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Morocco is set to become the first African country to join TV5 Monde governance, which includes France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Monaco and Quebec. It is a major diplomatic and cultural milestone demonstrating Morocco’s central role in the French-speaking global community, media, arts, business… The move will also strengthen Morocco’s soft-power and nation branding across the […]
Nearly 50,000 people have been displaced in Sudan’s Blue Nile State since the start of 2026 due to ongoing clashes involving the Sudanese Army, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied SPLM-N fighters, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In a statement issued on Tuesday, 12 May 2026, the IOM said about 49,512 […]
Head of the Moroccan Government Aziz Akhannouch health surveyed *the Kingdom’s reform agenda during a panel on health sovereignty, held part of the Africa Forward summit hosted by Kenya May 11-12. Akhannouch, who was co-chairing the panel with Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, explained that Morocco has made a strategic and irreversible choice to treat […]
La Voie Express Group, the logistics subsidiary of H&S Invest Holding and one of Morocco’s leading integrated logistics operators, has announced the development of a 10,000-square-metre logistics platform within Medhub, the port logistics zone of the Tanger Med complex. The project, developed in partnership with Medhub’s operator, is scheduled for commissioning in the third quarter […]
Morocco is reportedly in discussions with Turkish defense firm Havelsan to acquire “Barkan 3”, an advanced unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) designed to operate in conjunction with drones in monitoring and addressing threats remotely. According to press reports, Morocco is expanding its military cooperation with Turkish companies building on the success of the drone factory opened […]
Ecuador has expressed interest in concluding a Free Trade Agreement and an investment Treaty with Morocco to boost partnership between the two countries. The announcement was made by Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign Trade Investment Luis Alberto Jaramillo Granja following his meeting held Tuesday in Rabat with Minister of Industry and Trade Ryad Mezzour. The meeting […]
Moroccan Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports, in collaboration with Huawei, has launched the 3rd edition of DigiSchool, a national program aimed at supporting the digital skills of students in rural zones and advancing the digital transformation of the education system. Building on the success achieved during previous editions and the growing support of […]
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation has announced that Google Gemini has become the Atlas Lions Official Al Sponsor, a major branding milestone for Moroccan football. By partnering with Google AI Assistant, Moroccan football enters in a new era, placing artificial intelligence technology at the heart of the team’s journey. Modern technologies will help promote the […]
Morocco has laid out its successful industrial experience driven by competitive & thriving automotive and aerospace sectors. The Moroccan success-story stands as an inspirational model in a continent of opportunities. Speaking Tuesday at a panel held at the French-African Summit 2026 convened in Nairobi in presence of several African Heads of State, PMs, UN Chief […]
Morocco has formalized a landmark framework agreement to build a nationally integrated seawater desalination industry, a move that combines the country’s water security imperative with an explicit industrial sovereignty objective. The accord, signed with the sector’s principal actors and reported by L’Économiste on Tuesday, sets an objective of raising the local integration rate in desalination […]