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King Mohammed VI was represented at the investiture ceremony of the new Argentine President, Javier Milei, which took place on Sunday in Buenos Aires, by speaker of the House of Representatives Rachid Talbi El Alami. The official investiture ceremony of Javier Milei took place at the headquarters of the Argentine Congress, in the presence of […]
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, is seeking the exclusive BRICS membership to enhance its global economic influence that would also allow it to loosen its ties with the West, according to experts. According to Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, the West African country hopes to join the influential economic alliance within two years, stressing […]
The European Union is finalizing partnerships with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia to boost local industries as the bloc wants to mine its way out of its heavy dependence on foreign powers like China for critical materials needed to power its green transition. A planned memorandum of understanding is widely seen as […]
France has emerged as Cameroon’s leading wheat supplier, ahead of Russia which has seen its supplies shrink by 65 per cent, per data published by the country’s statistics agency. Russia as late as 2020 was Cameroon’s largest supplier with 396,000 tons but the figure slumped to 138,000 last year. Cameroonian wheat buyers according to the […]
Morocco has gained a clear support from the UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for joining Spain-Portugal bid for hosting World Cup 2030. Mr.Ceferin, Head of the European Union Football Associations, voiced his backing to Morocco’s joining the European candidacy for World Cup 2030 at a press conference held in […]
South Africa will use its chairmanship of the BRICS group of leading emerging economies — comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — to focus on advancing African interests, the country’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. South Africa has just taken over the chairmanship of the BRICS — a bloc widely seen as an […]
To combat Mediterranean fruit fly, one of the world’s most destructive fruit pests, Morocco has placed an order for 440 million sterile Ceratitis capitata from Argentina, according to El Economista business newspaper. The sterile fruit flies will be supplied by the Institute of Agricultural Health and Quality of Mendoza (ISCAMEN). The shipments will start in […]
Morocco has been awarded ‘A’ rating by the UN Human Rights Committee for adopting the law on the national mechanism for the prevention of torture, designating its National Human Rights Council as the operative body. The North African kingdom is among the five countries that topped this year the UN committee’s ranking for the implementation […]
The Association of Friends of Morocco in Argentina (ASAMIMARG) has called on the international community to act to put an end to the hardships suffered by the Sahrawis sequestered in the Tindouf camps in Algeria. The Association, which includes academics, researchers, politicians, media professionals, economists and experts, denounced the Polisario brutal repression, abuse and ill-treatment […]
The Moroccan football association and its Argentine counterpart have signed a secret deal allowing Lionel Messi not take part in the March 26 friendly match in Tangiers. FC Barcelona’s legend Messi will not play the international match over alleged injuries. Reports in Morocco and Argentina however suggest that the player’s absence was decided under a […]