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Morocco’s textile and clothing sector demonstrates measured resilience amid intensifying global competition, maintaining its eighth position among EU sourcing destinations with 7% growth in 2025. However, structural challenges reveal the urgent need for strategic transformation toward higher value-added production. Latest data from Eurostat and Morocco’s Foreign Exchange Office show the kingdom’s textile exports to the […]
International research firm BMI, a Fitch Solutions subsidiary, has revised Morocco’s 2025 economic growth forecast downward to 4.8%, from a previous estimate of 5%. The adjustment reflects cautious optimism amid an uncertain agricultural recovery and mixed signals in public and private investment. The revision follows Morocco’s High Commission for Planning data showing real GDP growth […]
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has firmly established itself as the dominant airline in North Africa, significantly outpacing the Algerian airlines, Air Algérie. With a clear growth strategy, robust international partnerships, and a strong financial foundation, RAM is not only expanding its footprint but also reinforcing Morocco’s influence across the African continent. In 2024, RAM operated […]
Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar hosted Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis and his delegation in Benghazi, where discussions centred on strengthening bilateral cooperation in economic, commercial, and cultural spheres. Haftar invited Greek companies to participate in Libya’s reconstruction and infrastructure projects, highlighting mutual interests in development. The talks also addressed key regional issues, including migration and […]
The Trump administration has completed the controversial deportation of eight men to South Sudan, a nation the U.S. government warns its own citizens not to enter due to ongoing violence, armed conflict, and human rights abuses. The deportees, nationals of Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Vietnam, and South Sudan, were convicted of serious crimes, including murder […]
Mali’s military government has formally granted junta leader General Assimi Goïta a five-year presidential term, renewable indefinitely and without elections, marking a sharp turn away from democratic governance in the Sahel nation. The new law, adopted unanimously by 131 members of the National Transitional Council last week, states Goïta’s power may be extended “as many […]
From July 9 to 11, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting a high-level Africa summit in Washington, with just five invited countries: Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal. The decision to limit participation reflects a strategic realignment in U.S. foreign policy toward Africa, emphasizing commercial diplomacy and targeted partnerships. According to U.S. officials, the […]
Algeria’s economic foundations are showing serious cracks, including an unsustainable fiscal system, rigid economic structure, dependence on oil and mounting external vulnerabilities, the IMF warned in a new report. The budget deficit expanded to 13.9% of GDP in 2024, one of the highest in the region, the IMF said, noting that this sharp deterioration stems […]
Morocco’s tourism sector is experiencing unprecedented growth and is expected to surpass the milestone of 20 million tourist arrivals this year, tourism minister Fatima Zahra Ammor said. With 7.2 million visitors recorded during the first five months of 2025, a 22% increase compared to the same period last year, the performance of the tourism sector […]
A detachment the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) took part in the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the independence of the Union of the Comoros, following an invitation extended to Morocco. The FAR detachment participated in the celebration at the instructions of the King, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the FAR. A […]