algerian journalist Abdelkrim Zeghileche

World Cup 2026: The New Yorker Sheds Light on Morocco football Rise

The success of Moroccan football is not fortuitous but the result of a royal strategy leading to a network of sprawling, modern soccer academies, including the Mohammed VI Football Academy tasked with developing domestic talent from a young age. In a story published on the rise of Morocco into a global football powerhouse, the American […]

World Bank highlights resilience of Morocco’s financial sector to drought

Despite consecutive dry years, Morocco’s banking sector has shown resilience and stability, the World Bank said. “Stress tests in Colombia, Morocco, and Mexico indicate that overall physical risks such as droughts and floods as well as transition risks are relatively benign for the financial system as a whole,” the World Bank said in its “Finance […]

WB supports Morocco’s human capital development with $600 Mln funding package

The World Bank has approved a $600 million financing package for the last and third phase of the “Strengthening Human Capital for a Resilient Morocco” program. The funding aims to enhance Morocco’s resilience to health risks, improve human capital during childhood, reduce poverty among the elderly, and bolster climate risk management, said the WB in […]