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Three French soldiers of the Barkhane force were killed in operation in Mali on Monday when their armored vehicle was hit by an explosive device in the region of Hombori, the French presidency announced. Three French soldiers of the 1st regiment of chasseurs of Thierville-sur-Meuse lost their lives on Monday December 28. Their armoured vehicle […]
HM King Mohammed VI sent a message to the President of the French Republic, His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, in which the Sovereign wished him a speedy recovery following his contamination with Covid-19. “I have learnt that you have tested positive for COVID-19. I hope that you will quickly be restored to perfect health and I […]
Part of the world reaction to the historic proclamation by President Donald Trump recognizing the full sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over the entire region of the Moroccan Sahara, France’s Foreign Ministry said that the Sahara conflict has lasted too long and that the Morocco-proposed Autonomy Plan constitutes a serious and credible basis for […]
French justice minister Eric Dupond-Moretti has hailed the efficient judicial cooperation between France and Morocco in the fight against terrorism. This excellent cooperation has proven its efficiency “in a platform gathering also Belgium and Spain”, said the French official after the talks he held Monday in Rabat with Head of Morocco’s Public Prosecutor’s Office, Mohamed […]
Morocco and France signed, Monday in Rabat, an agreement, known as Declaration of Intent, relating to unaccompanied minors. The agreement, initialed by the Moroccan and French Ministers of Justice, Mohamed Benabdelkader and Eric Dupond-Moretti, who is on a visit to the Kingdom, concerns the dissemination of a procedural outline, which details the process of management […]
The commander of the joint force of the G-5 Sahel countries engaged in the fight against armed terrorist groups, Nigerien General Oumarou Namata Gazama, on Thursday warned that a reduction of the Barkhane anti-Jihadist force envisaged by France would be risky. In an interview broadcast by Radio France Internationale, the general considers that Takuba, […]
French group Utac Ceram and German FEV have chosen Morocco to set up Africa’s first automotive development and testing centre to be operational in 2nd semester 2021. Utac Ceram, a service provider in all areas of land transport, and FEV, a globally leading service provider of vehicle and powertrain development for hardware and software, announced […]
The members of the Moroccan community settled in France staged Saturday at Place de la République in Paris a demonstration to condemn the Polisario’s acts of banditry in Guerguarat, and to express support for the Moroccan army’s intervention to secure the free movement of people and goods at the crossing point between Morocco and Mauritania. […]
Four European countries, namely France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom have warned against obstructing the Libyan political Dialogue. In a joint statement issued Monday, the four countries said they are “ready to take measures against those who obstruct the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum and other tracks of the Berlin process, as well as those […]
Libyan Tripoli-based administration, Government of National Accord (GNA), has inked a deal with European multinational aerospace corporation, Airbus, for the purchase of 10 helicopters to be used in the fight against criminality. Interior Minister of the Government of National Accord Fathi Bashagha announced the deal Saturday following his visit to France last week. The aircraft, […]