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Moroccan handball club Wydad Smara defeated over the weekend Ethiopia’s Mechal Handball Sport Club (40-18) at the 45th African Champions Club Championship taking place in Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune. Mountada Derb Sultan (Morocco) also beat Ethiopian club Krikos 38-12, while Raja Agadir (3rd Moroccan club participating in the tournament) secured a 21-21 draw against […]
Tureg rebels have been using Ukrainian drones to target Mali and their Wagner allies in an insurgency that worsened ties between Bamako and Algiers, French paper Le Monde said. Malian forces have in recent months made inroads. Backed by Russian Wagner militias, they pushed Tuareg CSP rebels to seek refuge in southern Algeria. CSP, a […]
Somalia said it welcomes an Egyptian offer to deploy troops once the mandate of an African Union peace keeping mission expires in December. The decision is seen from Ethiopia as a hostile move, amid tension between Cairo and Addis Ababa over the Ethiopian renaissance dam. Somalian officials issued a statement following a summit in the […]
The initiative launched by King Mohammed VI offering Atlantic access to African landlocked countries seeks to reshape the geostrategic landscape of the Sahel and Sub-Saharan regions amid a wave of coups fueled by economic and social decline, said a U.S. think-tank. In an analysis on the royal initiative, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said the […]
Tangier has successfully hosted this week the second edition of the Blue Africa Summit, an event that marked a decisive turning point in Africa’s maritime ambition. The summit, held under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, brought together political leaders, experts, and key players in the maritime sector, who underscored the growing importance of […]
Kenya has allocated a coastal area to build its first nuclear plant, worth 3.9 billion dollars, in a bid to diversify its energy mix. The project is expected to generate 1000 MW, as part of a long-term strategy to reduce reliance on hydro-power and fossil fuel energy. Switch on is expected in 2034, despite rising […]
South Africa under the long-ruling ANC is one of the remaining states that have yet to see reality as it is in the Sahara issue as it keeps turning in a vicious Algerian circle rehashing anachronism on the Sahara issue. This has been shown once more in a decision by South Africa’s ruling party the […]
The Speech delivered on Friday by King Mohammed VI at the opening of the Fall session of the Parliament was hailed in France as auguring a new era in Moroccan-French ties and as consolidating the dynamic momentum of bilateral relations. In his speech, the King paid a special tribute to France, which now, he said […]
Morocco ranks among the top five countries that have most improved their business environment over the past two decades, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) index. Between 2003 and 2023, Morocco ranked fourth out of 82 countries that managed to significantly improve their business climate, according to the ranking published by the EIU in […]
The 57th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, held under the chairmanship of Morocco, concluded on Friday, oct.11. The session was marked by the adoption of 37 resolutions—ten of which were voted on—and one decision. On the final day of the session, Ambassador Omar Zniber, Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office […]