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The first European Union-Kenya Business Forum concluded on Wednesday Feb.22 in capital, Nairobi, with Kenya’s William Ruto urging the EU to conclude economic partnership deal with the East African Community (EAC) regional bloc. The two-day forum brought together more than 500 participants including politicians, business executives, experts and diplomats. Ruto participated in the signing of […]
Concern is growing across Africa about the implications of the European Union’s decision to proceed with the implementation of a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) as a way of preventing so-called ‘carbon leakage’ by imposing a tariff on imports equivalent to the carbon prices being paid by European companies. The CBAM will be implemented later […]
European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Policy Oliver Varhelyi will visit Morocco during the week of February 20. The announcement was made by the Moroccan foreign department following a phone call Sunday between the European official and Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The ministry described the talks as “productive and constructive.” Varhelyi confirmed the phone call […]
The European Union has reaffirmed, in its 2022 report, the full benefit of the population of Morocco’s southern provinces of the agreements between Rabat and Brussels and their positive impact on the socio-economic development of these regions. The publication of this annual report, by the services of the European Commission and the European External Action […]
Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez has highlighted the excellent cooperation ties existing between his country and Morocco, affirming that it is in the interest of the EU to maintain good relations with Rabat. Addressing on Tuesday the Spanish lawmakers, Pedro Sanchez stressed the strategic importance of maintaining good relations with neighboring Morocco not only for […]
Morocco is a neighbor and a strategic partner for Spain and Europe, Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, said on Friday, stressing that Spain, Europe and Morocco “share vital interests”. “Morocco is a neighbor and a strategic partner for Spain and Europe. We share with Morocco, among other things, the management and channeling of illegal […]
The French and German foreign ministers began a two-day visit to Addis Ababa on Thursday January 12 to support the peace agreement in Tigray, more than two months after it was signed to end the two-year brutal war in this northern region of Ethiopia. France’s Catherine Colonna and Annalena Baerbock of Germany are scheduled to […]
Fishermen in Cameroon are urging authorities to crack down on hundreds of illegal fishers and fish farmers operating in the Gulf of Guinea after the European Union banned imports of Cameroon’s seafood. There are several hundred fishers in Idenau, a coastal village near Cameroon’s western border with Nigeria, authorities in the capital, Yaoundé, say, while […]
The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, has hailed the role played by Morocco in peace and stability in the region as “important”. Speaking at a joint press briefing Thursday in Rabat, after talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, Josep Borell said the talks focused on “old […]
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, reiterated, Thursday, January 5, from Rabat, the position of the EU on the issue of the Sahara, saying the Union acknowledges and values the “serious and credible efforts” made by Morocco to find a solution to this regional dispute. “We […]