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As cadmium in some phosphate fertilizers becomes a public health and regulatory issue in Europe, Morocco’s OCP says it has developed a process to sharply reduce the metal’s presence in its products, a challenge with direct implications for access to Europe, the group’s third-largest export market. Tightening environmental and health standards in Europe are pushing […]
The departure phase of Morocco’s “Marhaba 2026” operation, supervised by the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity, is proceeding smoothly, with transit at Tanger Med port running with what officials describe as perfect fluidity. A reception system set up at the Mediterranean rest area near the port has helped streamline traffic by processing bus and car […]
Libya’s Prime Minister Abdulhamid Al-Dbeibah and US State Department Senior Adviser for Libyan Political Affairs Jeremy Brent held talks in Tripoli on August 23, 2026, focusing on bilateral cooperation and efforts to unify Libya’s state institutions. The two officials discussed measures to strengthen coordination among institutions to support political and economic stability. They also expressed […]
On the instructions of King Mohammed VI, Princess Lalla Meryem received, on Sunday at the Royal Guest Palace in Rabat, the Al-Quds children participating in the 17th edition of the summer camps organized by Bayt Mal Al-Quds Acharif Agency. During the reception, Al-Quds children presented commemorative gifts to Princess Lalla Meryem. Managing Director of Bayt […]
Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi reiterated the Kingdom’s historical and geographical claim to the cities of Ceuta and Melilla, marking his second public statement on the issue in just ten days. Speaking to the second national television channel, Ouahbi declared: “For us, Ceuta and Melilla are Moroccan lands. We have a historical and geographical right […]
The Madrid Press Association has referred a formal complaint by Moroccan academic Lahcen Haddad to Spain’s journalism ethics commission after a Cuatro television debate aired unchallenged calls for the “political and economic destruction” of Morocco. On 31 July 2026, during the program Horizonte, guest Taleb Alisalem, a Polisario member with visceral hatred of all things […]
Digital transformation is reshaping the global tourism industry from destination choice through to booking, and Morocco’s fast-growing sector is leaning on that shift to meet its 2030 ambitions, Finances News Hebdo reports. Moroccan tourism has never been more dynamic: after welcoming 17.4 million visitors in 2024, the Kingdom reached 19.8 million arrivals in 2025, confirming […]
Ignacio Cembrero no longer practices journalism. He practices activism directed against Morocco. The distinction matters, because the two professions obey different rules. A journalist is bound by verification, balance, sourcing and the separation of fact from opinion. An activist is free to select, amplify and interpret in service of a fixed narrative. Cembrero’s recent output, […]
Forms of political engagement among Morocco’s youth are shifting toward horizontal, decentralized structures shaped heavily by digital tools, according to the recent reports of Morocco’s Economic, Social, and Environmental Council (CESE). Recent youth mobilizations within student collective and spontaneous movements have relied increasingly on digital platforms such as Discord for organizing, coordinating and voicing demands, […]
Spanish far-right politicians, Polisario separatists, Algerian mouthpieces and Russian bots and certain Morocco phobic media figures have seized on the recent mass migrant crossings into the Spanish-occupied enclave of Ceuta to launch a coordinated campaign of disinformation and hostile coverage targeting Morocco, Spanish fact-checkers and international investigations show. Three weeks after tens of thousands of […]