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The Commander of US Ground Forces for Africa (Africom), Major-General Roger Cloutier, has recently visited Morocco for a meeting, in Agadir, with Commander of the Southern Zone, Inspector of Infantry Major General Belkheir El Farouk. This meeting between the two top Moroccan and American officers is part of the preparations for the 2020 edition of […]
American Airlines signed a codeshare agreement with Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc to complement its new route to Casablanca wherefrom it seeks further expansion into Africa. The agreement will enter into force upon approval by the US Department of Transportation. The two airlines already have an interline agreement in place. But the codeshare would allow the […]
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has bestowed its International Leadership Award to journalist and writer of Moroccan origin Souad Mekhennet, a Washington Post’s international correspondent. The Moroccan-born journalist to a Moroccan father and a Turkish mother will receive the award on January 14, 2020, at the Los Angeles Tolerance Museum, the US-based Center announced Monday in […]
Advisor to US President Ivanka Trump expressed her admiration for the leadership of King Mohammed VI following a two-day visit to the North African Kingdom focusing on women empowerment, part of the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative. The visit was a chance to “reiterate the U.S. appreciation to the leadership of His Majesty King […]
King Mohammed VI received Thursday in Rabat daughter and Senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, who is visiting Morocco to promote the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative. After her meeting with the monarch, Ivanka Trump took to Twitter to thank him for “his gracious hospitality”. “Today, I was honored to speak […]
Daughter and advisor to US President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, visited Thursday an olive grove, a Millennium Challenge Corporation project, in Sidi kacem, on the outskirts of the capital Rabat, where she launched a campaign to support women’s ownership of soulaliyate lands, as part of the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative. During this […]
Delegations from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan met in Washington on Wednesday around President Donald Trump to continue discussions over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The meeting was extended to the US Secretary of the Treasury and the President of the World Bank. President Trump said in a tweet that “the meeting on the Grand […]
Ivanka Trump, daughter and advisor to US President Donald Trump, arrived in Rabat this Wednesday for a three-day visit to the Kingdom. Ivanka Trump, who is accompanied by CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Sean Cairncross, was greeted upon arrival by Princess Princess Lalla Meryem, the eldest sister of King Mohammed VI. The advisor to […]
US President Donald Trump has invited the foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to go to Washington to hold talks on the giant hydroelectric dam on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile. The huge project, named Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), is the subject of dispute, mainly between Ethiopia and Egypt. Egypt, which relies almost totally on […]
The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) will host the next edition of the U.S -Africa Business Summit in June 2020 in Marrakech, Morocco The announcement was made in Washington on Monday by CCA CEO Florizelle Liser, in the Presence of Morocco’s ambassador to the USA, Joumana Alaoui. Following a strategic selection process, CCA’s Board of […]