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Mendez thanks Morocco for cooperation, ongoing efforts to fight torture
Geneva - Special UN Rapporteur on Torture, Juan Mendez, thanked on Monday Morocco for its "cooperation and its ongoing efforts" to implement the recommendations in connection with the fight against...
Hugh Robertson in Morocco to testify to British strong support for reform process
Rabat - British Minister in charge of Middle East and North Africa Hugh Robertson will pay, on March 10-11, his first official visit to Morocco, said the UK embassy in Rabat. This visit will be an...
Morocco's CMT becomes top shareholder in Guiana's Auplata
Rabat - Morocco's Compagnie Miniere de Touissit (CMT) has become the largest shareholder of the French Guiana-based gold producer Auplata SA after taking another 20 pct in a share capital increase, a...
Moroccan-Saudi business council holds meeting in Riyadh
Riyadh - The Moroccan-Saudi Business Council held, on Monday in Riyadh, a meeting on the development of bilateral economic relations and partnership projects between the two countries. At this...
Morocco lauds constructive interaction with UN special rapporteur on torture
Geneva - Morocco lauded, on Monday in Geneva, the constructive interaction with the UN special rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez, reaffirming the Kingdom's resolute and effective commitment to...
Genocide trial against polisario in Spain: new overwhelming testimonies before National Audience
Madrid - Serious human rights abuses committed in the Tindouf camps by polisario militia were revealed, on Monday in Madrid, by three victims before Spain's top criminal court "National Audience"....
Biadillah meets with Qatari PM, Interior minister
Rabat - Speaker of the House of Advisers Mohamed Sheikh Biadillah held, Monday in Rabat, talks with the Prime Minister, Minister of Interior of Qatar, Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani,...
Boussaid invites U.S. business leaders to seize business opportunities offered by Morocco
Rabat - Minister of Economy and Finance, Mohamed Boussaid called Monday in Rabat on U.S. business leaders to seize the business opportunities offered by Morocco, highlighting the strong relations...
Morocco, UK determined to give momentum to bilateral partnership
Rabat - Morocco and the UK expressed, on Monday in Rabat, their determination to give momentum to bilateral relations and partnership.
In a...
Interior minister meets with Palestinian peer
Rabat - Interior minister Mohamed Hassad met, on Monday in Rabat, with his Palestinian counterpart Said Abu Ali who is on an visit to Morocco to take part in the 31st session of the council of Arab...
Benkirane meets with British secretary of state for MENA
Rabat - Head of government Abdelilah Benkirane met, on Monday in Rabat, with British secretary of state for Middle East and North Africa Hugh Robertson who is on a working visit to Morocco. During...
Muslim-Jewish dialogue: 'A country has no future if it turns its back on its history', André Azoulay
Rabat - "A country has no future if it turns its back on its history," said André Azoulay, Adviser to HM the King, in an interview published on Monday by French-speaking daily "L'Economiste"....
Moroccan-Spanish initiative for mediation in the Mediterranean meets in Slovenia
Lubiana (Slovenia) - The Moroccan-Spanish initiative for mediation in the Mediterranean is meeting in Brdo (30 km east of the Slovenian capital city of Lubiana) in the presence of Moroccan delegate...
Arabs should take the lead to settle their issues, with the international community contribution
Cairo - Arab issues should be settled by Arabs themselves, with the contribution of the international community, said on Sunday Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Salaheddine...
Fes hosts major Morocco-Africa convention on tourism next May
Rabat - The Moroccan national tourism office (ONMT) will hold next May in Fes a major Morocco-Africa convention on tourism to promote contacts between Moroccan and African operators and other...
Researcher discovers genetic mutation in Moroccan Jews that leads to crippling disease
Imagine that your child is born seemingly normal, but by age 1 or 2 her or she has mental and physical disabilities. By 3, the child has epilepsy and is virtually vegetative. This phenomenon,...
A lot of hope pinned on Second Moroccan-US Business Development Conference, Bouaida
Rabat - Minister-delegate for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mbarka Bouaida, said that a lot of hope in pinned on the Moroccan-US Business Development Conference, which "will provide an opportunity...
10-metre whale caught in Tunisia fisherman's nets dies
Tunis - A 10-metre (33-foot) whale died on Sunday after becoming tangled in a Tunisian fisherman's nets off the coast of Sidi Bou Said town north of the capital Tunis....
Algeria election 'to have international monitors'
Algiers - International organisations and experts are to send observers to monitor the April 17 presidential election in Algeria, Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said Sunday....
"Morocco-US Business Development Conference" holds 2nd edition in Rabat
Rabat - The "Morocco-US Business Development Conference" will hold its 2nd edition Monday in Rabat for business operators of the two countries to exchange views on means to consolidate trade and...