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Morocco, France and the European Union have jointly launched two new programs at a ceremony in Rabat on Thursday 9 April, marking a significant step in the trilateral effort to build structured, rights-based pathways for legal labor mobility between North Africa and Europe. The two initiatives — THAMM+ Équipe France and the second phase of […]
Morocco is among the priority countries for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food for Progress program in FY 2026, aimed at bolstering agricultural productivity and trade. For FY 2026, Food for Progress anticipates awarding up to $226 million in new cooperative agreements for up to five-year projects ranging from $28 to $35 million each. […]
Morocco’s economy is expected to remain resilient in 2026, supported by domestic recovery drivers and ongoing structural reforms, even as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East weigh on the wider region, the World Bank said in its latest economic update. In its Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (MENAAP) Economic Update, the World Bank […]
Morocco is set to become AI gateway for Africa, Europe, and beyond thanks to the Nexus AI Factory to be built in the Kingdom, the first sovereign AI infrastructure platform of its kind in Africa. South Africa and other African countries were competing for this major project, but the international investors and technology giants selected […]
Morocco’s ABA Technology Company has partnered with French multinational IT services firm to deploy its Fusion AI platform across the African continent. The platform is designed to control the full AI value chain, from underlying infrastructure through to real-world applications, enabling organisations to deploy AI without routing their data, models, or decision-making through foreign systems […]
The Policy Center for the New South this week unveiled The Oxford Handbook of the Moroccan Economy, a new reference work that provides a comprehensive analysis of Morocco’s long-term economic transformation, as policymakers, researchers and academics gathered in Rabat for a two-day conference marking the book’s publication. Published by Oxford University Press and edited by […]
Morocco’s National Observatory for Children’s Rights (ONDE), chaired by Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem, signed a partnership agreement with UNESCO aimed at advancing the right to education in the country, the two institutions said. Under the agreement, ONDE will support the implementation of the project titled “Assess to Transform: The Right to Education in […]
King Mohammed VI chaired in Rabat on Thursday a Council of Ministers that approved an ambitious reform of territorial governance, based on a local and participatory approach, backed by an investment program of nearly 210 billion dirhams over eight years. The Council of Ministers actually approved a draft organic law amending and supplementing the organic […]
Kenya expressed on Thursday its support for autonomy for the Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty as the only credible and realistic solution to resolve the dispute, and affirmed its intention to cooperate with like-minded States to promote the plan implementation. This position was expressed during the first session of the Morocco-Kenya Joint Cooperation Commission, co-chaired in […]
Morocco and Poland have explored at a meeting in Rabat Thursday opportunities to broaden the scope of their cooperation in matters of defense. The meeting gathered Minister Delegate in charge of Morocco’s National Defense Administration Abdeltif Loudyi and Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister, Coordinator of Special Services of Poland Tomasz Siemoniak, who was is […]