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Burkina Faso’s junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore, who came to power in a 2022 coup, has said that elections in the country are “not a priority” compared to “security,” despite the military leadership’s earlier pledges to return to democracy with presidential elections by July 2024. “It’s not a priority, I’ll tell you that clearly, it’s […]
King Mohammed VI received, Monday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, several foreign ambassadors, who handed the Sovereign their letters of credentials as plenipotentiary and extraordinary ambassadors of their countries to the Kingdom. The heads of missions received by the Sovereign are Denmark’s ambassador Jesper Kammersgaard; Qatar’s ambassador Sheikh Abdullah Bin Thamer Mohammed Thani Al […]
King Mohammed VI has sent a message of congratulations to President of the Transition, Head of State of Guinea, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, on his country’s National Day, wherein he expressed Morocco’s readiness to bolster the brotherly and age-old ties binding the two countries. “I would like to express the high regard I have for […]
Morocco has reaffirmed its commitment to share its extensive experience and expertise in development financing with the African Union (AU) as part of the aspirations outlined in Agenda 2063. This announcement came during the Ministerial Retreat on Agenda 2063, a high-level event taking place in Kigali, Rwanda, this October 1-3. Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the […]
The World Bank Board has approved $365 million in International Development Association (IDA) financing to increase girls’ and women’s access to learning, economic opportunities, and utilization of health services, and to strengthen the institutional capacity for gender equality in Western and Central Africa. The Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus project (SWEDD+) has […]
Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has told French media Le Figaro his country will not provide a territory for French troops expelled out of Niger. “Mauritania does not seem to me, either strategically or geographically, to be the best country to host soldiers dedicated to the fight against terrorism in the Sahel. In the fight […]
Libya’s Justice Minister, Halima Ibrahim indicated Sunday October 1st the North African country is very determined to ensure all Libyans detained abroad are sent home to serve their prison sentences, ‘Libya Observer’ reports. H. Ibrahim made the announcement on Facebook in the wake of a prisoner swap agreement signed between Libya and Italy, on the […]
Côte d’Ivoire’s economic hub Abidjan will host on October 3-5, the African Development Bank Group’s fifth Africa Resilience Forum, a summit to explore innovative solutions to fill the financing gaps for African countries experiencing conflict and facing increasing insecurity. “The event will also advance discussion on how to mobilize resources at scale at the nexus […]
As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) prepares to host the COP28 climate summit from 30 November to 12 December, the Gulf state has made a marked presence in Africa’s burgeoning green finance sector, with a group of Emirati investors having unveiled a landmark $4.5 billion pledge to invest in clean energy projects on the continent […]
Religious tolerance is “a hallmark” of Morocco’s history, the US State Department points out in a new report. “Religious tolerance is a hallmark of Morocco’s history — from its welcoming of refugees fleeing the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the 15th century to late King Mohammed V’s efforts to protect Jews during World War […]