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Morocco, Portugal, and Spain have signed a letter of intent regarding their joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, this Saturday, October 28, at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Morocco. The three football federations of Morocco, Portugal, and Spain signed the letter of intent this Saturday, a crucial step in the candidacy […]
Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, called Friday in Brussels for “full optimization” of the Green Partnership between Morocco and the European Union, signed in October 2022, which constitutes an “innovative, promising, and dynamic cooperation framework”. This partnership, as an instrument for enhanced dialogue and cooperation, reflects a “strong convergence for sustainable, […]
The 10th General Assembly of the African Union of the Blind (AFUB) is held in Rabat this October 27-30, under the theme “Unity and solidarity”. This General Assembly, held under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, aims to draw inspiration from and highlight distinguished African and international experiences, capable of contributing to the achievement […]
Former Spanish Defense Minister José Bono Martinez denounced, Friday in Dakar, the accession of the Algeria-backed Polisario to the African Union (AU) as an “anomaly”. “The AU recognizes an entity not recognized by the UN. This is an anomaly that does not occur in any other international organization,” Bono Martinez said at the 2nd International […]
Spanish socialist PSOE sealed a deal with the far-left Sumar coalition to end the political limbo in the country in a breakthrough agreement that includes abandoning support for the Polisario separatists. Under the outgoing government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain has backed Morocco’s autonomy plan in the Sahara territory as the “sole” political […]
Several influential U.S. Senators and members of the House of Representatives have called on the U.S. Department of Commerce to reduce duty on imports of phosphate fertilizers from Morocco, saying the imposed tariffs have pushed global prices upward affecting U.S. farmers. The call comes after U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled lately that Commerce […]
Leaders from the world of finance and business have convened in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh for a three-day investment conference, issuing a warning about the many perils the world currently faces, most notably Israel-Hamas war that could widen into a regional conflict and deal a new blow to the global economy. The seventh Future Investment Initiative […]
The humanitarian assistance dispatched to the Palestinian population at the instructions of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, has been distributed on Thursday at the Palestinian Red Crescent association hospital in Al-Quds. The Moroccan emergency humanitarian aid is made up of large quantities of food aid, water, and medical products. The Rabat-based Bayt […]
Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazoauni boasted the North African country’s green hydrogen potential and called on European investors attending the European Union – African Union summit at the Global Gateway Forum to seize opportunities. “Our country, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, with its enormous renewable energy potential (estimated at 4,000 GW, of which […]
The junta in power in Gabon, the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI), decided Thursday to leave from now on all public procurements below $241,000 to local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a move to boost entrepreneurship in the central African country. “From now on, public works contracts worth less than […]