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In a bold stride toward digital integration and technological advancement, Libya has inaugurated on May 11 the Medusa submarine cable project—an 8,700-kilometre undersea lifeline linking the North African nation directly to Europe. Spearheaded by the Libyan Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Company (LPTIC), the initiative is being lauded as a transformative step in positioning Libya […]
Moroccan Star of Paris Saint-Germain team, Achraf Hakimi, has been awarded the 2025 Marc-Vivien Foé Award, an honor that recognizes the best African player in France’s Ligue 1. The Moroccan right-back is the first PSG player ever to have received the award since its inception in 2009. Presented by France 24 and Radio France Internationale, […]
Morocco is accelerating its transition to natural gas as a key pillar of its energy future, aiming to increase its share to 30% of the national energy mix by 2030. The government is deploying a multisector strategy based on heavy investments and public-private partnerships to reduce coal dependence while maintaining energy security. On April 23, […]
Authorities in Morocco and Spain expect the number of passengers crossing from Europe to the Kingdom to increase with 12,000 ferry trips made available, up 8.4% from last year, to facilitate the operation. The crossing, dubbed Marhaba (welcome), marks the start of the holiday season for Moroccans living in Europe coming back to spend holidays […]
At least 50 million people in west and central Africa are facing the risk of hunger due to conflict, displacement, economic hardship, and repeated extreme weather, the World Food Program warned. “More than 36 million are struggling to meet their basic food needs, which is projected to rise to over 52 million during the lean […]
Cash-strapped Tunisia reported a 3% decrease in its foreign exchange reserves to 22.9 dinars ($ 7.5 bln), enough to cover 99 days of imports, as the country struggles to access foreign debt amid a biting social and economic crisis. The decline follows the government’s $1 billion Eurobond repayment in February, reducing import coverage. The government […]
Connecting Morocco and Mauritania to their Sahelian-African hinterland serves as a strategic lever for both continental and international trade, emphasized participants in the first Mauritania-Morocco Economic Parliamentary Forum held Friday and Saturday in Nouakchott. The Nouakchott Declaration adopted by the two-day forum highlighted that the strategic and structural port and maritime transport infrastructures established by […]
South Korea has officially endorsed Morocco’s autonomy proposal for the Sahara, and expressed its support for the «serious and credible efforts» made by the Kingdom to advance toward a resolution of the regional conflict. This endorsement, which was outlined in a statement released by the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday, May 9, marks […]
The Confederation of African Athletics has revoked Algeria’s hosting rights for the 2025 African U18/U20 Athletics Championships, which were initially scheduled for April in Oran but postponed to July 16-20 before stripping the Algerian blackmailer regime from hosting the event. In a statement, the African confederation said it decided to withdraw the hosting rights from […]
The French Development Agency (AFD) group is planning significant investments worth around €150 million in Morocco’s southern provinces, announced the Agency’s CEO, Rémy Rioux. Rioux, who is on a working visit to Morocco at the head of a high-level delegation, said at a press briefing, in Laayoune on Saturday, that “the AFD Group will now […]