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Members of the WHO Commission on Social Connections commended Morocco’s Royal program for deploying Connected Mobile Medical Units in earthquake-affected regions of Al Haouz province after they visited Amzmiz village on Monday. Health Minister Khaled Ait Taleb accompanied the Commission during a field visit to Amizmiz as part of the second meeting of the WHO […]
Flush floods that swept many villages in south-eastern Morocco killed so far 18 people, including three foreigners from Spain, Peru, and Canada and destroyed some 40 homes, according to authorities. The deaths were registered in the provinces of Tata, Tiznit and Errachidia, while 9 others are still missing, the interior ministry said. The floods damaged […]
Morocco will offer a financial aid to China’s textile giant Sunrise Group worth 410 million dollars, to help fund an industrial project that would employ 11,000 people. The news came following a visit by Akhannouch- who was in China to attend an Africa summit- to a Sunrise factory where he met officials from the Chinese […]
Director General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, took part in the 8th INTERPOL meeting of police chiefs of the Middle East and North Africa region, held at INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon September 3-4. This meeting allowed the Kingdom’s national security services to highlight their experience in combating new forms of crime […]
The Moroccan Government reaffirmed on Thursday in Beijing steadfast commitment to advancing and strengthening further partnership between African countries and China for shared prosperity and inclusive growth unleashing Africa’s full potentials. Addressing the China-Africa cooperation summit 2024 convening in Beijing (Sept.4-6), Morocco’s Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, who is representing King Mohammed VI at this event, […]
Head of Moroccan Govt. Aziz Akhannouch is representing King Mohammed VI at the China-Africa Summit convening in Beijing Sept.4-6 under the theme: “Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future.” Akhannouch is accompanied by minister of foreign affairs Nasser Bourita and minister-delegate for investment Mohcine Jazouli. A delegation […]
Despite consecutive dry years, Morocco’s banking sector has shown resilience and stability, the World Bank said. “Stress tests in Colombia, Morocco, and Mexico indicate that overall physical risks such as droughts and floods as well as transition risks are relatively benign for the financial system as a whole,” the World Bank said in its “Finance […]
Efforts to rebuild fully or partially demolished homes are underway along with the upgrade of roads, hospitals and schools, the head of the government said a few days ahead of the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that killed 3000 people mostly in the Atlas mountains. So far, 55,142 building permits have been handed with 49,632 […]
Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita took part, on Tuesday in Beijing, in the ministerial meeting of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum, a platform seeking to foster Chinese-African partnership on the basis of the principles of solidarity, cooperation and respect of sovereignty and territorial integrity of states. During the meeting, the Chinese and African ministers discussed and […]
In a significant move towards sustainable energy, the steering committee for Morocco’s Green Hydrogen Initiative, known as “l’Offre Maroc,” held a meeting to discuss the criteria for projects after nearly 40 bids were submitted on a platform run by the Moroccan agency for sustainable energy MASEN. The committee emphasized transparency and competitiveness for bids across […]