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The United Nations paid tribute to the men and women serving under its flag in some of the most dangerous places in the world during a ceremony in New York on Thursday to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. During the ceremony, Morocco’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, received the Dag […]
Polisario’s serious violations against children sequestered in the camps of Tindouf in Algeria were exposed, Wednesday evening in Casablanca, by the president of the Sahara Observatory for Wealth and Human rights, Hafdi Mohamed El Bachir. Speaking at a ceremony held at the Moulay Rachid complex on the celebration of the National Day of the Child, […]
The Moroccan Government decided this Thursday at the cabinet’s weekly meeting to extend the state of health emergency until June 30, 2022, to continue to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of measures taken by public authorities to stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Government Council examined and adopted, this May 26, a draft […]
The Republic of Suriname on Thursday opened a Consulate General in Dakhla, translating thus its strong support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and its territorial integrity. The opening ceremony of the consular mission was chaired by Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin and the governor of the Aousserd region Abderrahmane El Jaouhari, in the presence […]
Head of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has received warning to hand power to rival Fathi Bashagha, by May 26, Italian news agency Nova reported. The agency did not reveal the side that sent the warning but added that military battalions have informed Dbeibeh, who instructed the armed formations to […]
The European Union released Wednesday €300 million accounting for the second tranche of the bloc’s support for the North African country in surfing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tunisia received the first tranche of the same amount, in June last year. The bloc last year rubber stamped a Macro-financial Assistance (MFA) program worth €600 […]
Suriname has expressed full support to the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan for the Sahara as the unique basis for a political solution to the regional dispute and announced its decision to open a Consulate General in the city of Dakhla. The remarks were made by Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin in Rabat on Wednesday during a […]
The Algerian government has made much fuss about an incoming investment code which analysts see as a cosmetic measure that fails to address the real issues that make Algeria a very unfriendly foreign investment destination. A copy of the draft of the new code was unveiled last week copying much of a similar code that […]
The laboratory results of the three suspected cases of monkeypox recorded in Morocco are negative, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday. The three suspected cases turned out to be negative following laboratory tests carried out at the Ibn Sina military hospital in Marrakech, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the suspected cases placed […]
Moroccan Minister-Delegate in charge of the National Defense Administration, Abdeltif Loudyi, conferred Tuesday in Rabat with Mauritanian Major Gen. El Mokhtar Bolle Chaâbane, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces. The two officials stressed the need to deepen and broaden the scope of military cooperation ties in the field of defense and security, insisting […]