Denia Holding, a subsidiary of Holmacrom Group, which manufactures snack products will invest 20 million euro in a 10,000-ton cashew nut processing plant in Cote d’Ivoire, says CommodAfrica. The plant, to start operating in 2019, will be located in the city of Grand-Bassam, about forty kilometers away from Abidjan. On May the 9th, an implementation protocol was signed with the company in charge of the Grand-Bassam Free Zone, Cote d’Ivoire’s Information, Technology and
Morocco’s national team participating to the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships has been victorious defeating the American team (29-26), Cote d’Ivoire, the host country (42-28) and losing to South Korea (50-83) and China (17-37). The national team was represented by Oumaima Al Bouchti, Nada Laarej, Soukaina Al Aouni, Chaimae Karim and Ouiam Dislam. China has topped the ranking while South Korea finished second.
Attendees at the African Union – European Union summit, a two-day international meeting held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, denounced on Wednesday the inhuman treatment of migrants in Libya. The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has condemned the «abject» treatment that migrants in Libya have experienced, calling on states to manage the migration issue in a way that compiles with the international law. He added that legal migrants make a valuable
At the 5th AU-EU summit, Mohammed VI’s speech was dedicated to migration. The king has denounced some ideas that are widespread in Europe regarding migrants and which spread fear and hatred. In Abidjan, the sovereign seized the opportunity to call for establishing new partnerships between the two continents.
After meeting with the Angolan President, King Mohammed VI met on Wednesday, 29th of December, in Abidjan the South African president, Jacob Zuma. «During this warm and honest meeting, the two heads of state agreed to work together, hand in hand, and to look forward to a promising future», reports MAP news agency. «Morocco and South Africa are two important hubs when it comes to political stability and economic development, respectively in the extreme north and south of the
At the opening of the AU-EU summit King Mohammed VI has shaken hands with the Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahya while standing next to the French Minister, Emmanuel Macron. This comes only a few days after the Moroccan ambassador to Algeria has taken up his position in Algiers, weeks after he was summoned by the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to protest against the recent statement of the Algerian Foreign Minister, Abdelkader Messahel For the record, at
Nasser Bourita, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation met on Tuesday, 28th of November, with the president of the ECOWAS Commission, Marcel De Souza, the Ministry said in a statement. Speaking to the media, De Souza said that he had discussed with the Moroccan Foreign Minister the kingdom’s application to join the Economic Community of West African States. The latter is expected to decide on Morocco’s bid on the next summit scheduled for the 16th of December
King Mohammed VI arrived on Sunday afternoon in Abidjan, the royal cabinet announced in a statement. The king is supposed to participate to the 5th African Union- European Union summit scheduled for the 29 and 30 of November in the Ivorian economic capital, the same source added. The participation of the sovereign in this international meeting definitely puts an end to the speculations that surrounded Morocco’s presence at the summit. This decision goes hand in hand with Morocco’s
The Morocco national football team is qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The Atlas Lions have successfully defeated the Ivorian Elephants on Saturday 11th of November in Abidjan. Scoring two goals, Morocco has secured a ticket to Russia. Nabil Dirar scored during the the first half time, Mehdi Benatia did the same minutes later. Morocco was topping its group before flying to Ivory Coast. It is the fifth time that the Moroccan national football team gets qualified for the
Morocco national football team arrived on Wednesday night in Abidjan, where it is supposed to face on Saturday its Ivorian counterpart in a decisive match for the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers. On their arrival at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny International Airport, the technical and administrative staffs accompanying the team and the delegation of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation were received by the Ambassador of Morocco to Cote d’Ivoire, Abdelmalek Kettani, and a huge crowd of Moroccan