Morocco's ambassador to Ireland, Lahcen Mahraoui, held a meeting on Tuesday in Wexford, a town in southeast Ireland, with senior officials from the Wexford County Council, the Moroccan Embassy announced in a Facebook post. During this meeting, Ambassador Mahraoui also held talks with members of the Moroccan diaspora in Wexford. In its statement, the Moroccan diplomatic representation in Ireland reported that the meeting «provided an opportunity to discuss potential cooperation and
Du 14 septembre au 6 octobre 2024, l’Ouzbékistan accueille la 10e édition du Mondial de futsal. Triple champion d’Afrique, le Maroc est en quête d'un nouvel exploit, après avoir atteint les quarts de finale aux derniers mondiaux, en 2021.
Ghita Mezzour, Minister of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform, received on Tuesday, September 10, members of the Moroccan team that won the bronze medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), held this year in Cairo, at the Ministry's headquarters in Rabat. The event brought together around 390 participants from 96 countries, and Morocco performed brilliantly, according to a press release by the ministry. In her speech, delivered in the presence of the families and
The Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, held talks in Rabat on Wednesday with the Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Mathias Cormann. During these talks, he praised the ongoing and fruitful cooperation between the Kingdom of Morocco and this international organization. These talks provided an opportunity to announce the closure of the Country Program II between Morocco and the OECD. This program aimed to strengthen support, partnership, and
A proposed power cable project connecting Morocco to the UK has raised concerns among residents in north Devon (A region in southwest England). The Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project, aimed at providing electricity for seven million UK homes by the early 2030s, has been declared a project of national significance by the UK government, according to the BBC. The scheme involves laying four cables over about 2,500 miles (4,000km), coming ashore near Abbotsham in north Devon. James Humfrey, CEO of
Algeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, met with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdel Ati, in Cairo on Tuesday, September 10. The discussions were held privately, away from the media and other ministers attending the Arab League's Executive Council session that same day. Algerian diplomacy shared a video on social media of Attaf's «meetings» with several ministers, showing the room where the talks took place. The Egyptian side released a statement on the meeting between
Thundershowers, accompanied by hail and gusty winds, are forecast for Wednesday and Thursday in several Moroccan provinces, according to the Directorate General of Meteorology (DGM). The DGM issued a «red» alert for the Figuig province, predicting showers of 70-90 millimeters from Wednesday 1 PM to Thursday 3 AM. An «orange» alert was issued for the provinces of Jerada, Boulemane, Midelt, Errachidia (50-70 mm), Oujda-Angad, and Taourirt (30-50 mm), anticipating similar
Des averses orageuses accompagnées de grêle et de rafales de vent sont attendues, mercredi et jeudi dans plusieurs provinces du Maroc, a annoncé la Direction générale de la météorologie (DGM). Des averses (70-90 mm) sont ainsi prévues dans la province de Figuig, de mercredi à 13h à jeudi à 3h, a indiqué la DGM dans un bulletin d’alerte de niveau de vigilance rouge. Le même phénomène
Une semaine après le sommet Chine-Afrique, tenu à Pékin sans le Front Polisario, à rebours de la pression algérienne, Pékin a réaffirmé sa non-reconnaissance de la «république» du front séparatiste. «Cinquante-trois des 54 pays africains et l’Union africaine ont participé au Forum sur la coopération Chine-Afrique 2024», a déclaré le porte-parole du ministère
A week after Beijing hosted the China-Africa Summit, which excluded the Polisario Front despite Algerian pressure, China reaffirmed its non-recognition of the separatist front's «republic». «Fifty-three out of 54 African countries and the African Union participated in the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation», Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Li Jian stated in a tweet. The African Union has 54 member states, including the Polisario Front, which joined the