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The European Union’s migration deals with Tunisia and Mauritania have proved to be controversial, with the former strongly criticized for fundamental rights violations of migrants stranded in the north African country, while the latter has not discouraged thousands of Africans from increasingly going through Mauritania to reach European shores. In July 2023, the EU signed […]
Cash-strapped Tunisia will get 450 million euros from the European Investment Bank to fund small and medium-sized enterprises and infrastructure projects, the bank said. The financing deal will be signed on Thursday at the Tunisia Investment, the bank said in a statement, adding that the loan will benefit “high-impact projects for the population and the […]
Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, firmly supports all initiatives aimed at establishing a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, delivering humanitarian aid, and protecting civilians, said head of the Moroccan Government Aziz Akhannouch on Tuesday. Akhannouch who was addressing the high-level International Conference on the Urgent Humanitarian Response to Gaza, hosted by Jordan, emphasized […]
Slovenia’s foreign minister Mrs. Tanja Fajon has voiced her country’s strong support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan offered for the Sahara under its sovereignty, saying the plan is “a good basis for reaching a final and consensual solution.” In a joint statement issued in Rabat following her talks held Tuesday with Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, the […]
Morocco has warmly welcomed the adoption by the UN Security Council of Resolution 2735, which calls for a three-phase ceasefire in Gaza and outlines a significant multi-year reconstruction plan for the Palestinian territory, as a positive step. Morocco’s response to the adoption of the US-sponsored resolution was expressed by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, during a […]
Malawi’s Vice-President, Saulos Chilima, and nine others were killed when a small military plane crashed in a northern mountainous region, the country’s president said in a live televised address on Tuesday. The wreckage of the plane was found after a search that lasted more than 24 hours since it disappeared on Monday (10 June) but […]
The high-level international conference on the urgent humanitarian response for Gaza kicked off on Tuesday in Jordan, in the Dead Sea region, with the participation of Morocco. King Mohammed VI is represented at this Conference, which is being held at the joint initiative of Jordan, Egypt and the United Nations, by Head of Government, Aziz […]
Malawi’s Vice-President, Saulos Chilima, and nine others were killed when a small military plane crashed in a northern mountainous region, the country’s president said in a live televised address on Tuesday. The wreckage of the plane was found after a search that lasted more than 24 hours since it disappeared on Monday (10 June) but […]
Morocco’s active participation in the Sustained Dialogue on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (SDPU) initiative was highlighted Monday in Washington during a meeting on this initiative that was chaired by U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Bonnie Jenkins. During this meeting held at the State Department, Morocco’s […]
The UN refugee agency UNHCR urged concrete actions to avert forced displacement in the war-ravaged Sahel, warning of a deteriorating humanitarian crisis. Nearly 3.3 million people were forced to flee their homes in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger due to increasing terrorist activity, exacerbated by drought, the UNHCR said in a statement. “The security situation […]