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FIFA President Gianni Infantino who is in Morocco to attend the semi-finals and finals of the Mondialito, which is being held this February 1 to 10 in Tangier and Rabat, said that Morocco has mobilized all the necessary means and resources to ensure the successful hosting of the ongoing Club World Cup. “After the success […]
Morocco’s Parliament has reiterated its condemnation of the ongoing maneuvers and smear campaigns staged by the European Parliament (EP) against the Kingdom’s territorial integrity and interference in its judiciary system. This came during a conference-debate hosted by the two chambers of the Moroccan parliament Wednesday to discuss the hostile campaign led by some members of […]
Exploration for nickel and chrome will begin ‘in the next few days’ in DR Congo’s southern, diamond-rich Kasai region, Congo’s president has said, adding that his country wants to position itself as a key source of the two strategically important metals in the green energy transition. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) wants to position itself […]
Australian iron ore company, Fortescue Metals Group, has signed a deal with Gabon, to explore an iron ore deposit in Belinga, north-east of the country, with short-term investment put at $200 million. Fortescue per the deal will commence mining in the second half of 2023. The company in a statement said with the mining convention […]
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called for a ceasefire after clashes in a disputed town in the breakaway region of Somaliland left at least 13 people dead. Tensions have been building in Las Anod, the capital of the contested Sool region, since December last year, as the region has been a point of conflict […]
France, the former colonial master in the Sahel, is receiving a series of blows as its foothold shrinks on the back of growing anti-French sentiment and increasing Russian incursions. After their retreat from Mali following a ten-year failure to eradicate Jihadist groups, now Burkina Faso asked France to withdraw its troops from the country within […]
Moroccan lawmakers, lawyers, analysts and representatives of civil society are taking part in a conference hosted this Wednesday by the Moroccan Parliament to discuss the hostile campaign led by some French members of the European Parliament against Morocco. The debate will focus on the use by MEPs of human rights and the Pegasus spyware as […]
The signing ceremony of the industrial compensation agreement Morocco concluded with the American Aeronautics company Boeing was held Wednesday at the headquarters of the National Defense Administration in Rabat. This industrial compensation agreement, which is part of the extension of the acquisition program of Apache helicopters, further illustrates the royal vision aimed at modernizing and […]
Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s top diplomat, indicated Tuesday that Moscow was keen to provide assistance to Sahel and Gulf of Guinea countries fighting terrorism, as he was on a two-day trip to ally Mali. “The fight against terrorism is of course a reality for the other countries in the region”, he said at a joint press […]
A Moroccan woman was confirmed dead in the powerful earthquake that hit on Monday Türkiye and Syria Monday. The Moroccan embassy in Ankara said the woman, 51, died in Antakya. She was married to a Turkish citizen. Her 16-year-old son was slightly injured in the quake. King Mohammed VI has offered his condolences to President […]