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The US-based strategic intelligence firm, Stratfor, highlighted the efficiency of Morocco’s security services in aborting terrorist attacks and maintaining extremists in check. “One of the main factors helping to keep Morocco’s jihadists in check is the competence of its security forces. The country’s powerful intelligence agency, national police force, paramilitary police and Central Bureau of […]
Morocco and Rwanda added a concrete aspect to their bilateral relations by signing 19 agreements setting the stage for cooperation in fields ranging from economy, finance and science to air transport and renewable energy. The agreements were signed in a ceremony attended by King Mohammed VI who is paying an official visit to Kigali and […]
King Mohammed VI’s visit to Rwanda’s capital Kigali is reflective of excellent ties between the two friendly African countries, Rwandan Presidnet Paul Kagame said. “His Majesty King Mohammed VI’s visit to Rwanda is of great importance as it represents the first visit by the Monarch to our country,” the Rwandan head of state told the […]
Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous said he would pay a visit to Morocco this week to meet Moroccan officials and visit the headquarters of the UN mission to the Sahara, MINURSO. The announcement of this visit surprised many as the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy Christopher Ross saw his visit to Morocco postponed on […]
The general assembly of the International Road Safety Organization unanimously elected Morocco as a President for a four-year term. The election took place during the organization’s general assembly in Lisbon, during which Morocco was represented by permanent secretary of the national committee for the prevention of traffic accidents, Nasser Boulaajoul. This election makes Morocco the […]
International security experts have sounded the alarm that the foreign fighters enrolled in the Islamic State group in Iraq, including around 2,500 Moroccans, may be planning to return home as Iraqi authorities and international coalition forces are increasing offensives to take over the group’s stronghold of Mosul. The terrorist group is also under pressure in […]
It is official! King Mohammed VI of Morocco flew on Tuesday to Rwanda, first leg of a tour in Eastern Africa that will also take him to Ethiopia and Tanzania. The King’s first tour to the English speaking states east of the continent is part of an African strategy that has so far yielded fruitful […]
Jane Kinninmont, the deputy head of the Middle East and North Africa program at the Chatham House think tank said that the UK should build on the Brexit in order to boost ties with the MENA region especially, Morocco and Tunisia. “The UK’s departure from the EU posed potential economic opportunities for countries such as […]
Morocco reiterated, at the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee, its call on Algeria to conduct a census of the population held against their will in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps, arguing that their number does not exceed 30,000. Morocco’s Permanent representative at the UN in New York, Omar Hilale, who was addressing the fourth committee, stressed […]
Morocco’s Permanent Representative at the UN, Omar Hilale, made in New York before the UN member states a presentation on the challenges and logistical aspects relating to the organization of the global climate summit, COP22, in Marrakech on November 7-18. In this respect, Hilale shed light on the Paris Agreement, which sets the goal of […]