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Minister Ronald Lamola: Pre-Budget International Relations and Cooperation Media Briefing
Africa: Implementing Agenda 2063 Our foreign policy is an extension of our domestic imperatives on human rights and resolving the triple challenges of inequality, poverty and unemployment. Through attracting Foreign Direct Investment, we intend to...

Deputy Minister Alvin Botes: International Relations and Cooperation Dept Budget Vote 2025/26
Honourable House Chairperson, Honourable Minister Lamola and Deputy Minister Moraka, Chair of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations, Hon. Mahumapelo, Honourable Members, Director-General Zane Dangor and Members of the South African...

Items signed by Jefferson, Washington and Einstein headline University Archives' June 4th online-only auction
Specialty categories include Abraham Lincoln (17 lots), Space (108 lots) & Literature (41 lots), plus outstanding pieces from Art, Science and Early America. WILTON, CT, UNITED STATES, May 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A six-volume set of books...

Nobel Peace Prize-Nominated Entertainer Cynthia Basinet Returns to United Nations Highlights Big Media And Tech Abuse
“Renowned Entertainer Cynthia Basinet Returns to the United Nations to Champion Intellectual Property Rights and Combat Big Media and Big Tech Abuse” NASHVILLE, TN, UNITED STATES, October 24, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Earlier this month, The...

Managing Threats to Food Security: Water and Agricultural Resilience in North Africa
Introduction Sustaining food security in North Africa,1 is a complex and evolving challenge, influenced by the region’s arid climate, limited water resources, and sparse arable land. In response, efforts to enhance food security by governments,...

What can Astrobiology Space Research Teach Us about the Origins of Life?
Did life originate on Earth, or did it arrive on a meteorite from across the solar system? Find out what space research can teach us about it. AUSTIN, TEXAS, UNITED STATES, August 3, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Can Astrobiology Help Us Discover...

Trump travels to a Middle East in transition
This week, US President Donald Trump makes his inaugural visit to the Middle East since the start of his second term, traveling to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates on May 13-16. Amid the heightened focus on US policy toward the...

Speaker of Andean Parliament Commends Development Momentum in Laayoune
MOROCCO, July 5 - The Speaker of the Andean Parliament, Fidel Espinoza Sandoval, has commended the socioeconomic development momentum in the city of Laayoune, capital of the Moroccan Sahara. "The city of Laayoune, which I visit for the second...

Secretary-General appoints Major General Zia Ur Rehman of Pakistan as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
Download logo United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Major General Zia Ur Rehman of Pakistan as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). Major...

Ambassador Hilale Denounces Military Recruitment of Children by 'Polisario' Before Harvard University Students
MOROCCO, February 21 - Ambassador Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, was, Thursday, the guest of honor at a conference organized by the University of Harvard-Boston, at the initiative of the collective of Moroccan students...

Secretary-General Appoints Horst Köhler of Germany as His Personal Envoy for Western Sahara
Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Horst Köhler, former President of the Federal Republic of Germany, as his Personal Envoy for Western Sahara. The new Personal Envoy succeeds Christopher Ross of the United...

Visit of Moroccan Foreign Minister to Slovenia and plans to open embassies in Ljubljana and Rabat
SLOVENIA, April 18 - During Minister Fajon's visit to Rabat last year, the two ministers signed the Joint Declaration on further strengthening cooperation between the two countries. Friendly relations between Slovenia and Morocco have recently...

Minister Ronald Lamola: Opening of Aziz Pahad Inaugural Annual Peace, Security and Human Rights Dialogue
Theme: Constitutionalism as the Foundation of Nation Building and Social Cohesion: A Reflection of 30 Years of Freedom, Equity and Justice in a Post Apartheid South Africa. Former President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki and First Lady Mam Zanele Mbeki,...

Mapping MENA’s Renewable Energy Supply Chains: The Emergence of Green Energy Ecosystems in the Middle East and North Africa
Introduction The Middle East and North Africa has the potential to become the world’s largest renewable energy-producing region. Solar energy is MENA’s most abundant renewable energy resource. The Sahara Desert, which covers the majority of North...

King Mohammed VI Launches Two Mega Projects In Laayoune
Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 02/07/2016 /SubmitPressRelease123/ HM King Mohammed VI arrived on Thursday, February 4, 2016, in Laayoune, the main city of the Sahara in southern Morocco. It is the King’s second official trip to the Sahara in less than...

Renewable Energy and Morocco’s New Green Industries: How Morocco’s Green Energy Ecosystem Can Expand Women and Youth Employment through Sustainable Development
Introduction Morocco is a leader in the development of renewable energy among the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The distinguishing feature of Morocco’s renewable energy sector is that its accelerating growth is...

President Cyril Ramaphosa: Opening remarks at SA-Algeria Binational Commission
Your Excellency Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, Honourable Ministers, Ambassadors, Senior Officials, Members of the Media, Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my privilege to address this 7th Session...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile: 2nd Cape Town Conversation
Programme Director; Former President of South Africa and Patron of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation, His Excellency Thabo Mbeki; Former Prime Minister of Australia, His Excellency Tony Abbott; Former Prime Minister of Mali, His Excellency Moussa Mara;...

Morocco Bus Market on Track to Achieve USD 253.55 Million Value by 2032 with a 2.3% CAGR
Enhancing urban mobility and public conveyance framework is a prominent factor driving the Morocco bus market. NEW YORK CITY, NY, UNITED STATES, October 22, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Morocco bus market forecast for 2032 is a specialized...

Highlights of Slovenia's activity in the UN Security Council in October 2024
SLOVENIA, November 1 - In the open debate, State Secretary Gabrič called for greater inclusion of women in peace processes, additional funding for women's organisations at the local level and more accountability in cases of grave violations of the...