Event in Morocco

  • South Africa plays an active role in the AU

    BOTSWANA, 2017/07/17 Absence of Zuma and Ramaphosa raises eyebrows, quoted Liesl Louw-Vaudran, a consultant at the Institute of Security Studies (ISS), who said South Africa was “ceding power to other players on the continent, such as Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and the current AU chairperson President Alpha Condé of Guinea”.
  • Major Leap for Africa At G20 Summit

    GERMANY, 2017/07/12 The G20 Leaders' Summit, which concluded in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday, has recorded positive outcomes for world development, with significant benefits for the African continent. The office of South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday said critical developmental issues were tabled at the summit, which brought together leaders from the world's major economies, inclunding the European Union.
  • Mediterranean Ministers of Tourism Conference to Be Held in Casablanca

    CASABLANCA, 2017/05/28 The 4th annual 5+5 Tourism Ministers Conference will be held at the Four Seasons hotel in Casablanca on July 11, 2016. The event will be attended by Lahcen Haddad, the Moroccan Minister of Tourism, inclunding ministers and ambassadors from nations in the Western Mediterranean region inclunding Mauritania, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Spain, France, Italy, Mali, and Portugal.
  • Commemoration of Africa Human Rights Day

    BOTSWANA, 2016/10/22 oday, the African People commemorate the Africa Human Rights Day across the continent under the theme “Women Rights – Our Collective Responsibility”. On this occasion, H.E. Dr. Aisha Laraba Abdullahi, Commissioner for Political Affairs issued a statement on behalf of H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission describing this year’s theme as timely and appropriate. Timely in the sense that it coincides with the Declaration of the African Union’s Heads of National and Government of “2016 as the African Year of Human Rights with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women”. It is, therefore, a clarion call on Africa to do additional to promote women’s rights, particularly the rights to development. It is in this context that the African Union Commission has concluded that the AHRD theme for this year is a reflection of a ray of hope that through empowerment of women in Africa, sustainable peace and development will be ushered in.
  • African housing, urban development forum opens in Rabat

    MOROCCO, 2016/05/12 The Initial African Ministerial Forum on Housing and Urban Development opened in Rabat on Wednesday ahead of the 3rdUnited Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Improvment– Habitat III, slated from October 17 to 21 in Quito, Ecuador. Jointly initiated by the Ministry of Housing and UN-Habitat, the two-day forum is holding under the theme “Urban and Sustainable Development Policies with the participation of 300 people drawn from about 40 nations. At the opening of the forum, witnessed by the chief of government, Abdelilah Benkirane, Housing minister, Nabil Benabdallah delivered figures on the issue of habitat in Africa, noting that in 2030, 50 % of Africans will live in urban areas.
  • King Mohammed VI of Morocco begins an official visit to China

    CASABLANCA, 2016/05/12 King Mohammed VI of Morocco begins an official visit to China on Wednesday according to the Ministry in charge of protocol in a statement on Monday.The Moroccan monarch will meet with Chinese President, Xi Jinping before the two leaders chair a “signing ceremony for a series of bilateral agreements, the statement added. King Mohammed VI will as well meet with several senior Chinese officials and will as well launch a strategic partnership between his kingdom and China.
  • HM King Mohammed VI arrived Saturday in Dakhla coming from Laayoune.

    MOROCCO, 2016/02/09 Upon His arrival at the Dakhla airport, HM the King reviewed a detachment of the Royal Guard who made the honors before being greeted by Wali of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region, governor of the province of Oued Eddahab, Lamine Benomar, and Chairman of the Council of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region, Ynja Khattat. HM the King was as well greeted by the governor of the province of Aousserd, delegate commander of the parade ground of Dakhla, chairman of the provincial council of Oued Eddahab, chairman of the municipal council of Dakhla, chairman of the provincial council of Aousserd, representatives of the judiciary, chairman of the local council of Ulemas, representatives of civil and military authorities of the Wilaya and notables of the region.
  • Africa50 to Hold Constitutive General Assembly in Casablanca

    CASABLANCA, 2015/07/29 Africa50 – an innovative infrastructure investment platform sponsored by the African Development Bank – will hold its Constitutive General Assembly on 29 July 2015 in Casablanca, Morocco. Representatives of 24 African nations who have subscribed for an accumulation all of USD 830 million will attend this historic event. Africa50 aims to significantly narrow Africa's infrastructure financing gap by delivering transformative national and regional infrastructure projects thereby spurring Africa's increase and prosperity. Through an integrated approach, Africa50 will invest in African infrastructure projects at scale along all price chain via its sister Project Finance and Project Development Companies.
  • Obama Chides African Leaders Who Cling to Power

    BOTSWANA, 2015/07/29 Barack Obama has chided African leaders who refuse to give up power in his initial speech at the African Union headquarters by a US president. The scolding came in the course of his address on Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to the 54-member continental bloc. "Africa's democratic evolution is as well at risk at the same time as leaders refuse to step aside at the same time as their terms end," Obama said. "No one should be president for life."
  • The 6th Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum to be Held in Beijing

    BAHRAIN, 2015/07/10 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei announced at the press conference: Upon agreement of China and the League of Arab States, the 6th ministerial conference of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum will be held in Beijing on June 5. Foreign ministers or representatives from China and Arab states inclunding the Secretary-General of the Arab League will attend the conference.