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King Mohammed VI has urged the Moroccan Ombudsman institution to continue its contribution to upholding the principles of the rule of law, transparency and good governance in the management of public services. The Sovereign, who appointed on Thursday Mohamed Benalilou as Ombudsman, also called the Mediator institution to continue making recommendations aimed at “guaranteeing the […]
King Mohammed VI has renewed zero tolerance against corruption and expressed his unwavering resolve to combat this scourge, which undermines the public trust and investors’ confidence. Speaking to Mohamed Bachir Rachdi he appointed on Thursday as chief of the national authority for probity, prevention and fight against corruption, the Monarch stressed the importance he grants […]
King Mohammed VI on Thursday named Mohamed Benalilou, a magistrate, as the Kingdom’s Ombudsman. The King recalled, during the appointment ceremony, the role of the Ombudsman Institution, as an independent authority that strives to enshrine rights and end injustices, and particularly to preserve the rights of citizens in their relations with the administration, a statement […]
King Mohammed VI has appointed Mohamed Bachir Rachdi, an IT engineer, new president of the national anti-corruption authority, l’Instance nationale de la probité, de la prévention et de la lutte contre la corruption (ICPC). During the appointment ceremony Thursday, the King emphasized the importance he attaches to the fight against corruption in all its forms, […]
The initiative for the Adaptation of African agriculture, presented by Morocco during the COP22 in Marrakech in 2016 was at the focus of a meeting in Abidjan between Moroccan Minister of Agriculture Aziz Akhannouch and President of the African Development Bank Akinuwumi Adesina. The AfDB President expressed at the meeting the African institution’s support to […]
King Mohammed VI received, Tuesday afternoon, at the Royal Palace of Rabat, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres. The two men discussed several topical issues, including the intergovernmental Conference on migration, the situation in the Maghreb region and the African continent, and the Moroccan Sahara. When touching on the Sahara issue in light of the […]
Morocco and the African Union choose Marrakech, which is hosting this Dec.10-11 the Intergovernmental Conference on Migration, to sign the headquarters agreement of the African Migration Observatory. The setting up of the African Migration Observatory, to be headquartered in Rabat, was proposed by King Mohammed VI, in his capacity as the AU leader on the […]
The Global Compact on Migration (GCM), which was adopted on Monday in Marrakech, was hailed by world leaders, senior Govt officials, representatives of civil society and migrants as a “historic event” and the best way to address the issues of migration at the local, national, regional and global levels. Participants in the two-day Intergovernmental Conference […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who took part in the Intergovernmental Conference that adopted Monday in Marrakech the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration welcomed the adoption of the pact, saying that it was high time the international community came to a more realistic understanding over global migration. Ms. Merkel warned that the “go […]
King Mohammed VI has laid out Morocco’s migration policy which is based on a humane, voluntary, responsible and realistic approach focusing on solidarity and global management. The interest of Morocco in migration is “neither recent nor incidental. Quite the contrary. It reflects a longstanding, voluntary commitment expressed through a policy which is humane in its […]