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Morocco’s Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister, Salaheddine Mezouar, was in Cairo during the weekend to deliver a letter from the King to President Al-Sisi. He also met his Egyptian homologue, Sameh Shoukry, to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues. When Al-Sisi was elected as president, Morocco’s King Mohammed described him as someone possessing the qualities […]
Ambassador at large of the King of Morocco, Mrs Assia Bensalah Alaoui, has been elected co-chairwoman of the Office of Economic Cooperation for Mediterranean and Middle East (French acronym OCEMO) for a three year term. The election took place during OCEMO’s General Assembly held on July 3, 2014 in Marseille. The General Assembly, attended by […]
Morocco has highlighted the key role south-south cooperation can play in promoting stability and progress in Africa and pointed that the continent’s natural resources and human potential can create an “African miracle.” This came in a message that Morocco’s King Mohammed VI sent to the 25th annual meeting of the Crans Montana Forum, held in […]
Morocco has integrated the Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP) designed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a capstone global initiative meant to help regions accelerate economic growth and job creation through innovation-driven entrepreneurship (IDE). Morocco is thus part of a short list that does not include more than six countries from all over […]
Congratulatory messages have started flowing into Cairo from the international community after ex-Field Marshall Al-Sisi was announced as the winner of the presidential elections. His victory didn’t come as a surprise to many. Egypt faces challenges that have to deal with security, stability and reconciliation. Al-Sisi in his speech to the nation said the time […]
Morocco has pleaded for the advent of a new Maghreb order and for the construction of a large, strong Maghreb so that the region plays its political, economic, social and security role, so that Maghreb countries make the most of their vast potential, and so that the Maghreb Union supports Arab and Islamic causes, particularly […]
Morocco and Tunisia are poised to give a new momentum to their traditionally close bilateral relations, not only at the political scale but also at the level of economic relations and trade ties. Ways and means to fulfil the goal are being discussed at the highest level between Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki and Morocco’s King […]
Kaspersky Laboratory has released a research report entitled “IT Threat Evolution Q1 2014” which focused on internet security threats that the countries are facing. The company is well known for its potentials in fighting against viruses. In the report, North African countries such as Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco were among those highly affected by […]
Morocco has just launched a pilot project to recycle waste water through a technology so far used by astronauts in space stations and space shuttles. The technological process of producing drinking water from dirty water or sewage has been developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) which has been working for over 20 years on […]
Morocco’s leading telecom operator, Maroc Telecom, will acquire six African subsidiaries of its new majority shareholder UAE Etisalat for $ 650 million. By acquiring Itisalat branches in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Niger, Central African Republic and Togo, the Moroccan operator will expand its activities in the continent and become a genuine telecom “hub” in French-speaking […]