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President of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH), Amina Bouayach, called from Accra, Ghana, for developing a “common vision” and “an ambitious roadmap” to protect human rights in the commercial transactions of businesses, corporations and multinationals on the African continent. The CNDH president was addressing the 14th Biennial Conference of Network of African National Human […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor announced on Thursday (19 October) that it had released Maxime Mokom because all war crimes charges levied against the former militia leader were dropped. Prosecutor Karim Khan said his office had concluded there were “no longer any reasonable prospects of conviction at trial even if the charges were confirmed.” […]
King Mohammed VI has appointed at the Ministers’ Council he chaired Thursday in Rabat six ambassadors, namely to the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt, France, China, and the United States of America. This diplomatic movement, described by analysts of the news website Le360 as “qualitative”, concerned six strategic countries, with which Morocco maintains historical ties, […]
The renewed flare-up in Israeli-Palestinian conflict has caused an outrage across Africa but it has also prompted heated debates in different countries in the continent about how to reconcile the gap between their economic and trade goals and their political and cultural realities. Thousands of protesters have marched across the Middle East and Africa on […]
Morocco and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to strengthen cooperation in cyber-security to reduce the risk of cyber-attack and protect online services and personal digital data from theft or damage. An agreement was inked Thursday in Dubai on the sidelines of “GITEX GLOBAL-2023” Tech show between General Directorate of Information Systems Security of Morocco’s […]
Chinese power and fiber optic cable manufacturer Hengtong will set up a plant in Egypt to produce fiber cable as result of a deal between the Chinese company and the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE). Hengtong will invest $18 million for the project with a capacity of up to 2 million kilometers in the zone. […]
Chad’s Ministers of Defense and Bilingualism Promotion respectively Gen. Daoud Yaya Brahim and Haliki Choua Mahamat have tendered in their resignation to the Transitional Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo, local media ‘Alwihda Info’ has reported. Choua, the media notes resigned Tuesday October 17. The General on the other hand stepped down Wednesday October 18. “I wanted […]
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has decided to finance the construction of Ifria refrigeration facilities in two African countries, namely Morocco and Senegal. The move, announced last week, come after DFC provided technical assistance grants to the cold chain development company Ifria in 2021. The Corporation announced the signing of commitment letters worth […]
Jet2 Airline Company has announced new flights from Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Manchester and London-Stansted airports to Agadir and Marrakesh. The newly added sunshine destinations will start operating in October 2024. Flights to the Moroccan popular tourist destinations will start from £79 each way, while package holidays will come in from £366 per person. […]
Gabon under the rule of Brice Oligui Nguema has reaffirmed his country’s position in support of Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara territory. Speaking at the UN’s 4th committee, Gabonese representative, Lia Bouanga Ayoune reaffirmed her country’s longstanding support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara. “Gabon reiterates its support for the Moroccan […]