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Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailé Mariam Dessalegn has voiced support for Morocco’s return to the African Union as of the next summit of the pan-African organization. Ethiopia’s support for Morocco’s return to the African institutional family was articulated in a joint statement issued following King Mohammed VI’s landmark visit to Ethiopia, the first since his accession […]
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 […]
King Mohammed VI’s visit to Rwanda’s capital Kigali is reflective of excellent ties between the two friendly African countries, Rwandan Presidnet Paul Kagame said. “His Majesty King Mohammed VI’s visit to Rwanda is of great importance as it represents the first visit by the Monarch to our country,” the Rwandan head of state told the […]
It is official! King Mohammed VI of Morocco flew on Tuesday to Rwanda, first leg of a tour in Eastern Africa that will also take him to Ethiopia and Tanzania. The King’s first tour to the English speaking states east of the continent is part of an African strategy that has so far yielded fruitful […]
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 […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco will undertake shortly official visits to Ethiopia, Rwanda and Tanzania as part of an African strategy that aims at diversifying partners and building bridges of solidarity and economic cooperation with key English speaking countries in the continent. The visit was announced by the well-informed online news outlet, le360.ma, which said […]
Speaker of the Pan-African Parliament Roger Nkodo Dang said Thursday at the end of a three-day visit to Rabat that Morocco’s return to the African Union (AU) and therefore to the South-Africa-based Pan-African Parliament as envisaged by King Mohammed VI is in progress. The Cameroonian lawmaker said in an interview with Jeune Afrique that he […]
Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company, OCP, is planning to open subsidiaries in 13 African countries in line with the Kingdom’s strategy to boost economic ties and investments in the continent. As announced in the official gazette, the OCP’s board of directors approved the decision to establish 13 subsidiaries in the countries of Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Cameroun, […]
Morocco’s Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar is on an African tour to step up diplomatic ties with a host of African nations in a bid to pave the way for a return of Morocco to its empty Seat at the African Union ahead of its upcoming summit in Rwanda, Moroccan Media reported on July 14. A […]
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia Tuesday in Khartoum agreed to change one of the two European companies commissioned to study the impacts of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile. At a meeting attended by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and water resources, the three countries decided to replace Dutch company Deltares by French firm […]