A Moroccan foundation operating in the prevention and treatment of cancer has donated batches of medicine to Mali, Burkina-Faso, Côte-D’ivoire, Senegal and Gabon destined to children suffering from cancer in these countries. The announcement was made during a ceremony at the Rabat headquarters of the Moroccan foundation, the Lalla Salma Foundation for the Prevention and [...]
The International Monetary Fund has voiced out its observations about Egypt, citing that inflation will rise to 10,9% this year; thereby surpassing the previous estimation of 8,2% published last month in its half-yearly analysis of the world economy. These observations which were published as part of IMF’s regional outlook also stated that Morocco, Tunisia and [...]
The Security Council unanimously adopted on Thursday a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for twelve months and reiterating calls to achieve a political solution to the long-standing Western Sahara dispute as an enhanced cooperation between the Member States of the Maghreb Arab Union would contribute [...]
Morocco and France have pondered on ways of jointly exploring the huge economic opportunities provided by Africa and agreed to support Moroccan and French companies wishing to operate in the continent. Africa is a “space of economic opportunities” where Moroccan and French companies can invest in joint projects and promote a tripartite cooperation, the two [...]
The King of Morocco is starting as of Friday March 15 an official visit to Senegal, first leg of an African tour that will also take him to Gabon and Cote d’Ivoire. The visit to Senegal is not a surprise to anyone, as king Mohammed VI has always included the Dakar phase in his trips [...]
The National Human Rights Council has called in four recently released reports for some reforms in the realm of justice to ensure equity to all citizens and promote the independence of the judicial system. The four reports expose the council’s recommendations as to the need to introduce some reforms on some legislative texts or institutions [...]
The Gdeim Izik trial was conducted according to the law, under the watch of observers whose reports stated that Morocco respected the rule of law. However, despite its efforts, Morocco is still the victim of an international campaign of defamation, led by Sahrawi activists around the world, and financed by Algeria’s petrodollars. In the light [...]
The two week long trial of the 24 members of what is called the Gdim Izik Group wound up early Sunday with the pronouncement of prison sentences against the defendants indicted for the killing of eleven security enforcement agents in 2010 in the Western Sahara. The sentences pronounced by the Rabat Military court range from [...]
The early warnings expressed years ago about the serious threat weighing on the whole Sahel-Sahara region because of extremism and terrorism went unfortunately unheeded. Some countries, including the United States and Morocco, and some pundits have sounded the alarm many years ago as to the danger of the militant Islamist groups, roaming in the Sahara [...]
US oil company Chevron will carry out exploration drillings for oil in Morocco’s offshore under petroleum agreements signed with the Office National Des Hydrocarbures Et Des Mines of the North African country. Chevron Morocco Exploration Ltd will acquire seismic data and conduct field studies on three deep-water blocks known as Cap Rhir Deep, Cap Cantin [...]
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