliament has been disbanded, in yet a new set back for Algeria which has used the same group as a platform for anti-Morocco propaganda. The intergroup was long used by Algeria as an interference tool in the European Parliament, which has its own delegation in charge of […]
Morocco has reiterated strong commitment to the “5+5 Defense” Initiative seeking to enhance cooperation, mutual trust and security between the North and South countries of the western Mediterranean. Morocco’s engagement was voiced by Minister in charge of National Defense Administration Abdeltif Loudyi during the 20th meeting of the Ministers of Defense of the “5+5 Defense” […]
The Atlantic gas pipeline that will connect Morocco to Nigeria has a potential to boost economic integration across 13 African states, boost energy supply in West Africa and power the region’s economies, head of Morocco’s mines and hydrocarbons agency ONHYM Amina Benkhadra said. The pipeline, to be achieved at an estimated cost of $26 billion, […]
Niger’s military authorities suspended British broadcaster the BBC for three months accusing it of spreading false news and undermining troops’ morale. The decision came after the BBC broadcasted in local Hausa language that an attack killed more than 90 Nigerien soldiers and 40 civilians in two Niger villages near the border with Burkina Faso. Niamey […]