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Libya’s parliament, The House of Representatives (HoR), voted in favor of a budget worth around $18 billion proposed by Fathi Bashagha, the legislature’s choice for the job of Prime Minister. “The State’s General Budget Law for the year 2022 was unanimously approved,” said HoR Spokesman, Abdulla Beihiq following a session held in Sirte. 103 members […]
A new book by expert in socio-economic development, Noureddine Obad, was presented this Wednesday, June 15, at a ceremony hosted by the Swiss Press Club in Geneva. The recently released book, entitled “Morocco, the Potential for Transformative Change”, highlights the socio-economic progress achieved by the Kingdom, including in its southern provinces. The book presentation was […]
The exemplary Moroccan-Spanish cooperation in matters of migration and security, including the fight against terrorism and transnational crime, was highlighted at a working meeting that gathered this Wednesday in Madrid the two countries’ Interior Ministers Abdelouafi Laftit and Fernando Grande-Marlaska. The two officials held in-depth discussions on topics of common interest, and recalled on the […]
Morocco has increased its firefighting capabilities with the reception of 3 new Canadair water bombers bringing total fire extinguishing aircrafts to 8. Meanwhile, Algeria is still dragging its feet on procuring one. An outlet specializing in Royal Armed Forces news, FAR Maroc, said on social media that Morocco is now testing the third Canadair in […]
Coventry University will open in the few coming months a new branch campus in Casablanca suburb in Morocco. The Bouskoura campus is expected to start receiving students in September, after getting final approval. It intends to offer courses in engineering, architecture and business. The Bouskoura campus follows the model of Coventry University hub in Egypt, […]
King Mohammed VI has proposed the setting up of an African Institute for Lifelong Learning to strengthen South-South coordination and cooperation in the field of adult learning and lifelong education. The suggestion was made in the message he addressed to the UNESCO’s Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII), held in Marrakech under the […]
The Spanish government’s support to Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara is a “good decision for Spain and for the whole Mediterranean region”, stressed Spanish Defense Minister María Margarita Robles on Tuesday. By supporting autonomy as “the most serious, realistic and credible basis” for resolving this dispute, the government “has taken the best decision for […]
Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Déby has vowed to curtail the gold smuggling business depriving his country weekly of around $91 million in the advantage of Libya. The head of the Chadian Transitional Military Council who took over from his father General Idriss Deby killed in April last year, told State radio that the shady business […]
The Tunisian government announced Tuesday the death of the spouse of Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine who died of wounds she suffered when a gas canister exploded last month in the kitchen of their residence. Nasreddine Ncibi, spokesman for the government indicated that she succumbed to injuries after she was burned in the deadly incident. She […]
Vice president of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, M’hamed Abba highlighted, Monday in New York, the international momentum of support for the autonomy plan presented by Morocco to settle the dispute over the Sahara. “The issue of the Moroccan Sahara lives at the pace of a positive development both at the UN level and […]