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Morocco will introduce a new vehicle license plate system starting in 2027, adding Latin-letter equivalents and the international “MA” country code alongside the existing Arabic registration format, under new rules published in the Official Gazette. The core change adds a Latin version of the Arabic letter already used on plates, alongside the kingdom’s international vehicle […]
A crew from Morocco’s 2M television channel faced repeated restrictions while trying to enter and report from Spain’s Ceuta enclave, including the seizure of its vehicle and professional filming equipment, Morocco’s National Press Union said. The incident has triggered concerns over press access in Ceuta, where journalists have been covering the aftermath of a mass […]
Libya’s Presidential Council Head Mohamed al-Menfi and Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah on Sunday, August 9 called for the unification of the country’s military institution, describing it as essential to restoring security, stability and national sovereignty. Speaking on the 86th anniversary of the establishment of the nucleus of the Libyan Army, observed annually on Aug. 9, […]
Sudan’s official gold exports in the first six months of 2026 have matched the total volume officially exported throughout 2025, Minister of Minerals Nour al-Dayem Taha said on Sunday. Taha attributed the increase to tighter government controls and measures aimed at directing more gold production through formal banking channels. His comments followed a meeting with […]
The Moroccan women’s national football team secured their place in the semi-finals of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Morocco 2026) after they defeated South Africa 2–1 in the quarter-final match played on Saturday evening at Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat. Morocco opened the scoring in the 31st minute through Sakina Ouzraoui, who capitalized on […]
U.S. and Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces enabled the first-ever live-fire demonstration leveraging the Africa Multidomain Training and Experimentation Center (AMTEC), assets to support a U.S. defense industry partner in testing long-range precision-strike capabilities as part of the U.S. Secretary of the Army’s Test Range Expansion Initiative, Aug. 3–7. A press release issued by US Africa […]
Morocco’s National Human Rights Council said around 100 people were arrested in the mayhem during Ceuta crossing last week and 14 people died on the Moroccan side, while raising concerns over alleged abuses by Moroccan and Spanish authorities and attacks by far-right groups. The council said its preliminary findings are based on field monitoring. Moroccan […]
Former French counter-intelligence operative Matthieu Ghadiri has offered a new account of what he describes as an Iran-Hezbollah-Polisario network, portraying the Algeria-backed Polisario separatists as an extension of Tehran’s regional proxy strategy. In an interview published by Le360, Ghadiri said Iran has used Lebanon’s Hezbollah as an intermediary to build ties with the Polisario, providing […]
Colombia has recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory and withdrawn its recognition of the Polisario’s separatist and Algeria-based entity known as Sahrawi republic. The news came in a Moroccan foreign ministry statement, describing the Colombian position as a major shift. Colombian Foreign Minister Omar Bula Escobar affirmed the decision during talks with Moroccan Foreign […]
The latest migration crisis in Ceuta has given Spain’s neo-Nazi far right a fresh opportunity to mobilize against Morocco and Muslims, with the group Nucleo Nacional taking its anti-Moroccan rhetoric from social media and demonstrations into the streets of the Spanish enclave. Nucleo Nacional, which has emerged from a network of neo-Nazi, Falangist and far-right […]