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The Steering Committee of the “5+5 Defense” Initiative started this Wednesday, in Rabat, a two-day meeting to discuss preparations for the upcoming gathering of the Defense ministers of member countries due Dec.16 in the Moroccan capital. The representatives of France, Italy, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal and Spain are taking part in the steering committee […]
Morocco’s migration policy is an example to follow for the world as a whole, the Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), António Vitorino, said on Wednesday in Fez. In a statement to the press after talks with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, on the sidelines of the 9th Global Forum of the […]
The ministerial meeting held as part of the 9th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) ended Tuesday evening with the adoption of the Fez Declaration which underlined that the UNAOC has achieved its main objective, mainly standing as a truly global undertaking, with universal aims seeking to raise awareness to the […]
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush commended, Tuesday in Fez, the “positive role” of Morocco in supporting stability in Libya. “The Kingdom of Morocco has always played a positive role in supporting stability in Libya and the efforts of the Government of National Unity and Libyan institutions to move forward and achieve a constitutional basis for […]
The Francophonie summit wrapped up in Tunisia’s Djerba with Morocco sending a senior director from the foreign ministry instead of ministers as it did in previous editions. Morocco was represented by Nadia El Hnot, Director of Cultural Cooperation at the foreign ministry. The low Moroccan enthusiasm for the Francophonie summit is a symptom of the […]
Côte d’Ivoire and Congo Brazzaville signed 15 agreements covering several areas including defense, health and transport, as both countries bolster ties. Top diplomats of both countries namely Kandia Camara of Côte d’Ivoire and Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso initialed the agreements following two days of intense work of the first session of the Great Ivorian-Congolese Joint […]
Senegal Tuesday announced investigations into the disappearance of two soldiers who have gone missing since Saturday. “The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the High Court of Dakar, in application of the provisions of Article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which allows the Public Prosecutor to make public objective elements from ongoing proceedings, wishes to […]
Central African Republic (CAR) authorities have postponed local and regional elections initially slated for January 23 to July 16 same year. The Strategic Committee to Support the Electoral Process, a committee encompassing the state and National Elections Authority (ANE), made the announcement after a meeting with the country’s Premier Félix Moloua. “We have established a […]
Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the world’s two largest cocoa producers, as well as the Ivorian-Ghanian Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI), created to guarantee a minimum income to farmers, have noted “efforts” by some manufacturers to pay higher prices to producers, after giving them an ultimatum earlier this month. For several weeks, both countries reproached the chocolate manufacturers […]
Akdital, a Moroccan group that owns 15 clinics in Morocco, plans an Initial Public Offering at the Casablanca stock exchange to raise 1.2 billion dirhams. The IPO is the second on the Casablanca stock exchange which aims to attract similar offerings from Moroccan enterprises. In recent months, the bourse launched a campaign to […]