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Morocco’s customs authority (ADII) and the Korea Customs Service (KCS) are nearing the completion of a joint project on digital transformation and artificial intelligence. The project was reviewed at a meeting in Rabat that gathered ADII director general Mohammed Ezzahaoui, senior KCS and CUPIA officials, and Korean Ambassador to Morocco Yoon Yeonjean, according to an […]
Hugh Lovatt’s ECFR has published again a piece on the European Council on Foreign Relations that serves best as a textbook exercise in selective framing and pro-Algeria and pro-Moscow advocacy dressed up as European strategic advice. Lovatt portrays the end of MINURSO as a reckless American “miscalculation” that risks war, while casting Morocco as the […]
As the United Nations Mission in the Sahara winds down after 35 years, its head, Russian diplomat Alexander Ivanko, has held talks in Rabat while leaving the Polisario Front out of the process entirely. On Monday, November 2, Ivanko briefed some MINURSO staff in Laayoune on the departure arrangements. The following day he traveled to […]
Following the UN Security Council’s decision not to renew MINURSO’s mandate, King Mohammed VI chaired a working session on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at the Royal Palace in Rabat, devoted to monitoring and preparing for the next phase following the end of the UN mission’s activities. During the working session, the Monarch reiterated Morocco’s full […]
Hugh Lovatt’s ECFR has published again a piece on the European Council on Foreign Relations that serves best as a textbook exercise in selective framing and pro-Algeria and pro-Moscow advocacy dressed up as European strategic advice. Lovatt portrays the end of MINURSO as a reckless American “miscalculation” that risks war, while casting Morocco as the […]
King Mohammed VI was represented by Minister of Youth, Culture, and Sports Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid at the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games (Dakar 2026 YOG) Held Saturday. Morocco is participating in the Dakar 2026 YOG with a delegation of 39 athletes competing in 17 sports categories. The first Olympic event held on the […]
The African Cup of Nations (AFCON) will return to its traditional two-year cycle instead of four years. The U-turn was made by the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after a review. In December 2025, CAF President Patrice Motsepe had announced that AFCON will be held every four years starting 2028. The […]
King Mohammed VI has congratulated the members of the national futsal team on winning their fourth CAF Futsal AFCON title after defeating Angola 5-2 in the final match played Wednesday in Rabat. In his message of congratulations, the King expressed pride over the victory of the national futsal team at the Futsal Africa Cup of […]
Morocco won their fourth African futsal title after defeating Angola 5-2 in the final of CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations-2026 played Wednesday in Rabat. The hosts, who had lifted the trophy in 2016, 2020 and 2024, delivered a commanding performance in front of their home supporters to retain their crown. Moroccan Othmane Elidrissi opened […]
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s pledge to double public salaries rings hollow against the backdrop of relentless money printing and fiscal policies that are steadily eroding the dinar’s value. Any nominal wage gains will be halved in real terms in a country where the black market determines the value of the currency depending on offer and […]
Laayoune’s Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy signed two memoranda of understanding with American institutions on Thursday to strengthen academic cooperation between Morocco and the U.S. in medical training, scientific research and patient care. The agreements were signed on the sidelines of the second Morocco-U.S. Medical Days, which bring together doctors, professors and researchers from both […]
Hugh Lovatt’s ECFR has published again a piece on the European Council on Foreign Relations that serves best as a textbook exercise in selective framing and pro-Algeria and pro-Moscow advocacy dressed up as European strategic advice. Lovatt portrays the end of MINURSO as a reckless American “miscalculation” that risks war, while casting Morocco as the […]
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, lawyer and mayor of Marrakech, who was appointed Tuesday by King Mohammed VI as Morocco’s first female Head of Government, declared the nomination a “historic moment for our country” and pledged to deliver practical answers to citizens’ expectations, especially those of young people. Speaking to the press immediately after her audience […]
