Morocco’s football team has been drawn in Group F alongside its counterparts DR Congo, Zambia and Tanzania, following the draw for the group phase of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), held on Thursday in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Atlas Lions will play their group-stage matches in the town of San Pedro. Their first game…
The High-Level Ministerial Meeting on accelerating the financing of Africa’s emergence, held on Thursday on the sidelines of the WB-IMF Annual Meetings, culminated in the adoption of the “Marrakech Declaration”, which calls for a “global financial architecture that is fairer and more conducive to Africa’s development”. In this Declaration, the 48 countries taking part in…
The Attijariwafa bank Foundation is launching a new art exhibition called : “Mix &Match : yesterday’s influences, tomorrow’s inspiration”, from September 26th to November 17th, 2023 at the Actua* art space. Drawing once again on its collection and on the work of students in its educational program “Arts Academy” **, the Foundation is offering its…
Sierra Leone reaffirmed, in New York, its support for the Moroccan autonomy initiative, deeming it “the compromise solution” to definitively settle the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. “My delegation supports the Moroccan autonomy initiative which the Security Council describes as serious and credible in its successive resolutions since 2007,” said Monday the representative of…
Morocco’s economy is expected to grow by 2.4% in 2023, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The kingdom’s GDP is forecast to increase by 3.6% in 2024, said the financial institution in its “World Economic Outlook” report, published Tuesday on the occasion of the Annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank held…
The Kingdom of Morocco expresses its deep concern at the deterioration of the situation and the outbreak of military action in the Gaza Strip, and condemns attacks against civilians wherever they may be, said Saturday a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates. The Kingdom, which has repeatedly warned of…
The international community and, more specifically, organizations working in the field of human rights preservation are called upon to assume their responsibility in protecting the detainees in the Tindouf camps and to put an end to the impunity enjoyed by the polisario militias, said Inmaculada Ocaña, President of the Alhayat for International Cooperation association, a…
Morocco, under the enlightened leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, will always be an active player in all initiatives aimed at establishing a comprehensive and equitable peace guaranteeing the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, said, on Friday in Rabat, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita. “Morocco, under the leadership…
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, arrived in Marrakech on Friday afternoon leading an IMF delegation, to take part in the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the IMF, scheduled for October 09-15. Georgieva, who was greeted at Marrakech-Menara international airport by Nadia Fettah, Minister of the Economy…
The Council of Government, meeting on Thursday under the chairmanship of the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, approved draft decree no. 2.23.921 on the application of decree-law no. 2.23.870 creating the High Atlas Development Agency, taking into account the observations raised. This project is part of the implementation of the provisions of paragraph 2 of…
