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The Parliamentary Dialogue Forum of Senates and Equivalent Councils of Africa, the Arab world, Latin America and the Caribbean has proclaimed the city of Rabat the capital of South-South cooperation. The proclamation came in the Final Statement released after the conclusion of the first day of the event, praising Morocco’s efforts in being a leader […]
A high key delegation of Moroccan officials arrived in Tripoli Saturday to oversee the reopening of the kingdom’s consulate in the Libyan capital after an eight-year hiatus, Libya Observer reports. The delegation, the Libya media notes citing Libya’s Foreign Ministry, includes the head of the Arab Maghreb Union Affairs and senior officials from the Moroccan […]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is set to visit Tunisia this Tuesday at the invitation of his Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied to discuss the Palestinian cause. Abbas and Saied, according to the Palestinian top diplomat Riyad Al Maliki, will exchange views and discuss developments on the Palestinian cause. Abbas is coming from Algeria where he started […]
The city of Rabat has been designated as the cultural capital of the Islamic world for the year 2022, announced, Friday, Director General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), Salem Ben Mohamed El Malek. The announcement was made at a joint press conference with Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohamed […]
Morocco will provide venues for seven African countries for the next matches of FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifiers as they lack professional stadiums meeting world football governing body’s standards. Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Djibouti and Mozambique host their opponents for coming fixtures. Moulay Abdellah complex in Rabat will host Guinea vs Sudan while […]
Zambia opened on October 24 its embassy to Rabat in a move that signals a willingness to further boost ties with Morocco at all levels. The embassy was opened during a visit to Rabat by Zambia’s Joseph Malanji who told the press, on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony, that the embassy will serve as […]
Morocco and Ethiopia are looking into ways of speeding up the implementation of the “Coalition for Access to Sustainable Energy”, an initiative launched by the two African countries during the Climate Action summit convened last year in New York. The initiative, which aims to ensure full access to energy for the least developed and other […]
Morocco’s capital city, Rabat, has been added to the list of the Islamic world heritage during the 11th Islamic conference of Culture Ministers convened in Tunis Dec.17-18 by the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO). It is a recognition of the historic and civilizational status, which Rabat boasts under the leadership of King Mohammed […]
The Moroccan capital city Rabat will play host to a set of matches during the inaugural Basketball Africa League (BAL) regular season to kick off for the first time on the continent. Rabat, Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), and either Monastir or Tunis (Tunisia) were chosen Wednesday in Dakar by BAL to […]
Police agents at Tanger-Med Port foiled on Saturday an ecstasy trafficking operation. Policemen seized a total of 568,000 ecstasy pills that were aboard an international cargo truck registered in Morocco and coming from the port of Algeciras, Spain, national police said in a statement. The truck’s driver and his assistant, aged 48 and 26, respectively, […]