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Morocco’s $8 billion Sahara face-lift underway

Five years after announcing a development model for the southern provinces, the Sahara, Morocco is forging ahead increasing the initial budget to develop the region from 77 billion dirhams to 80 billion dirhams. The region is already enjoying levels of human development superior to the national average. But Morocco wants to make its south a […]

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Morocco’s King reiterates attachment to Maghreb Union, Openness to Africa

King Mohammed VI reaffirmed Morocco’s commitment to sound and solid relations with sister Maghreb nations as well as Africa’s place “at heart of Morocco’s foreign policy“. Maghreb “My keenness to achieve fair, balanced development in all the Kingdom’s regions is just as strong as my commitment to establishing sound, solid relations with sister Maghreb countries,“ […]

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Morocco’s King calls for Marrakech-Agadir rail link; Agadir-Dakhla highway

King Mohammed VI of Morocco called for establishing a rail link between Marrakech and Agadir as part of a regionalization plan that aims at achieving and equitable distribution of wealth between all regions. “I invite the authorities concerned to give serious thought to the development of a rail link between Marrakech and Agadir, as a […]

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Morocco celebrates growing international support for its territorial integrity

Since the end of the cold-war, support for the legitimate historical rights of Morocco to its territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Saharan provinces has been on the rise. As Morocco celebrates the 44th anniversary of the Green March following which the country retrieved its southern territories from Spain, King Mohammed VI highlighted in a […]