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Military cooperation and the strategic partnership between the United States and Morocco were reviewed at a meeting in Rabat Monday between Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and Commander of the Southern Zone General Mohammed Berrid and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander. The meeting, held in execution […]
Tanger Med Port has seen volumes handled up 10% in the first quarter this year, compared to last year when it posted a record performance both in terms of containers and tons, wrote Le Monde. The port continues to be the largest in the Mediterranean, outperforming competitors such as Barcelona and Algeciras, the French daily […]
Morocco’s industry and trade ministry has found that the electric oven’s market is marred by dumping and plans to impose import duty of up to 62%, Moroccan media reported. Citing unnamed ministry sources, le360 said the dumping rate was as high as 74% in the electric oven’s market. Ovens by Turkey’s ITIMAT will be subjected […]
The debate on the issue of the Sahara at the C24 Caribbean Seminar, held in Caracas (May 14-16), ended with sharp exchange between Morocco’s Ambassador to the UN, Omar Hilale and his Algerian counterpart Amar Benjama. The Moroccan diplomat vigorously denounced the acts of intimidation exerted by his Algerian colleague against the delegations which supported […]
A Moroccan delegation, led by Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch, is participating in the 10th World Water Forum, held May 18-25 in Bali, Indonesia, under the theme “Water for Shared Prosperity.” The Moroccan delegation participating in this Forum includes high-ranking officials from the relevant ministerial sectors, as well as institutional partners and stakeholders and experts […]
Morocco has recovered earlier this week from Chile Some 117 pieces of rare fossils originating from the Kingdom that are 400 Mln-year-old. The paleontological pieces were confiscated by Chilean customs between 2017 and 2022. They were handed to Morocco’s Ambassador in Santiago, Kenza El Ghali, by Director of National Heritage Services, Nelida Pozo Kudo, and […]
Moroccan-Spanish cooperation in the fight against terrorism, organized crime, and cybercrime was at the focus of talks held this Friday in Agadir by Director General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and Director-General of the Spanish national police, Francisco Pardo Piqueras. The Spanish official who is leading a delegation of the national […]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) presented its latest artificial intelligence readiness assessment report for Morocco at a national conference on AI development in the Kingdom held in Rabat on Friday. The report, result of close collaboration between the Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform and UNESCO, covers various aspects of […]
Morocco and the World Bank have reaffirmed their shared will to strengthen their cooperation, and called, in this connection, for the acceleration of their partnership through a new joint roadmap This came during a meeting in Washington between Morocco’s ambassador to the United States, Youssef Amrani, and the president of the international financial institution, Ajay […]
The Moroccan U-17 women’s football team has qualified for the final round of the African qualifiers for the 2024 World Cup, after its 4-0 victory over its Algerian counterpart on Friday in Algiers, in the second leg of the third and penultimate round of the qualifiers. In the first leg, the Moroccan team won 4-0. […]