One of the two Moroccan navy officers, kidnapped by pirates in Nigeria's territorial waters three weeks ago, was reportedly released. This is what the daily Assabah indicated in its edition today. The family of the hostage plans to return to Morocco in the next few days, adds the same source. The newspaper did not give any information on the other Moroccan national also kidnapped during the same operation. The Celia ship, built in 1986 and currently operating under the Panama Pavilion under
Morocco and Nigeria have founded a steering committee to set up an insurance scheme that would cover the Nigerian agricultural sector, This day reports today. The new committee will have to «use parametric products and leverage on the Moroccan model for crops covering selected areas of between 5000 and 10,000 hectares of land», the same source points out. According to the Nigerian online newspaper, this committee will bring together representatives of the Moroccan Agricultural
Two Moroccan nationals, a captain and an engineer officer, were allegedly kidnapped by pirates in the territorial waters of Nigeria. According to Alyaoum 24, Moroccan sailors urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to intervene with the Congolese and Nigerian authorities. On Tuesday, Maritime Bulletin media reported that a ship was attacked by pirates on the night of July 29-30 near a Nigerian island named Bonny located in the Gulf of Guinea. «Pirates boarded
During the African Union Executive Council held on Sunday in Nigeria, Morocco confronted the Polisario’s allies regarding a visit of an African human rights mission to the Sahara. However, peace between Morocco and the front was brokered by Nigeria which allowed to lift the Moroccan reserves.
The group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Maikanti Kacalla Baru declared that the Memorandum of understanding signed between Morocco and Nigeria has created 50,000 jobs and has added 1.3 million tonnes of fertilizers in the Nigerian agricultural sector.