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Moroccan security forces have mounted an exceptional deployment across the country’s northern border region ahead of August 15, a date targeted by viral online calls for coordinated mass crossing attempts into the Spanish-controlled enclave of Ceuta (Sebta). National Police, Royal Gendarmerie and Auxiliary Forces have sharply increased checkpoints and inspections on roads and maritime access […]
A rare cross-party coalition in Spain has called for Morocco’s exclusion from co-hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup, treating the global governing body as if it were a family heirloom, even as the joint Spain-Portugal-Morocco bid succeeded largely thanks to African support secured by Rabat. Right-wing Vox, left-wing Sumar and Podemos, and elements of the […]
The Sudanese Army said it had repelled a major attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Jabra Al Sheikh area of North Kordofan State, inflicting heavy casualties and destroying military equipment. The Army said on Thursday that the RSF assault involved more than 250 combat vehicles and that the attack targeted Jabra Al […]
The UN Procurement Division has launched an international tender for the deployment of an AI and virtual reality (VR) platform in Rabat, Morocco, which is hosting the UNOCT Programme Office for Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa. Thanks to this high-tech anti-terror training platform, the United Nations Office of Counter-terrorism will advance institutional training in Morocco […]
ORNX consortium has selected U.S. engineering KBR firm to conduct the pre-FEED study for its Laayoune green ammonia project in Morocco. The study is being supported through funding from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). KBR will provide technology licensing and pre-FEED services for the project, which is expected to produce approximately 560,000 metric […]
Morocco’s partial solar eclipse on August 12 produced varying occultation levels across the country, most pronounced in the north and gradually weaker toward the south. Tangier recorded the highest rate at roughly 91.97 percent, followed by Oujda at 88.53 percent and Rabat at 82.53 percent, while the rate reached about 79.30 percent in Agadir, 79.20 […]
Morocco’s women’s national football team fell short of the 2026 Africa Cup of Nations (Morocco 2026) after losing to Cameroon 3–1 on penalty shoouts (0–0 after regulation and extra time) in the semi-final played Wednesday evening at Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat. Cameroon will face Malawi in the final on Sunday at the same […]
Morocco has reached a new milestone in Norway’s fresh berry market, reclaiming its position as leading supplier of raspberries and blackberries and surpassing, for the first time, half of the country’s total imports in the category. Between July 2025 and June 2026, Norway imported 707 tons of fresh raspberries and blackberries from Morocco, worth more […]
Moroccan diagnostics company Gigalab is preparing to expand across Africa, betting on manufacturing capabilities it has built at home to meet the needs of health systems across the continent. In a special Forbes Africa edition dedicated to the Kingdom, founder and CEO Karim Zaher laid out a strategy combining local production with continental expansion, positioning […]
King Mohammed VI has extended his deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to President of Colombia Gabriel de la Espriella following a devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit this South America country. In his message of condolences, the Moroccan Sovereign has said that he is saddened by Colombia earthquake tragedy and expressed the Kingdom’s full solidarity and […]