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Morocco has introduced a groundbreaking organizational model for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025, giving each of the 24 participating teams its own dedicated base camp, a first in the tournament’s history. Unlike previous editions where squads often shared hotels, Morocco’s plan provided every team with a fully privatized five-star hotel and an adjacent […]
Morocco welcomed a record 19.8 million visitors in 2025, a surge of more than 14% from the previous year, edging close to the symbolic 20 million milestone for the first time, tourism ministry data showed. Tourism revenues hit 124 billion dirhams or 13.6 billion dollars by November, up 19% year-on-year, according to the ministry, confirming […]
Tunisian opposition figures and civil society activists are sounding the alarm over what they describe as Algeria’s creeping interference in Tunisia’s domestic affairs. Former President Moncef Marzouki has repeatedly warned that Algiers “never stopped intervening” and called recent pro-Saïed rallies involving Algerian demonstrators a “flagrant act of interference.” Lawyers and political commentators echo these concerns, […]
Morocco’s water reserves jumped sharply to 41.5% in the first days of 2026, buoyed by heavy rainfall, official data showed. The combined storage at the country’s main dams rose from 6.58 billion cubic meters on Dec. 31 to 7.12 billion cubic meters on Jan. 5, an increase of 540 million cubic meters in just five […]
Nearly 65,000 civilians have been displaced from Sudan’s Kordofan region over the past three months as insecurity intensifies, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. In a statement, the UN agency reported that about 64,890 people were forced to flee their homes between October 25 and December 30, 2025, amid worsening security conditions. The IOM […]
Egypt’s Minister of Industry and Transport, Kamel El-Wazir, said on Monday that Cairo’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project has reduced projected transport investment costs to under $1 billion, compared with an estimated $6 billion for the previously planned Metro Line 5. Speaking during an inspection of Phase II works around Greater Cairo, El-Wazir explained that […]
Algeria’s president Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s latest address to Algeria’s parliament was billed as a roadmap for 2026. But the more he spoke the more it sounded more like a masterclass in myth creation and selective memory. One of the highlights of all the blunders was when he said Algeria will boast a GDP of $400 billion […]
Morocco’s National Airports Office inaugurated an Airport Operational Center at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca, marking significant operational organization advancement for the kingdom’s primary hub while contributing to smooth operations during the 2025 African Cup of Nations and future major international events. Installed at Mohammed V airport’s heart, the operations nerve center serves as […]
The authoritarian Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, one of Morocco’s enemies and strategic ally of Algerian regime and the Polisario in Latin America, has been captured by the United States, demonstrating the New World Order taking shape. Washington accuses Maduro of running a “narco-terrorist” regime. He will stand trial in the USA for threatening American strategic […]
Morocco’s import unit values declined 5.8% during the third quarter of 2025, while export unit values recorded slight 0.4% increases compared to the corresponding 2024 period, according to the High Commission for Planning’s Monday, January 5 report. The commission attributes import index declines primarily to marked price reductions across several product categories. Industrial equipment finished […]