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French Environment Minister, Ségolene Royal, chairwoman of the climate Summit COP21, said that Morocco and France are joining efforts to raise funds to help developing countries achieve the climate goals of the COP22. France and Morocco are cooperating to integrate renewable energies in development policies, said Royal following a meeting held recently in Paris between […]
Morocco’s Permanent Representative at the UN headquarters in New York, Ambassador Omar Hilale, reiterated the Kingdom’s commitment to the UN-brokered 1991 cease-fire agreement in response to the Polisario’s recent violation of the agreement in the area of Guerguarat and its provocations by threatening to resume armed hostilities on the backdrop of the security measures taken […]
Following a successful anti-smuggling operation to clear the border area of Guerguerat from all sorts of illegal commercial activities, Morocco completed the asphalting of the Guergarat road as part of a security measure. A government source told the le360.ma that the asphalting works of the road to Guergarat in beyond the security wall in the […]
Morocco’s tourism sector is undergoing a crisis propelled by decreasing tourist arrivals amid a tense regional context marked by the spread of confusions in several European tourist markets on the backdrop of the security situation in North Africa. To boost the Kingdom’s attractiveness to foreign tourists, Morocco’s tourism promotion office (ONMT) adopted an emergency plan […]
Moroccan authorities have raised security level to maximum before and during Eid celebration in a move to thwart any terror plots by terrorists at the time threats of attacks have spiked. The Islamic State group has ticked Morocco as one of its main targets. Moroccan authorities have adopted corresponding measures to eradicate the threats and […]
Two car bombs struck Thursday the Libyan capital of Tripoli, near the foreign ministry and the Abu Sitta Naval Base, housing the official office the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA.) The two car bombings made no casualties, security sources report. No one claimed responsibility for the attacks. UN-sponsored GNA since entering Tripoli late March […]
Morocco’s flag carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), will be operating three flights a week from Casablanca to Washington as of this September. The inaugural flight was launched on September 8 using the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the Moroccan airline said in a statement. The Casablanca-Washington air route is the third long-haul flight launched by RAM in […]
Thanks to its comprehensive approach that addresses the root-causes of extremism along with its proactive security strategy and vigilant intelligence and security services, Morocco was described by deputies at the European Parliament in Brussels as a ‘bulwark’ against terrorism in the Mediterranean region. In this regard, a conference dubbed “Security and Stability in The Mediterranean: […]
Morocco’s leading banking group, Attijariwafa bank, has submitted a bid to take over British Barclay’s Egypt branch, a source close to the Moroccan institution told Reuters. The transaction has been estimated at $400 million. Barclay has decided to get rid of its Egypt’s branch as part of structural adjustment policy in a move to generate […]
Morocco and Sweden are mending their strained relations after a row over a failed attempt last year in Stockholm to recognize the Algerian-based auto-proclaimed SADR republic. In a sign of easing tensions between the two countries, Swedish Foreign Minister, Margot Wallström, who is visiting Morocco, met on Wednesday her Moroccan counterpart Salaheddine Mezouar to discuss […]