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King Mohammed VI, who is paying an official three-day visit to Tanzania, held private talks in Dar es Salam with Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli. Afterwards, the two leaders exchanged symbolic presents, and the King presented Morocco’s highest distinction, the Al Muhammadi Wissam, to the Tanzanian President. The King’s visit is of great strategic significance […]
Leading Tanzanian news outlet, dailynews.co.tz, stressed that Morocco’s return to the African union will be conducive to the continent’s economic development and security cooperation. “Morocco, one of the founders of the Organization of African Unity, the predecessor of the current African Union, has much to offer the continental body in terms of economic cooperation, security […]
Tanzania, where King Mohammed VI is expected on Sunday afternoon, is the second leg in his tour in eastern Africa, a tour that mirrors Morocco’s steadfast determination to build on economic diplomacy in order to foster political ties with English speaking African countries. The delegation accompanying King Mohammed VI is made up of senior King […]
Bombardier, Canadian multinational aerospace and transportation company, is set to invest in a rail industry cluster in Morocco that will serve as a hub for boosting exports to the African market. The announcement was made by the Chairman of the Moroccan branch of Bombardier Transport, Taoufiq Boussaid, who stressed the pertinence of the new investment […]
Morocco and Rwanda added a concrete aspect to their bilateral relations by signing 19 agreements setting the stage for cooperation in fields ranging from economy, finance and science to air transport and renewable energy. The agreements were signed in a ceremony attended by King Mohammed VI who is paying an official visit to Kigali and […]
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has asked his Burkina Faso counterpart Marc-Christian Kaboré for explanations for letting Mauritanian anti-slavery activist Birame ould Dah ould Abeïd speak on the West African country’s public channel, reports say. Tension has risen between the two presidents after Birame ould Dah ould Abeïd, leader of the anti-slavery movement IRA […]
The general assembly of the International Road Safety Organization unanimously elected Morocco as a President for a four-year term. The election took place during the organization’s general assembly in Lisbon, during which Morocco was represented by permanent secretary of the national committee for the prevention of traffic accidents, Nasser Boulaajoul. This election makes Morocco the […]
Rwanda will be the first stop in the new African tour by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI which will also lead him to two other eastern African countries, Ethiopia and Tanzania, Moroccan local media said. The tour will start on Tuesday with a three-day visit to Rwanda. The visit comes in response to an invitation by […]
Morocco, host country of COP22 in Marrakech November 7-18 and gate for investments in Africa, is busy working to encourage international financial institutions to support green banking markets in African continent. BMCE Bank of Africa has teamed with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and organized on Wednesday a conference in Casablanca to […]
Moroccan bank BMCE Bank of Africa and its leasing subsidiary Maghrebail received a €35 million loan granted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The three financial institutions are teaming up to strengthen sustainable energy measures in Morocco, with the support of […]