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Guinea-Bissau is planning to inaugurate a consulate in Moroccan Sahara, Le360.ma reports citing sources. The sources did not elaborate on the date but the move will bolster the international support for the kingdom’s sovereignty over the disputed territory and its political settlement plan submitted to the United Nations. Algeria has been backing the separatist movement […]
As announced last week by Liberia’s Foreign Minister Gbehzohngar Findley during a visit to Rabat, Liberia has officially opened this Thursday its consulate in Dakhla. FM Findley traveled again to Morocco to chair the official opening ceremony of this diplomatic representation. When announcing Liberia’s plan to further broaden its consular services to the […]
Liberia will be the next state to have an embassy in Morocco’s southern provinces amid a rise in African states backing Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its southern territory. The announcement was made in Rabat Friday by Liberia’s foreign minister Gbehzohngar Findley who voiced satisfaction with the close ties with Morocco where his […]
The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) has resumed work on the Monrovia-Bomi Corridor/Liberia Accelerated Electricity Expansion Project-Additional Financing (LACEEP-AF). The move comes after the issuance of the Environmental Social Impact Assessment Permit by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), local media reported. According to the Daily Observer, the project was suspended last year, after the World Bank […]
An Algerian court Tuesday sentenced several nationals from Liberia, Mali and Guinea for their involvement in espionage operations for Israel, Anadolu Agency reported. A Liberian national of Lebanese origin was handed death sentence. Seven other defendants from Mali and Guinea were given 10 years in jail each for espionage for Israel, the Turkish news agency […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has had a telephone call with President-Elect George Weah, a former international football star, who won Liberia’s presidential election, defeating Vice-president Joseph Boakai in a runoff with 61.5 pc of the vote. During the phone call, the Moroccan Sovereign offered his “warmest congratulations” to George Weah for his victory, said […]
CMA CGM, a world leader in maritime transport, has launched a new service linking Morocco to several West African countries, including Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Benin and Liberia. By launching this new shipping line, the French group, Compagnie Maritime d’Affrètement-Compagnie Générale Maritime (CMA CGM), supports the North African Kingdom’s economic development and revs up the commercial […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco canceled his visit to Monrovia where he was supposed to attend the 51st summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which will examine Morocco’s bid to join the West African grouping. The decision was made against the backdrop of the controversy surrounding the presence of Israeli Prime […]
The President of the Economic Commission for West African States (ECOWAS), Marcel Alain De Souza, met on Thursday in Abuja, Moha Ou Ali Tagma, who handed him his credentials as Morocco’s Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the sub-regional organization. Morocco, which has an observer status in the ECOWAS and is bound by strong relations with […]
Moroccan Attijariwafa Bank Group has inked two partnership agreements with the Ministry of Defense of Côte d’Ivoire, showing the two countries strong determination to improve the working and living conditions for the members of the Ivorian army. The two deals were signed in Abidjan under the chairmanship of President Alassane Ouattara and King Mohammed VI […]