HIBAPRESS – Ahmed Al-Musaed
At the kind invitation of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Djibouti, the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Azzdine El Midaoui, tasked Professor Yassin Zaghloul, President of Mohammed I University in Oujda, to head the Moroccan delegation on his behalf to participate in the first African Forum on Climate Adaptation, which opened in Djibouti City on the morning of Monday, January 19th, in the presence of the President of the State, Omar Guelleh, the Prime Minister, and the Speaker of the National Assembly (Parliament) and all the ministers of the Djiboutian government, including the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
He met with the Minister of Higher Education in the government of Djibouti to exchange views and the possibility of future cooperation. He also had a special meeting with the same minister on Tuesday, January 20th, during which they exchanged views and the possibility of increasing the number of Djiboutian students in Moroccan universities, as well as the prospects for partnership in scientific research between the two countries. The meeting was also an opportunity to sign an agreement for the accession of three Moroccan universities to the Djibouti Doctoral Association, namely Mohammed I University in Oujda, Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tangier, and Hassan I University in Settat, on the morning of Wednesday, January 21st. The forum was an opportunity to exchange views with a group of European and African institutions, as well as a group of researchers, to establish future partnerships. For the record, a cooperation agreement protocol between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Djibouti was signed in Rabat on May 19, 2000, and a cooperation agreement was concluded between the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation in the Kingdom of Morocco and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research in the Republic of Djibouti in Rabat on June 21, 2022. Available data indicate that the Kingdom of Morocco recorded eighty-one (81) joint scientific publications with the Republic of Djibouti during the period from 2014 to 2026, according to the SCOPUS database, including fifteen (15) joint scientific publications during the years 2025–2026. The number of Djiboutian students enrolled in Moroccan higher education institutions (public universities, training institutions, and private higher education institutions) from 2021 to 2025 reached 1,574 students.
