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The London High Court ruled that the British Energy company, BP, pays $68.9 million to the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) in a case originating from the sudden closure of Morocco’s Samir refinery in 2015. BP “sold a cargo of crude to Samir in August 2014 which was not paid for and NBAD took […]
The introduction of the Pan-African passport in 2018 will boost air travel by 24% in Africa, a research by global travel technology provider, Sabre said on Wednesday. According to the research carried out in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt, respondents were ready to spend 24% more moving across the continent when the passport is […]
The US State Department has for the first time listed 27 years old French Moroccan terrorist Abdelilah Himich as a dangerous terrorist as the younger former serviceman is cited as one of the key masterminds of Paris and Brussels attacks. Himich according to US authorities played a crucial role in the two attacks which killed […]
King Mohammed VI and Madagascar’s President Hery Rajaonarimampianina launched, in the Malagasy city of Antsirabe, the construction works of a hospital for mothers and children and a vocational training centre for a total cost of 220 million Dirhams, funded by Mohammed VI Foundation for Sustainable Development. The projects were launched on the occasion of King […]
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation struck a 16.3-million-dollar contract to upgrade Morocco’s F-16 fighter jets, the US defense department announced. The contract is part of a 55.6-million-dollar deal to upgrade Singaporean, Moroccan and Taiwanese F-16 aircraft, the same source said. Works under the Moroccan contract will be completed by June 9, 2019, the same source added. […]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said he supports the Syrian military, a position at odds with his country’s Gulf donators like Saudi Arabia. The former army chief, who has overseen a warming of ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s main backer Russia, made the comments during an interview aired Tuesday with Portuguese broadcaster RTP. […]
Nine Arab countries, including Morocco, have pulled out from the 4th Arab-African Summit in Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), in protest against the participation of the so-called self-proclaimed SADR in the event. The countries that withdrew from the summit in solidarity with Morocco are Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Sultanate of Oman, Jordan, Yemen and […]
The imminent return of Morocco to the African Union will offer the North African Kingdom a platform to showcase and share its economic, political and security model that will breakaway with the dominant ideological rhetoric in the organization in favor of a south-south African cooperation model permeated by solidarity and co-development. For decades, the African […]
Malagasy Foreign Minister Atallah Béatrice Jeanine expressed her country’s support for Morocco’s decision to reintegrate the African institutional family. “President Hery Rajaonarimampianina welcomed the letter sent by President of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, regarding Morocco’s request to return to the African institutional family,” said Malagasy Foreign Minister in a statement to MAP following […]
Almost three months after the legislative elections of October 7, Morocco remains without a government. Secretary General of the Party for Justice and development and outgoing Head of Government, Abdelilah Benkirane, was designated by King Mohammed VI to form a cabinet, as stipulated by the 2011 Constitution. Benkirane has led consultations with several political parties […]