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Morocco’s auto market posts historic 33% growth in 2025

The Moroccan automobile market recorded a landmark year in 2025, posting a historic 33% surge in sales driven by renewed consumer demand, the rapid rise of hybrid and electric vehicles, and an unprecedented influx of Chinese carmakers. Total sales reached 235,372 units by the end of December, compared with 176,401 in 2024, according to data […]

Mauritania at a crossroads with this weekend polls

Mauritanians are heading to polls this weekend to elect a new president in what is expected to be the West African country’s first peaceful transfer of power since independence from France in 1960. In the capital Nouakchott, where the desert’s vast expanses wash into the capital, tensions are growing after a campaign marred by violence. […]

Spain considers Morocco a “loyal and fraternal” partner, Interior Minister says

Morocco is a “loyal” and “fraternal” partner with which Spain maintains “excellent” relations, the Spanish Minister of Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, said on Friday. “Morocco is a state that cooperates with Spain. It is a loyal partner and, of course, I would even say fraternal,” Grande-Marlaska said in statements to the press. The relations between Spain […]