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King Mohammed VI launched Friday in Rabat a new structural project of car-manufacturer Renault group in Morocco called “Renault Ecosystem.” The project, meant to consolidate the positioning of the Moroccan automotive sector on the world chessboard, requires an investment of about $1.0 billion and will develop a global supply platform for the manufacturer. The sovereign […]
The number of Russian tourists is expected to soar in the coming years following the visit paid lately by King Mohammed VI to the Russian Federation, a visit which gave a new momentum to Moroccan-Russian cooperation. To achieve this goal, Moroccan national tourism office has signed several agreements with big Russian travel agencies to sell […]
The Moroccan government has decided to significantly scale down the civilian component of MINURSO, to put off its voluntary contribution to the functioning of MINURSO and to consider the withdrawal of Moroccan blue helmets engaged in peacekeeping operations. According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the North African country, these measures have been taken in […]
Moroccan security services have interrupted another deadly ISIS terrorist plot seeking to undermine the North African country’s peace and stability. Morocco’s Interior Ministry announced Monday it has dismantled a five-member Islamic State group cell planning to carry out bomb attacks using a pressure cooker in crowded public places. The cell members, linked to ISIS, were […]
UK defense minister Michael Fallon has said that his country would send 20 soldiers to Tunisia to stop Islamic State fighters from entering the North African country from neighboring war-torn Libya, which has plunged into chaos following the fall of Colonel Gadafi. “A training team of some 20 troops from the 4th Infantry Brigade is […]
While Libya is struggling to form a national unity government and the West is eager to intervene in the country to combat the Islamic State group, information emerged that France secretly deployed some of its troop to the country. Bloggers had claimed sighting French troops in eastern Libya since mid-February but Paris is still silent […]
The Tunisian Interior Ministry announced Monday it arrested 16 jihadist suspects in the governorate of Jendouba who were planning to set up a training camp. A group of seven was first arrested in the town of Ouez Meliz after security forces were tipped about the presence of suspicious people. Investigation and interrogation of the seven […]
Under Secretary of State for political affairs Thomas A. Shannon hailed Morocco for its mature and balanced approach in dealing with the Sahara issue, describing the proposal made by the North African country to grant autonomy status to the disputed territory as “realistic, serious and credible.” “Morocco’s autonomy proposal is realistic, serious and credible,” and […]
Amnesty International Tuesday launched a call to world powers that backed the overthrow of former Libyan ruler Gaddafi to help Libyans end the cycle of violence, abuses and detrimental humanitarian catastrophe that have gripped the one-time prosperous North African country. The call comes on the fifth anniversary of the Libyan revolution that toppled the country’s […]
A new Libyan national unity government has been formed in Moroccan Atlantic Coastal city of Skhirat, outskirts of Rabat, rekindling hopes to restore peace to this country rocked by violence fueled by rival groups. The new revised list for a unity government under a United Nations-backed plan has been worked out in a bid to […]