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Morocco Becomes Fully-fledged Member of the African Union with Landslide Majority Support

The majority of the member states attending the 28th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa have officially welcomed Morocco as a fully-fledged member in the African institutional family. Morocco was readmitted in the African Union following the broad consensus among an overwhelming majority of member states on the North African country’s application to join the […]

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King Mohammed VI Expected in Paris Wednesday on Working, Friendship Visit to France

King Mohammed VI is expected in Paris next Wednesday on a working and friendship visit to France, during which he will confer with President Francois Hollande. During this summit meeting, the two heads of State will discuss an array of issues of common interest, primarily bilateral cooperation, the situation in North Africa, and the two […]

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Moroccan Sahara Getting Multibillion Dollar Facelift

Upgrading the basic infrastructures of the southern provinces of Morocco and improving the socioeconomic living conditions of Sahrawi people are among the top priorities of King Mohammed VI who is currently touring the region. These inclusive priorities, supported by US and international community, have been mapped out by the Sovereign on the occasion of the […]

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Morocco’s Port of Nador Gets BERD Financial Support

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a €200 million loan to state-owned “Société Nador West MED” to enable it finance the basic infrastructure for a new port on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco in the city of Nador. The development of the port is a major boost for eastern Morocco and […]

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Morocco: Local & Regional Elections, a rendezvous with History

Some 14 million voters go to the polls this Friday September 4 to elect 31,503 members of communal councils and 678 representatives to sit at the newly created regional councils that are part of the regionalization process the country is set to embark on as stipulated by the Constitution adopted in 2011. These local and […]

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New Foundation Confirms Morocco’s Role as a Bastion of Moderate Islam

Morocco’s King officially launched on Monday evening the Mohammed VI Foundation for African scholars tasked with boosting scientific and cultural reflection on Islam and spreading tolerant Islam in Africa. The foundation, which is part of Morocco’s strategy to fight extremism and religious fanaticism through spreading moderate Islam, is meant to foster coordination between all African […]

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Morocco deploys moderate Islam to counter extremism

Morocco has been exerting relentless efforts to promote moderate Islam as a means to counter extremism and fanaticism and to foster security and stability at home and beyond.   The latest move made part of these efforts came when King Mohammed VI, seeking the renaissance of Al Qarawiyyin University as a religious institution spreading moderate Islam, […]