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AFCON Morocco-2025 will be held from 21 Dec. 2025 to 18 Jan. 2026, announces CAF, expressing gratefulness to King Mohammed VI

The Executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced Friday the dates of Africa’s most popular and competitive football competition, the CAF TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) which will be hosted by Morocco. The final phases of the 35th edition of AFCON-2025 Morocco, will thus take place from 21 December 2025 to […]

Morocco’s spending on subsidies more than halved in first quarter this year

Spending as part of the compensation fund subsidizing the prices of fuel, wheat, sugar, and butane gas more than halved to 4.5 billion dirhams in the first quarter this year, auguring well for state finances, according to the finance ministry. Subsidies including cash handouts to transport professionals stood at 44 billion dirhams last year due […]

UN-C24: Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Sahara gains more global praise; Polisario gets more international rebuke

The autonomy plan put forward by Morocco for a lasting resolution of the Sahara conflict continues to gain growing international support, being described as the best and pragmatic solution, while the armed Polisario militias continue to receive global condemnation for serious human rights violations and crimes committed in the Tindouf camps in Algeria. Addressing members […]