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Morocco is convinced that Africa must come together and work together. This is why they have been working to forge closer relations with other African countries. They wish to see Africa placing human development at the centre of all she does. To this end, they have granted a number of African students scholarships to study in various disciplines in different institutions in Morocco. The training given to the students matches the needs of Africa so that they can go back to their countries to contribute meaningfully to the development of these countries. In 2019 alone, 14,000 students from 111 countries, majority of whom have scholarships, have been welcomed into Morocco to pursue various studies. Out of the number 12,000 are from 47 countries in Africa.
These were made known by the Director General of the Moroccan Agency for International Co-operation, Ambassador Mohamed Methqal, when he met a cross section of African journalists at the just ended African Youth Summit held in Rabat, Morocco.
He said that co-operation with some African countries had spanned over decades and centuries and enumerated sectors they co-operate in as agriculture, technology, academia and sustainable human development. He indicated that Morocco has the largest solar plant on the continent.
Ambassador Methqal noted that every now and again, Morocco organises and hosts capacity-building programmes where delegates are invited from other countries to debate and share ideas. He said that an example of how they are helping with capacity building is sending Doctors to Djibouti to train their nurses.
Asked why Morocco desired to join ECOWAS, he stated that Morocco has co-operated with West African countries for a number of years now hence their desire to join the community.
On the issue of migration, Ambassador Methqal said that over 60,000 migrants had been granted Moroccan nationality and are living in the country and enjoying all the benefits that Moroccans enjoy.
He promised that Morocco would continue to forge partnerships with African countries in the pursuance of development for Africans.
