The UN Security Council has held closed-door consultations in New York on the Moroccan Sahara issue. According to diplomatic sources in New York, the Council’s members were briefed Monday by the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, as well as the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General and head of…
Here follows a statement by the Royal Office: “His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, chaired, on Tuesday at the Royal Palace of Rabat, a working session on the housing and urban planning sector. During the meeting, Minister of National Territory Planning, Urbanism, Housing and City Policy, Ms. Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, presented…
A Royal Navy high-seas patrol boat provided, Monday, 215 km south-west of Dakhla (36 km from the coast), assistance to a pirogue in difficulty with 46 sub-Saharan candidates for irregular migration on board, as part of a search and rescue mission at sea, The pirogue had set sail from the Senegalese coast three days earlier,…
The outstretched hand of His Majesty King Mohammed VI for a return to normality with Algeria was highlighted by the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, in his report to the Security Council on the Sahara. In this respect, Guterres cited His Majesty the King’s speech on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the accession…
HRH Prince Moulay Rachid chaired, on Monday, the opening of the 14th edition of the El Jadida Horse Show, held under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, under the theme “The horse and sustainable development”. On this occasion, HRH Prince Moulay Rachid toured the Show’s various exhibition stands. His Royal Highness visited the…
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has recently received the IEnvA (IATA Environmental Assessment) and IWT (IATA Illegal Wildlife Trade) certifications from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This dual certification confirms RAM’s ongoing commitment to the environment and the protection of nature, stated the airline in a press release. IEnvA is a program designed to support…
HRH Prince Moulay Rachid chaired, on Monday, the opening of the 14th edition of the El Jadida Horse Show, held under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, under the theme “The horse and sustainable development”. On this occasion, HRH Prince Moulay Rachid toured the Show’s various exhibition stands. His Royal Highness visited the…
A Reuters news videographer has been killed while working in southern Lebanon, Reuters said in a statement on Friday. “We are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed,” the statement said. Issam was part of a Reuters crew in southern Lebanon who was providing a live video signal. “We are…
Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, held talks with the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, on Friday in Marrakech, on the sidelines of the 2023 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The meeting took place in the presence of the European Commissioner for Economy, Paolo…
The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), to be held in Morocco in 2025, will be “the best in the history of the continent”, said, on Friday in Marrakech, Patrice Motsepe, President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). “The eyes of the world will be on the continent when the AFCON 2025 will be held,…
