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From Nigeria to Uganda, leaders from across Africa are watching closely the youth-led anti-government protests in Kenya that, according to experts, could inspire youth across the continent. Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday (19 July) appointed the first 11 members of his new cabinet, but he has yet to appoint a finance minister, under whose […]
United States First Lady Jill Biden has commended the leadership of King Mohammed VI to empower women and youth. “Under His Majesty King Mohammed the Sixth’s leadership, Morocco is encouraging reforms to empower women and youth, reflecting our shared priorities”, said Mrs Biden in a statement issued Sunday by the White House. The United States […]
Jill Biden has started her trip to Africa as first lady, when she arrived in Namibia this Wednesday Feb.22, before later heading to Kenya. During her visit in the Southwest African nation of Namibia and the East African nation of Kenya, Biden will focus on women’s empowerment, children’s issues and the food insecurity that has […]
Morocco has reiterated the need to place youth issues at the heart of the peace-security-development nexus in Africa and stressed the potential that youth represent for the growth and development of the continent. 40% of the population of the African continent is under 25 years old, stressed the potential that this population represents for the […]
King Mohammed VI made the case for a joint action to gear the African Union and the European Union partnership to serve the youth notably in the fields of education, culture and a win-win management of migration. In a speech read out by foreign minister Nasser Bourita at the AU-EU summit, the King reiterated the […]
The Moroccan Minister of National Education, Training Professional, Higher Education and Scientific Research, spokesperson for government, President of the Moroccan National Commission for Education, Sciences and Culture (MarocNatCom), and the Director General Islamic World Organization for Education, Science and Culture (ICESCO), presided yesterday over the ceremony of launch of the “Project to fight against Covid-19 […]
The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, challenged governments in Africa to play a leading role in providing jobs for Africans, saying it was time for African governments to begin to shift from youth empowerment to youth investment. Adesina who was speaking over the weekend at the 5th Tony Elumelu African Entrepreneurship forum […]
Morocco wants the Western Mediterranean to think as a coherent regional grouping while addressing common challenges relating to migration and youth. Speaking at a foreign ministers meeting of the 5+5 countries, held Friday in Malta, Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita urged the group to think and act as a G10 bloc in order to give […]
King Mohammed VI has attached utmost priority to overhauling the country’s vocational training system to enable the youth to easily integrate the job market and contribute to Morocco’s social and economic development. After he stressed on multiple speeches the need for addressing the mismatch between training and the job market requirements, the King had asked […]
Listening to the voice of youth and addressing their challenges have topped the concerns of the Moroccan Monarch whose tours in the country and the continent have always attached paramount importance to youth wellbeing and future. To mention but a few initiatives led by King Mohammed VI, on Thursday, he inaugurated in Marrakech two sports […]