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Morocco Stresses Need for Joint Action against ISIS in Africa

Morocco stressed the need for stepping up and adapting the efforts of the global coalition for a joint action to defeat ISIS. Speaking to the press after the Regional Meeting of Political Directors of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, hosted in Skhirate (Rabat’s suburbs) Tuesday, Morocco’s Foreign Minister pointed to the scale of the […]

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OCP Foundation Launches Agricultural Caravan in Ethiopia

After the agricultural caravans it launched in Côte d’Ivoire (Octobre 2015), Guinea (May 2015), Togo (April 2017), Madagascar (Septembre 2017) and Burkina Faso (May 2018), the foundation of the Moroccan phosphates group OCP kicked-off a new stage on Friday (June 1) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The caravan will crisscross the next agricultural season in four […]

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ICANN Empowers Youths to Expand their Commitment

The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in its quest to reach out to larger segments of internet users and populations has chosen youth as major mouth-pieces to spread the organization’s activities on the continent. Programs tailored for youth have been initiated where the next generation of leaders is groomed to play greater […]

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Migration: Morocco Calls for New Euro-African Partnership

Morocco has called on European and African countries to enhance dialogue on migration in a bid to tackle common challenges and set out a new “win-win” partnership serving the interest of the two continents, Africa and Europe. Addressing the, convened Wednesday in Marrakech within the frame of the Rabat process, Moroccan Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser […]

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Safeguarding Africa’s Biodiversity, a Collective Responsibility, Moroccan King Says

King Mohammed VI of Morocco pointed out Sunday that safeguarding the African continent’s biodiversity is a collective responsibility as the depletion of that common heritage has a far-reaching impact on people’s daily lives and is detrimental to the socio-economic development of the communities, which depend on it. Addressing the first Summit of Heads of State […]

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Attijariwafa bank Teams up with IFC to bolster Trade & Investment in Africa

Attijariwafa bank, a leading pan-African banking group, has teamed up with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to boost cross-border trade and investment in Africa and support the continent’s smaller businesses. A cooperation agreement was signed by the two sides to enhance investments in both North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. The partnership will […]

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AfCFTA, a Landmark Event Shaping Tomorrow’s Africa, King Mohammed VI Says

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has described the signing this Wednesday of the agreement setting up the African Continental Free Trade Area as a defining moment in history and a landmark event, which attests to African States’ shared determination to build an Africa for the future. In a speech to the Extraordinary Summit of the […]

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Morocco Speaks up for Africa at World Water Forum

Morocco drew the attention of the international community at the World Water Forum in Brasilia to the environmental, social and economic challenges posed by water scarcity in Africa. “The kingdom of Morocco believes that this edition of the World Water Forum should be an opportunity to highlight the alarming situation of water in Africa,” Charafat […]

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King Mohammed VI Calls on Africans to Rise up to Development Challenges

King Mohammed VI has called on Africans, men and women, and especially young people, to rise to the challenges the African Continent is facing and to embrace the dynamic of shared growth. In a message addressed to participants in the Crans Montana Forum, which opened Friday in Dakhla under the theme “Africa and South-South cooperation”, […]

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Morocco Second Biggest Buyer of Arms in Africa in 2013-2017- SIPRI

Morocco purchased 12% of overall arms imports in Africa maintaining its position as the second largest buyer of weapons on the continent over the 2013-2017 period, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a recent report. Morocco was ranked ahead of Nigeria with 5.1% of African arms imports and was preceded by Algeria, […]