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King Mohammed VI was represented by Prince Moulay Rachid at the reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame Cathedral, held in Paris on Saturday. Upon his arrival at the cathedral’s forecourt, Prince Moulay Rachid was welcomed by President Emmanuel Macron and his spouse Brigitte Macron. Following the ceremonial opening of the cathedral doors by the Archbishop of Paris […]
Morocco’s railway operator ONCF has presented a “strategic” plan to expand the service for a total cost of 8.8 billion dollars, in a project that drew interest of investors offering up to 14 billion dollars, head of the African Development Bank chief Akinwumi Adesina said. The project was a “big success” for Morocco, Adesina said […]
Morocco was re-elected on Friday as a member of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme (WFP) for another one-year mandate. The election took place during the 176th session of the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), held in Rome December 2-6. This re-election reiterates the international recognition of […]
King Mohammed VI underscored Morocco’s transitional justice experience and the equity and reconciliation commission as a crucial “building block” in the transition to democracy, in the consolidation of the rule of law and of institutions, and in the protection of freedoms. This came in a Royal letter to the participants in an international symposium on […]
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 […]