Mohammed VI

Morocco
Mohammed VI to make personal trip to Paris

King Mohammed VI is scheduled to travel from Rabat to France in mid-April. In particular, he will pay a visit to his mother, Lalla Latifa, who lives in the suburbs of Paris and has suffered from poor health in recent years.

Morocco
Aziz Akhannouch tackles touchy social matters

A decrease in butane gas subsidies, pension reform, unemployment benefits... Halfway through his term, a plateful of strategic and sensitive matters await Morocco's prime minister.

Algeria, Mali
Moscow plays go-between for Algiers and Bamako

Russia has for several weeks been acting as an intermediary between its client Algeria and its protégé Mali, whose relations are decidedly chilly.

DRC, Morocco
Kinshasa prepares for presidential visit to Rabat

An advance team of DRC officials might head to Rabat in the next few days to prepare a possible visit by President Félix Tshisekedi, in the wake of his February phone call with King Mohammed VI.

Tunisia
Ferid Belhaj retires from role as VP at World Bank

Ferid Belhaj recently left his position as VP for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank. He travelled to Ramallah just days after leaving Washington.

Morocco
Why China's BYD put the brakes on electric vehicle production plans

Despite the signing of a partnership in the presence of Mohammed VI in 2017, the major Chinese group BYD has not carried out its plans to set up a series of electric vehicle production plants in Morocco.

Morocco
OCP uses Mohammed VI Polytechnic University as bridgehead in North America

The university, which has the financial backing of OCP, is honing its development plans in Canada and the US, where the phosphates giant is trying to make a comeback.

Morocco
French and Moroccan MPs to convene in Paris in April

Several French and Moroccan MPs will meet in April for a conference organised by the alumni of public administration school ENA to discuss diplomacy between Paris and Rabat.

Morocco, Niger
Nigerien prime minister tries to reboot Moroccan investment

During a visit to Morocco in February, Ali Lamine Zeine discussed the Niamey corniche project with the chairman of the company promoting it, YMMY Finance Holding. He also talked to his opposite number, Aziz Akhannouch, about bilateral cooperation.

Guinea, Morocco
Rabat ramps up religious presence in Conakry

Morocco is calling all the shots on the management of a new Mohammed VI religious centre in the Guinean capital, funded by a royal foundation, and will dictate everything from its leadership to its imams.

Palace Intrigues
Dominique Ouattara, Mamadi Doumbouya, Valérie Pécresse, Abdou Diouf, Abdoulaye Wade

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Ivory CoastVIPs galore for first lady Dominique Ouattara's foundation gala

GuineaDoumbouya's ministers told to stay home

MoroccoValérie Pécresse to visit Rabat

SenegalHamidou Sall, architect of Diouf-Wade joint statement