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King Mohammed VI who was among the first heads of State to congratulate on Sunday Emmanuel Macron for his victory at the French Presidential elections, held a phone conversation with the President-elect on Tuesday. During this phone call, the Sovereign reiterated his warm congratulations to Macron for his election, which was “marked by broad support […]
As is the case with France and mainstream Europe, North Africa on France’s Mediterranean neighbourhood breath a sigh of relief after Centrist Emanuel Macron decisively defeated Far-rightist Marine Le Pen in one of a thrilling and tumultuous presidential election campaign. As soon as Macron’s victory was announced North African leaders, notably France’s former colonies, Morocco, […]
Less than a week before he hands over the keys of the Elysée Palace, French President François Hollande hosted Tuesday a luncheon in honor of King Mohammed VI of Morocco. The luncheon at this particular juncture is deemed a powerful token of the long-standing friendship and the multifaceted ties binding the two countries. The luncheon […]
The Strait of Gibraltar is the venue of the Jebel Tarik 2017 joint military training between Morocco’s parachutist brigade, the Moroccan Deuxieme Brigade d’Infanterie Parachutiste (2BIP) and the Royal Gibraltar Regiment. FAR-Maroc, a website specializing in military issues, said that a second military exercise will take place in the region of Marrakech in the Middle […]
Head of the political movement En Marche Emmanuel Macron received the most votes in Sunday’s presidential election in France, followed by far-right populist Marine Le Pen, meaning the two will compete in a runoff on May 7. Final results put Macron, an independent centrist, on top with 23.75 per cent of votes, while Ms Le […]
The African Lion military exercises kicked off with the participation of about 1300 military personnel from the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Spain and Tunisia. “We are excited to conduct training with our Moroccan partners. African Lion gives us the ability to enhance our operational capabilities in an unfamiliar, yet non-austere, […]
Works to complete Morocco’s high speed train (TGV), the first in Africa, have reached a progress rate of 86% and the project is expected to be ready in summer 2018, said the director general of Morocco’s National Railways facility (ONCF) Mohamed Rabie Khlie. Khlie, who was speaking at a meeting on railway security co-held in […]
Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, stressed in Marrakech that the UN system must be reformed to adapt to the changes in the globe or risk irrelevance. Speaking at the Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend, the former UN chief underscored the importance of such reforms regardless of the complexities inherent to it. “The UN by itself […]
French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve Friday in Tunis underlined France’s stance on the control of the Libyan oil saying that the National Oil Corporation (NOC) must align with UN-backed Presidency Council (PC). The French leader met with PC head Faiez Serraj in the Tunisian capital as a gesture of support for the weak UN-sponsored Libya […]
The World Economic Forum issued the 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index placing Morocco on top of North African countries, third in the continent and 65th in the globe. Morocco came ahead of Tunisia (87th) and Egypt (74th) while Algeria (136th) took the very last position in the report, which offers an in-depth analysis of […]