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King Mohammed VI of Morocco has underlined this Monday the leading role played by his country in promoting interfaith dialogue and fostering religious tolerance. In his opening address to the international conference on the rights of religious minorities in Islamic countries, currently held in Marrakech, the Monarch said Morocco has always been an outstanding model […]
Morocco, land of tolerance, peace and co-existence, will host January 25-27 in Marrakech an important conference on the rights of religious minorities in Muslim countries. The list of attendees include eminent religious leaders from Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and many other Muslim countries. The conference, which is expected to issue a […]
US State Department’s 2016 predictions for troubled zones in world points at the Middles East as the most dangerous zone while it categorizes Morocco as the safest place in the MENA region, reports say. The US State Department has classified Morocco among countries to enjoy peace in 2016 contrary to most countries in the North […]
Morocco military court has sentenced respectively three Morocco military personnel to three years in prison after the suspects were found in possession of an IS flag, reports say. The three men positioned in Tichla region, were caught three month ago after the national gendarmerie received information that they were in position of the flag. The […]
Moroccan Security services carry on their proactive preemptive operations and strikes against terrorist networks and sleeping cells. They have just announced the arrest two of more suspects with links to the Islamic State. One of the suspects was nabbed in the eastern city of Berkane. He pledged allegiance to the terrorist Islamic radical organisation and […]
Morocco, which will host 22nd UN Conference on climate changes (COP22), has submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to address climate change to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In its INDC, the North African country pledged to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 32 by 2030. Morocco INDC submission includes detailed […]
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has stressed the need to reach international consensus and to use technological advances effectively to reduce the impact of global warming, while he called for supporting developing countries in their endeavor to fully embrace the Climate Action agenda. “A genuine, inclusive international consensus is imperative. It requires that we support developing […]
Moroccan security services have captured lately three people belonging to a militant cell having ties with the terrorist Islamic State group. The cell, which includes a woman who appears to be the first female suicide bomber, is the second of its kind to be dismantled in the North African country after the Paris attacks of […]
The arrest over the weekend in Morocco of a gangster who was on the lam after he was involved in an armed robbery case dating back to July 31, 2013 in Cannes, a city located on the French Riviera, translates the excellent cooperation and partnership existing between France and Morocco in security matters. Nabil Ibelati, […]
In the pipeline now for two year, the first Chinese-African Business Entrepreneurs Summit destined to better relations between China and Africa will be held in the Moroccan second largest city Marrakech November 6 -7. China’s presence on the African continent is fast growing and occupying a major place in the continent’s economic partnership with the […]