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Marrakech is set to host the 35th International Marathon and Half Marathon (MIM 2025) on January 26, organizers announced. More than 15,000 athletes, including over 110 professional runners from around the globe, are expected to compete in the marathon. Mohamed Knidiri, the director of MIM, said during a press conference that the 35th Marrakech International […]
Chairwoman of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH), Amina Bouayach, was granted the 2025 Mediterranean Foundation Award (Fondazione Mediterraneo) and was appointed “Ambassador of the US to the World Foundation”, in recognition of her significant contribution to the defense of human rights. The award, presented to her on Friday in Naples, Italy, recognizes individuals or […]
Marrakech police arrested on Friday evening a French national wanted internationally for attempted murder. Carried out in coordination with Morocco’s General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST), the arrest was based on an international warrant issued by French judicial authorities. The 25-year-old suspect was in Morocco illegally and was apprehended during a routine search. A suspected […]
As Morocco is celebrating this Saturday the 81st anniversary of the presentation of the Independence Manifesto on January 11, 1944, King Mohammed VI has granted pardon to 1,304 individuals convicted by various courts of the Kingdom, the Ministry of Justice announced in a statement. The Ministry of Justice, which unveiled the list of the beneficiaries […]
Morocco’s treasury has gained an additional 600 million dollars (6 billion dirhams) following a tax amnesty program that expired on Dec 31, 2024. At least 127 billion dirhams ($12.7 billion) has been injected in the Moroccan banking system thanks to the tax amnesty, which allowed cash-holders to pay a reduced 5% tax on their deposits, […]
Ethiopia has become the latest African country to launch its own stock exchange on January 10 to open-up its growing economy to private investors. The launch is part of economic reforms to end the state control of the economy of the near 100-million-nation. Dubbed, the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX), the bourse is expected to provide […]
Africa’s agriculture ministers are meeting in Uganda this week to discuss sustainable agriculture and food production systems in light of the climate change, which comes amid warnings that climate crisis is pushing temperatures to levels never experienced by modern humans. The extraordinary African Union (AU) summit on agriculture opened in Uganda’s capital Kampala on Thursday […]
An Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack in northern Benin near the borders with insurgency-hit neighbors, Burkina Faso and Niger that killed at least 28 troops this week. The raid that took place on Jan.8 was the deadliest the Beninese army has suffered in years, authorities have confirmed. National Guard chief […]
In a blow to Namibia’s efforts to become a crude producer, the British energy giant Shell has announced a $400 million write-down related to an offshore oil discovery in the southern African nation, citing concerns about the project’s commercial viability, There have been several oil explorations by major oil conglomerates in Namibia in recent years, […]
Indignation and outrage are building up in Turkey against the Algerian military regime and its Polisario puppet for hosting some members of the PKK/YPG terrorist organization in a meeting held lately in Tindouf camp, Southern Algeria. Though Ankara has not so far officially reacted, several Turkish nationals, associations, and politicians have denounced the Algerian unfriendly […]