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King Mohammed VI received, Friday in Rabat, the President of the World Bank Group, Ajay Banga, and the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva. The audience took place just after the speech delivered by the Sovereign at the opening of the Fall session of the Parliament, to which the chiefs of […]
The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), to be held in Morocco in 2025, will be “the best in the history of the continent”, said, on Friday in Marrakech, Patrice Motsepe, President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). “The eyes of the world will be on the continent when the AFCON 2025 will be held, […]
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office announced on Friday 13 a financial support of up to £1.45 million for Morocco following the devastating earthquake that rattled the region of Al-Haouz on September 8. “The new funding will help address both immediate needs and support longer-term development in the communities most affected, in line with […]
King Mohammed VI has called for strengthening the spirit that drives multilateralism to preserve the world’s stability and peace, stressing the need to boost synergies to address common global climate and socioeconomic challenges. In a message to the main plenary of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that […]
Morocco has been successfully re-elected in the person of Nadia Amal Bernoussi to the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee (HRCAC) for the 2023-2026 term. The members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) conducted the elections during the 54th session of the HRC this October 13, 2023, in Geneva, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in […]
The High-Level Ministerial Meeting on accelerating the financing of Africa’s emergence, held on Thursday on the sidelines of the WB-IMF Annual Meetings, culminated in the adoption of the “Marrakech Declaration” which calls for a “global financial architecture that is fairer and more conducive to Africa’s development.” In this Declaration, the 48 countries that took part […]
Madagascar’s top Court, Haute Cour Constitutionnelle (HCC), has pushed to Nov. 16 the first round of presidential elections initially slated for Nov. 09. The Court made the decision Thursday October 12, two days after the electoral campaign kicked off. The institution argued that the move came “by virtue of its regulatory power”, in response to […]
Kandia Camara, Côte d’Ivoire’s Foreign Minister, was elected Thursday October 12 Speaker of the country’s Senate, the first time a woman will lead the upper house of the country’s legislature. The 64-year-old diplomat landed 91 votes out of 97. She was appointed member of the house Monday October 9 by the country’s leader Alassane Outtara. […]
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has praised King Mohammed VI’s commitment to peace and security in the Middle East. During a phone call Wednesday with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, the U.S. top diplomat also welcomed continued “close” cooperation between Morocco and the United States, according to a press release issued Thursday by the State […]
The Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) and its regional partners have launched a strategic regional committee for fertilizer control to address West Africa’s fertilizer quality challenges. ECOWAS, in cooperation with the West African Economic and Monetary Community (UEMOA) and the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), has officially launched […]