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French telecom giant Orange this week inaugurated an operational head office in Morocco to transfer operational management of its African and Middle Eastern activities from Paris to Casablanca. The new headquarters is located in Casablanca Finance City Tower (CFC) in the heart of Casablanca. In Africa and the Middle East, Orange is benefiting from strong […]
Morocco’s national railway operator ONCF has received lately the first of 30 Prima M4 locomotives being manufactured by the French Alstom company under a €130 million deal concluded in 2018 between the two sides. The Prima M4 locomotives have a nominal power of 5.5 MW. The maximum running speed is 160km/h. Being electric, the M4 […]
Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara has announced that West Africa’s monetary union has agreed with France to rename its CFA franc the Eco and cut some of the financial links with Paris. The CFA will undergo three major changes, according to Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara. The name will change to Eco in 2020; France, would […]
A raid by French troops in Mali has killed 33 Islamist militants last weekend using attack helicopters, ground troops and a drone, near the border with Mauritania, French President Emmanuel Macron said. The operation took place in a different part of Mali where 13 French soldiers died last month in a helicopter crash while tracking […]
The 14th France-Morocco high level meeting held in Paris Thursday was marked by the signing of a dozen agreements intended to give a new dynamic to the partnership between the two countries. The agreements, signed at a ceremony chaired by French Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, and the Head of the Moroccan Government, Saâd Eddine El […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to pay a two-day visit to Morocco on February 12-13 next year. The date of the visit was confirmed this Thursday by French Secretary of state to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, in a statement to Moroccan TV channel 2M, following a meeting with Morocco’s […]
The 14th France-Morocco High Level Meeting started proceedings Thursday in Paris, under the co-chairmanship of Head of Government, Saad Dine El Otmani, and French Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe. The meeting is intended to take stock of the multidimensional relations between the two countries that cover a wide range of areas, including politics, economy, culture, security […]
In Mauritania, Proparco, a Development Financial Institution partly owned by the French Development Agency, has signed an agreement with Attijari Bank Mauritania, the local subsidiary of the Moroccan financial group Attijariwafa Bank, to guarantee up to €5.5 million ($6.1 million) loans to approximately 140 Mauritanian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). According to the MoU signed […]
Perpetual Secretary of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Abdeljalil Lahjomri, was handed Thursday at a ceremony in Paris Le Grand Prix de la Francophonie awarded by the French Academy. The prize, part of the 2019 list of 64 prizes and medals granted by l’Académie Française, was handed to Mr. Lahjomri during a ceremony […]
The 4th French-Moroccan Parliamentary Forum is held in Paris Dec.12-14 to discuss several issues related to the role of parliamentary diplomacy in combating climate change and enhancing democracy. The two countries MPs will also look into ways of fostering Moroccan-French partnership in boosting peace, security and development in Africa and in the region. The Moroccan […]