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Chairman of the presidency of Bosnia & Herzegovina Denis Bećirović has addressed a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over to Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita by Nerkez Arifhodžić, special envoy of Denis Bećirović, at a meeting held in Rabat Wednesday. In a statement to the press following the meeting, Arifhodžić […]
Formally begun in 2007 by the African Union, the Sahel’s green wall which consisted in planting trees to fight desertification has been facing headwinds partly due to drought, conflict and lack of funding. The project is estimated to cost 36 billion dollars and be completed after 17 years from its launch but was hampered by […]
Morocco is committed to contributing to the success of electoral processes across the African continent, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said. He made the remark at the opening of a training co-held with the African Union benefiting election observers. Morocco is ready to provide well-trained election observers to promote democratic processes across the continent, Bourita said. […]
The 3rd Arab Economic and Cooperation Forum with the countries of Central Asia and Azerbaijan, held on Tuesday in Doha at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Economy, highlighted the importance of the role of the Presidency of the Al-Quds Committee. In the Doha Declaration issued at the end of the Forum, […]
Easy movement of people in Africa, also facilitated by affordable airfares, without the hindrances of state boundaries, is one of the key prerequisites for the full implementation of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), according to stakeholders in the continent’s aviation industry. Air transport, which facilitates free movement of people across nations with liberalized inter-state […]
Dozens of American military personnel will likely leave Chad in the coming days, at least temporarily, which comes days after Washington agreed to pull out about 1,000 of its troops from neighboring Niger following the ruling junta’s decision to cancel a military accord with the US. The United States is expected to begin withdrawing its […]
Theodoros Rousopoulos, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), lauded Morocco’s pivotal role in fostering stable relations between Africa and Europe. In a statement he made in Rabat on Monday, following talks with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, Rousopoulos also emphasized the significant reforms spearheaded by King Mohammed VI, asserting that these […]
American company GE Gernova has decided to join the Xlinks Morocco-UK power project with a $10.2 million investment injected in this ambitious project expected to produce affordable and clean energy. Once complete, the Project’s wind and solar generation, combined with flexible battery storage, is expected to supply 3.6 gigawatts (GW) and deliver approximately 8% of […]
Algeria’s USMA has doubled down by refusing to play its second leg game against hosts RS Berkane as part of the CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals. USMA officials withdrew in protest over RS Berkane’s jerseys which bear a full Moroccan map, including the southern provinces. The Algerian team have seemingly abandoned the game under pressure from […]
Rwanda has hit back at the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for making “baseless allegations” against Apple after Kinshasa earlier accused the tech giant of using illegally exported materials from the war-torn east of the West African country in its products. Lawyers representing the DRC government alleged last week that Apple was […]