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The 5th edition of the Toulouse-Tarfaya Air Rally will take place from May 14 to 23, with 17 aircraft set to depart from the Toulouse-Lasbordes airfield, organizers announced Wednesday. This year’s rally features a record number of participants for a 10-day, 6,000 km journey retracing the trail of the novella The Little Prince by Antoine […]
Morocco has chosen The Pingry School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, as its base camp for the FIFA World Cup 2026. The announcement has been made by New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill during a meeting held Tuesday with Moroccan Ambassador to the U.S. Youssef Amrani and FIFA World Cup 2026 NYNJ Host Committee CEO Alex […]
Morocco is planning to scale up its strategic fuel storage reserve capacity by more than 1.5 million cubic metres by 2030 to counter major disruptions in global oil and gas supply amid the Middle East conflict. The announcement has been made by Minister of Energy Transition Leila Benali at the Parliament. She said $600 million […]
Royal Air Maroc is set to welcome its first Boeing 737 MAX 9 on May 30, 2026, as the national carrier accelerates a fleet expansion program that will bring it to levels unprecedented in its history, Le360 news platform reports, quoting a reliable source. The aircraft, registered CN-RHQ and freshly off Boeing’s assembly line, forms […]
Morocco and Norway have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in carbon market mechanisms which enable governments to trade greenhouse gas emission credits through carbon pricing with the aim of achieving climate targets. The agreement was sealed during a videoconference meeting held Tuesday by Moroccan Minister of Energy Transition Leila Benali with Norway minister of Climate […]
A projectile strike on a civilian area near a prison in the Moroccan Sahara town of Smara has renewed concerns over the increasing reliance on terrorist tactics by the Algeria-protected Polisario separatists. Two explosions were reported late Tuesday near the local penitentiary, according to local sources and witnesses. One projectile landed at the prison’s entrance, […]
Libya’s Ministry of Health under the Government of National Unity on Tuesday, May 5, signed a strategic cooperation framework with the World Health Organization, outlining a technical partnership roadmap for 2026–2027 aimed at strengthening the country’s healthcare system. The agreement was finalized during a meeting in Tripoli attended by Health Minister Mohammed Al-Ghouj, WHO Regional […]
Morocco attracted 56 billion dirhams ($6 billion) in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2025, marking a sharp increase from recent years, Minister delegate for investment Karim Zidane said. Addressing members of the Upper House, Zidane said inflows had risen by nearly 73% compared with 2021, when they stood at around 32 billion dirhams. He attributed […]
Morocco’s High Commission for Planning (HCP), the national statistics agency, published the first results of its new labor force survey, highlighting low workforce participation, stark gender disparities and persistent youth unemployment under a methodology aligned with International Labor Organization standards. The new framework introduces stricter definitions that prevent comparisons with earlier data. Employment is now […]
Moroccan National Tourism Office has partnered with “Par5 Escapes”, one of the UK’s leading golf tour operators, to strengthen Morocco’s position within the golf travel market. The British golf travel company, which provides tailor-made golf holidays across the UK, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, will help increase Morocco’s visibility across key markets, showcase the […]