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Morocco shipped a military cargo carrying scanners, metal detectors and other security equipment to help Madagascar foster security at the summit of the Organisation Internaitonale de la Francophonie, held in Antananarivo on November 26-27. The security equipment will help Malagasy authorities secure the venue of the international Francophonie summit in the Ivato center in the […]
King Mohammed VI expressed, in an interview with Malagasy media, strong pride of belonging to Africa and deep feelings of appreciation to African peoples and countries he has visited during his African tours. “I would like to pay tribute to my African brothers and to our continent. Every visit for me has been an occasion […]
After making a significant onshore gas discovery in Tendrara in Morocco’s north east, Sound Energy confirms the success of a second TE-7 gas well lying only 1.6 kilometres away from its TE-6 first well. “I am pleased to report the success of our second well at Tendrara and that the use of sub-horizontal drilling techniques […]
During each of his visits to African countries, King Mohammed VI makes sure to reach out to Muslim communities by promoting the values of tolerance, moderation and justice preached by Islam. This Friday, in the mosque of Antananarivo, the Moroccan monarch attended a Friday prayer marked by a sermon in the French language highlighting the […]
A day after the European Parliament (EP) voted in favor of a nonbinding resolution to freeze talks on the adhesion of Turkey to the European Union (EU), President Erdogan blasted the EU bloc that the results have “no value in our eyes” and warned on Friday that Turkey could ease access to the EU by […]
Tunisia’s draft budget is being welcomed with strikes against its planned austerity measures and one of the country’s most powerful trade unions, the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), announced a strike in the civil service on 8 December if the wages are not increased. The government is considering freezing wage increment in its draft budget […]
President al-Sisi of Egypt has confirmed that his government has been providing support to the Libyan National Army (LNA) under the command of Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar. The Egyptian president stated that “it is our country’s priority to back up national armies, for example in Libya, to assert control over Libyan territories and deal with […]
Morocco thanked the eight Arab countries that showed respect for the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity by withdrawing from the Arab-African Summit in which representatives of the separatist SADR entity were present, and on the same occasion deplores that Kuwait did not follow suit. This came in a statement released by Morocco’s foreign ministry […]
Despite the ever increasing Sino-Algerian economic relations, Algeria falls short of attracting significant Chinese Foreign Direct Investments unlike its neighbor Morocco where authorities set incentives for foreign investors, said the leading US think tank, Carnegei Middle East, in an article on its website. The article, signed by Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck and Lina Benabdallah, notes that while […]
King Mohammed VI, who is visiting Madagascar within the frame of a new African tour, visited Wednesday, “Antsirabe Mosque” which the Sovereign re-named after his grandfather late king Mohammed V. The Moroccan monarch, Commander of the Faithful, also performed a prayer at the mosque and donated copies of the holy Quran to the local Muslim […]