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Russian Kamaz Trucks Company to Open Branch in Morocco
Rabat - Russia intends to set up Kamaz truck-assembly facilities in Morocco, Deputy Minister of Industry Viktor Evtukhov said Tuesday on air with the Rossiya 24 TV Channel. According to the Russian...
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Will Ban Ki-moon Bring a Change in UN’s Involvement in Western Sahara?
New York - The United Nations has witnessed intense consultations in recent weeks following the unprecedented tension between Morocco and the UN Secretariat as a result of UN Secretary General Ban...
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Amnesty International Calls on Morocco to Adopt UN Moratorium on Death Penalty
Rabat - Director General of Amnesty International Morocco, Mohamed Sektaoui, on Wednesday called on the Moroccan government to adopt the United Nations moratorium on the death penalty and the Second...
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Moroccan Critic Said Yaktin Wins Sheikh Zayed Award in Arts & Critical Studies
Abu Dhabi - Moroccan critic Said Yaktin has won the Sheikh Zayed Award in the category of "arts and critical studies"', the Sheikh Zayed Book Award Foundation announced Wednesday in a statement. The...
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Sahara Region Benefits from Ambitious Sustainable Development Program:...
Brussels - The Sahara region benefits from an ambitious program of sustainable development as part of a comprehensive approach, said European deputy Louis Michel. During a debate organized on Tuesday...
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Russia holds talks with Morocco on Counterterrorism and MENA Region
Rabat - Abdellatif Al-Hamouchi, the head of the General Directorate of National Surveillance spoke on counter-terrorism issues and regional concerns with the secretary of the Security Council of the...
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Morocco, Mauritania to Reinforce Strategic and Historical Relations: Official
Rabat - Morocco and Mauritania are driven by the shared political will to reinforce strategic and historical relations between the two countries, said, on Wednesday in Rabat, minister delegate for...
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Ford to Ramp Up Production in Morocco by 2020
Rabat - A recent report by Bloomberg stated that Ford, the American car manufacturer, will be ramping up production in its plants in Morocco and five other African countries by the year 2020. “Ford...
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American Show “Prison Break” to Film in Rabat, Casablanca, Ouarzazate
Rabat - The fifth season of the “Prison Break” series is currently filming in three cities of Morocco - Casablanca, Rabat and Ouarzazate - according to a report by Huffington Post Maroc. do not be...
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Exclusive: US Supports Morocco’s Autonomy Plan in Closed Security Council...
New York - The United States has once again lent its tacit support to the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Western Sahara, an informed source inside the Security Council told Morocco World News. On...
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Exclusive: Ban Ki-moon’s Report on Western Sahara Delayed for Several Days
New York - United Nations Secretary General’s annual report on the “Situation concerning the Western Sahara,” will not be submitted to the Security Council on time, informed sources inside the...
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Policewoman in Khenifra Beaten Unconscious For Fining Traffic Violation
Rabat - A policewoman in Khenifra was verbally abused and beaten unconscious by a male passenger on Thursday after she fined the driver of the car transporting him for a traffic violation, according...
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Lawyer: King Mohammed VI’s Acquisition of Luxury Schooner Conducted...
Rabat - King Mohammed VI’s acquisition of a luxury 1930’s schooner through an offshore company was conducted "without intention of concealing the purchase or committing financial wrongdoing," Hicham...
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Cannabis Cultivation in Morocco: in Constant Consultation
By Asmaa Bahadi Rabat - According to Abdessamad Sekkal, president of the Rabat-Salé-Kenitra region and part of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), the high value of cannabis owes to the fact that...
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Moroccan Tourism Ministry Obtains 2016 African Responsible Tourism Awards
Rabat - The Moroccan Tourism Ministry, was granted, recently in Cap Town, the 2016 African Responsible Tourism Awards of the "World Responsible Tourism Awards." Ranking 2nd in the "best public policy"...
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UNHCR Chief Hails Moroccan Immigration Policy
Geneva - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi hailed on Friday the immigration policy launched in 2013 by King Mohammed VI, in accordance with Morocco's international commitments in terms...
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Court Denies Dutch Politician Geert Wilders Three Requests in Hate Speech...
Rabat - A trial court in The Netherlands denied three requests made by lawyers representing the far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders during the recent second hearing of a current case lodged...
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Film Director Calls on Moroccan Jews in Israel to Return to Morocco
Rabat - In an interview with the Israeli channel i24, French-Moroccan director Kamal Ashkar said his new film, called “Return of the Native: Jerusalem-Tinghir,” will document Moroccan Jews in Israel...
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A Congressional Divide: Morocco’s Western Sahara Issue Continues to Be...
Washington - While Morocco has a history going back more than a thousand years, a congressional hearing I attended on March 23 on the controversial issue of the Western Sahara’s disputed sovereignty...
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Morocco Expels Two French Nationals for Attempted ‘Violation of Public Morality’
Rabat - Moroccan authorities on Monday expelled two French nationals for attempted violation of public morality in the central city of Beni Mellal. This decision is in line with the regulations...
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