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The President of the African Union Commission, South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, came under harsh criticism for her deafening silence on the violations of human rights and the 1951 Geneva convention by Algerian authorities which have recently deported thousands of Sub-Saharan migrants. Officials from Mali, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire have all condemned the silence of the […]
Russian President’s Special Envoy for the Middle East and North Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, lauded the positions adopted by Morocco in support of peaceful and political solutions to crises in the Middle East and in Africa. The Russian official made the statement following talks in Rabat Thursday with Moroccan Foreign Minister, Salaheddine […]
Governor of Delaware, Jack Markell, will participate on Friday in the “Atlantic Dialogues” in Rabat, a conference on issues pertaining to Atlantic Ocean countries. The US governor will take part in a panel alongside with senior officials, business leaders, opinion shapers and the media from North and South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. The three-day […]
The gas pipeline agreement that will link Nigeria’s gas wells to Morocco is conducive to reaching energy independence in the whole West African region, Morocco’s Royal Office said in a statement. The statement was issued following a meeting held in Casablanca on Tuesday under the chairmanship of King Mohammed VI. The meeting that was attended […]
Morocco announced Monday that it was immediately embarking on the second phase of the regularization process of undocumented migrants, in line with the Moroccan exemplary migrants’ integration policy spearheaded by King Mohammed VI. Given the success of the first phase of the regularization campaign that took place in 2014, the King recommended the launch of […]
Sound Energy PLC has won regulatory approval from Moroccan authorities to take control of 75% interest in the Sidi Mokhtar onshore licenses. Sound Energy, the African and European focused upstream gas company, said in a statement that the deal consists of three onshore gas permits (the “Sidi Moktar Licenses”) covering 2,700 square kilometres in the […]
After signing a landmark deal to build a pipeline connecting Nigeria’s gas wells to Morocco, King Mohammed VI and Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari stressed the need to accelerate works to build a continental highway between Tangier and Lagos as part of efforts to boost economic integration and cooperation in Africa. In a joint statement issued […]
Ahead of the upcoming visit by King Mohammed VI to Lusaka, President of Zambia, Edgar Lungu, expressed strong will to boost ties with Morocco, several Zambian media outlets reported. “I do look forward to receiving His Majesty at the end of the week. I am confident we shall have fruitful discussions aimed at augmenting bilateral […]
As it heads straight towards a spiral of economic and social turmoil reminiscent of the situation that it experienced in the late 1980s and the 1990s, Algeria tries desperately to catch up with its western neighbor Morocco. As Rabat increasingly outmanoeuvres Algiers on the continent thanks to a decades-long coherent African strategy underpinned by south-south […]
Slowly but surely Morocco’s King Mohammed VI is playing a leading role in the development of the African continent at a time dictators are gradually bowing out of the scene and the continent is crying for sustainable economic development. King Mohammed VI’s diplomatic tactic is winning. No lesson to teach, no arrogance. Taking over his […]