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The African Lion military exercises kicked off with the participation of about 1300 military personnel from the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Spain and Tunisia. “We are excited to conduct training with our Moroccan partners. African Lion gives us the ability to enhance our operational capabilities in an unfamiliar, yet non-austere, […]
Morocco’ King Mohammed VI has called on Arab financial institutions to pool efforts in order to support economic and financial reforms engaged in the Arab world, facing major regional and international challenges. In a message addressed to participants in the 2017 Annual Joint Meetings of Arab Financial Institutions, convened Tuesday in Rabat, the Moroccan Sovereign […]
King Mohammed VI and his guest King Abdallah II of Jordan inaugurated at the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rabat the cultural and artistic event “Africa in Capital”, which celebrates African artistic creation. Africa in Capital, which runs until April 28, features a panoply of events including art exhibition, concerts, film […]
King Mohammed VI has received in Rabat King Abdullah II of Jordan with whom he held talks on bilateral ties and latest developments in the Arab region. The Jordanian King is in Morocco as part of an official visit during which he will meet several Moroccan officials. A grand reception was organized in Rabat in […]
The construction works of a new mosque in Treichville, a neighborhood of the Ivorian capital city of Abidjan, were launched Friday by the Moroccan Monarch, who is on a friendship and work visit to Côte d’Ivoire, and President Alassane Dramane Ouattara. The Mohammed VI mosque will cover 25,000 m2 and will include two prayer rooms […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has vowed to make of the Rabat-Abuja strategic alliance a framework for consultation and cooperation on all African issues. This came during a phone call the Moroccan Sovereign had on Wednesday with President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari, said the Royal Office in a statement. The King who enquired about the […]
Côte D’Ivoire has been receiving most of Morocco’s foreign direct investments thanks to sustained efforts by the business community in the two countries and the existence of a strong political willingness evidenced by the close ties between the leadership of the two countries. The current visit of King Mohammed VI to Abidjan is part of […]
Four Moroccan cities were listed in the top 10 African cities for quality of life in a new survey by the Paris-based magazine, Afrique Mediterranee Business (AMB). Marrakech, known as the Ochre city, topped the ranking followed by Johanesburg, south Africa, and Alexandria, Egypt. Three other Moroccan cities: Casablanca, Rabat and Fez featured in the […]
The Moroccan capital city Rabat is readying to welcome a multitude of African artists and culture-lovers to celebrate African multi-faceted culture and also Morocco’s return to the African Union (AU) enacted on January 30. The “Afrique en Capital” festival, to go on from March 28 to April 28, will bring together movie directors, street art […]
President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated King Mohammed VI for Morocco’s return to its African institutional family, saying Rabat’s comeback will give a new momentum to the African Union (AU). A joint statement issued following the official visit paid by the Moroccan Sovereign to this West African country Feb. 16-18 says the […]