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| Formed | 31 May 1959 (1959-05-31) |
| Headquarters | 122 Avenue Allal Ben Abdellah,Rabat,Morocco |
| Motto | "News are sacred, comment is free" or "The value of information" |
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| Parent department | Department of Communication of theMinistry of Youth, Culture and Communication |
| Website | www |
Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP), also known asMaghreb Agence Presse, is the government-owned officialnews agency of theKingdom of Morocco.[1]
The agency was founded on 31 May 1959 byMehdi Bennouna inRabat.[2][3] It was nationalized in 1973.[3]
The director is Fouad Arif, and headquartered inRabat. The agency has official international services in five languages:Arabic,English,French,Spanish, andTamazight. In 1960, the agency launched anAfrican bulletin. It launched aMiddle East service as well as an English service on 14 October 1975.
Abdeljalil Fenjiro served as the director of the agency for more than twenty years until 16 November 1999 when Mohammed Yassine Mansouri replaced him in the post.[4]
In addition to providing news, the agency co-founded a national charter for the improvement of women's images in the media with the Ministry of Social Development and Family and Solidarity and the Ministry of Communication and Culture in 2005.[5]
On 19 May 2023,King Mohammed VI appointed Fouad Arif as the new Director General of MAP, following the death ofKhalil Hachimi Idrissi.[6][7]
The agency has internationaloffices inAbidjan,Algiers,Bonn,Beyrouth,Cairo,Dakar,Geneva,Jeddah,Lisbon,Madrid,Mexico City,Montreal,Moscow,New Delhi,Nouakchott,Paris,Rome,Tunis andWashington. In addition, the agency is reported to have a "large network in Asia".[8]
The agency has national and regional offices in Agadir, Casablanca, Tangier, Dakhla, Fez, Kenitra, Laayoune, Nador, Oujda, and Settat.[9]
The agency has correspondents in Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Ankara, Baghdad, Buenos Aires, Beijing, Caracas, Damascus, El Jadida, Essaouira, Málaga, Marseille, Mexico City, New Delhi, Ouarzazate, Pretoria, Tan-Tan, Taza, Tehran, Tétouan, and Tripoli.[9]
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