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A super-yacht and two properties belonging to Equatorial Guinea’s Vice President, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, were seized last week by South African court that suggested the properties may be auctioned to pay a South African businessman who sued Obiang for wrongful arrest and torture after an airline deal went wrong. South African businessman Daniel Janse […]
Rabat hosted this February 17-18 the World Pre-Forum on Human Rights as a prelude to the third World Forum on Human Rights (WFRH) will take place in Argentina in March 2023. The global pre-forum was organized by the Moroccan Human Rights Council (CNDH) and the International Center for the Promotion of Human Rights (CIPDH-UNESCO), which […]
The leadership of King Mohammed VI in building collective action to mitigate the impact of climate change in Africa has been highly commended at a meeting hosted Thursday in Addis Ababa by Morocco on occasion the 42nd session of the Executive Council of the African Union. Chaired by foreign minister Nasser Bourita, the gathering was […]
Visiting British Minister of State for Business and Trade Nigel Huddleston discussed with a number of Moroccan officials ways of enhancing trade between the two countries, particularly through the proposed maritime link between Morocco and the United Kingdom. “Morocco is the UK’s fourth largest trading partner in Africa and this is an opportunity to further […]
King Mohammed VI has renewed commitment to continue providing the Climate Commission for the Sahel region the necessary technical assistance and support its actions to enable it complete its roadmap. In a message addressed to participants in the 2nd Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Climate Commission for the Sahel Region (CCSR), […]
Nineteen months after Morocco, victim of a “gigantic international destabilization enterprise”, filed a complaint against some French media and NGOs, which accused it of having used the spyware “Pegasus”, “no evidence has been provided to date”, Olivier Baratelli, lawyer of the Kingdom in France, said Friday in Paris. Speaking at a press conference on the […]
Morocco has renewed its strong and voluntary commitment to Africa and vowed to strengthen further its policy of active cooperation and solidarity with the continent, while reiterating its determination to work with African countries to achieve the objectives of the continental agenda 2063, aimed to build up a dynamic, strong, democratic and sustainable Africa. The […]
Over twenty Tunisian and international organizations active in Tunisia, on Thursday, decried in a joint statement the human rights violations suffered by migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, and called on the Tunisian authorities to combat hate speech, discrimination and racism against them and to take urgent action to guarantee the migrants’ dignity and rights. The signatories […]
The Executive Council of the African Union has endorsed, during its 42nd session held on February 15-16 in Addis Ababa, in prelude to the Union’s Summit, Morocco’s candidacies to the international system. Thus, the Council decided to support Morocco’s candidacy to the Council of the International Maritime Organization for the period 2024-2025, during the elections […]
Visiting President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Odile Renaud-Basso, conferred Thursday in Rabat with Head of Moroccan Govt. Aziz Akhannouch on partnership between the bank and Morocco in various sectors. Akhannouch hailed the EBRD’s investment and cooperation ties with Moroccan public and private institutions contributing to the country’s social and economic […]