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Director General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance (DGSN-DGST), Abdellatif Hammouchi, who paid on Thursday a working visit to Belgium, and the Commissioner General of the Belgian Federal Police, Eric Snoek, signed a joint action plan for the interim period 2025 and 2026 to strengthen cooperation in the field of combating organized crime and […]
The World Bank has approved $70 million loan for Morocco to enable country continue implementing ambitious social protection reforms seeking to facilitate access to social services in particular for vulnerable households. Building on the achievements of the first project, which saw a successful design and implementation of the National Population Registry, Unified Social Registry, and […]
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has appointed Zouhair Chourfi to undertake the expansion of Moroccan electricity regulator ANRE to incorporate all fields of energy. The goal is to transform ANRE into a national energy regulator that will cover natural gas, renewable energy, and hydrogen. The new institution will be designed to serve as an independent regulator […]
Several sections of the African National Congress (ANC), the ruling party in South Africa, have called for strengthening bilateral relations with Morocco, for recognizing the Kingdom’s invaluable support for the fight against apartheid. They also urged South Africa to refrain from supporting parties advocating military action, alluding to the Algeria-backed polisario and its military plans, […]
Cooperation prospects between Morocco and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) were discussed at a meeting in Rabat Thursday that gathered Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch and EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso. The meeting, attended by Minister of Economy and Finance Nadia Fettah, also discussed the major development projects initiated by Morocco. The EBRD […]
Morocco’s House of Councillors and several Latin American and Caribbean regional parliaments announced on Wednesday the signing in Panama-city of a joint declaration on establishing the Morocco-Latin America-Caribbean Economic Forum. This forum aims to strengthen strategic relations between the parties and to set up a formal and permanent institutional framework for inter-regional parliamentary dialogue, with […]
Morocco’s Court of Accounts has been elected Chair of the General Secretariat of the African Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (AFROSAI) during the General Assembly of this regional organization convening in Tripoli (Libya) Dec.2-6. Morocco is taking part in this African gathering with a large delegation led by Mrs. Zineb EL Adaoui, President of “La […]
Morocco’s OCP group plans to issue an ordinary bond to raise 5 billion dirhams or 500 million dollars as it seeks funding for its ambitious green energy and desalination projects, financial markets regulator AMMC said. OCP, a market mover in phosphates and fertilizers production, plans to go green by 2040 as it forges ahead to […]
Morocco will host the headquarters of the Permanent secretariat of the Union of African Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (UCESA). The headquarters agreement for the establishment of the UCESA Permanent Secretariat in Morocco was signed Wednesday in Rabat by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and President of the UCESA Ahmed Reda Chami. This agreement […]
King Mohammed VI chaired this Wednesday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, a Council of Ministers to review preparations for the 2030 World Cup to be hosted by Morocco, Spain & Portugal, and set priorities for co-hosting this major global sporting event. At the start of the Council’s meeting, Mr. Fouzi Lekjaa, Minister Delegate in […]