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Several leading US companies across the oil, gas, telecommunications, technology, and infrastructure sectors have signaled strong interest in participating in the Libya Energy Conference 2026. Their intent was conveyed during a high-level meeting in Washington Sunday, November 23 2025, between executives and a delegation from Libya’s Government of National Unity, coordinated by the US-Libya Business […]
Employment Minister Younes Sekkouri and business federations held lately extensive working sessions at CGEM headquarters to address training issues and the Tadaroj program. Against backdrop of school dropout phenomena affecting 280,000 youth annually, the government seeks to make businesses genuine training levers by multiplying intra-company centers and mobilizing 800 million dirhams. Sekkouri explained the apprenticeship […]
As the countdown to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco begins, Achraf Hakimi’s name is making headlines, not only for his awards and nominations or his recovery from injury but also for renewed speculation about a possible return to Real Madrid. Speaking to Sport Mediaset in Italy, Hakimi’s agent Alejandro Camano said “Achraf […]
Algeria has fostered its grip on impoverished Tunisia, worsening the dependence of its fragile neighbor on gas rent in a bilateral relationship that constrained Tunisia’s diplomacy, a recent Chatham House op-ed showed. Tunisia’s recent trajectory marks a profound shift in Maghreb geopolitics, Safae El Yaacoubi wrote in the Op-ed, adding that “power in the region […]
The 1st African Child Parliament Forum adopted, by acclamation, the “Rabat Declaration on Children’s Participation in Africa’s Development”. In the Rabat Declaration, adopted by acclamation on Saturday at the close of the Forum, held November 21-22, representatives of government institutions and non-governmental organizations from African countries welcomed the creation of the African Network for Child […]
King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to the members of the AS FAR women’s football club following their triumph in the 2025 Women’s Champions League of the Confederation of African Football. In this message, The King expressed his warm congratulations to all members of the FAR women’s football club for having won the […]
Marrakech prepares to become the world capital of police cooperation this November 24 through 27, as it hosts the 93rd INTERPOL General Assembly. Over 196 security delegations representing all member countries of the international organization will attend this planetary-scale event. Official opening ceremonies commence November 24 morning, preceding closed sessions bringing together senior police officials, […]
Once hailed as a leader of Spain’s radical left, Pablo Iglesias Turrión has now become a fallen politician clinging to relevance through incendiary anti-Moroccan populist rhetoric on Sahara. The former leader of Podemos, who rose to prominence in 2014 promising to sweep away Spain’s “corrupt caste,” has long been a vocal advocate for the Polisario […]
Sudan’s Industry minister has reported sweeping devastation across Khartoum’s industrial landscape, confirming that more than 1,800 factories were either partially or completely destroyed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Addressing journalists in Port Sudan Mahasen Ali Yaqoub said a Government damage assessment revealed that 553 factories were reduced to rubble, while 1,267 others sustained serious […]
The European Union (EU) reaffirmed on Friday that it does not recognize the so-called “sadr”, stressing that the presence of this entity at EU-African Union meetings does not affect its stance in any way. The statement was made by the EU spokesperson for Foreign Affairs during the European Commission’s daily press briefing, at a time […]