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Moroccan nationals continued to rank among the world’s leading recipients of Schengen visas in 2025, underscoring the depth of mobility ties between the Kingdom and Europe, according to data released by the European Commission. Consulates of Schengen countries granted a total of 480,354 short-stay visas to Moroccan applicants last year, placing Morocco among the top […]
Morocco has brushed off the EU manufacturers fear that the billions of dollars of Chinese investment injected in the Kingdom could turn the country into a highly competitive industrial and export powerhouse. Moroccan officials reject suggestions that their special economic zones will be used by China to export its excess production to the EU, deepening […]
Morocco’s largest and Africa’s third biggest dam of Al Wahda has reached near-capacity levels following months of heavy rainfall, offering a major boost to the country’s water reserves while highlighting the impact of unusually abundant precipitation that has also triggered flooding in several regions. As of May 31, the Al Wahda dam, located in Ouezzane […]
Morocco is rapidly becoming a renewable energy powerhouse thanks to the expansion of its renewable energy capacity to 5.5 GW, strong solar resources, supportive regulations, and foreign investment which are driving major new solar & wind projects across the country. The North African country has rapidly developed its solar energy sector and is now looking […]
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) of Libya has announced its strongest monthly financial performance in a decade, recording approximately US$4 billion in revenues for May 2026 from crude oil sales and royalties. The announcement was made on Sunday, May 31, in the capital, Tripoli, where NOC Chairman Masoud Suleiman attributed the milestone to improved operational […]
Hundreds of teachers across Sudan’s Khartoum state went on strike on Sunday, 31 May 2026, paralysing around 100 schools in areas including Jabal Awliya, East Nile and Greater Omdurman over delayed salaries, unpaid arrears, low wages and worsening working conditions. The Sudanese Teachers Committee said the action reflects deep frustration over what it described as […]
Moroccan Soufiane El Bakkali won the 3000m steeplechase at the Mohammed VI International Athletics Meeting held in Rabat on Sunday. The Moroccan Athlete set the world-leading time of the year, clocking 7:57.25. El Bakkali finished ahead of Germany’s Frederick Ruppert and Kenya’s Simon Kiprop Koech. The World Athletics Meeting International Mohammed VI, third stage of […]
The National Agency for Forests and Water (ANEF) has issued a formal warning about an elevated forest fire risk for the summer of 2026, sounding an alarm that contains a paradox at its core: the abundant winter rainfall that benefited Morocco’s agricultural ecosystems and restored dam levels has simultaneously generated an exceptionally dense biomass that, […]
Chinese automotive brands posted a 215 percent increase in sales on the Moroccan market in 2025, rising from 5,740 units to 18,053, according to data from the Association of Vehicle Importers in Morocco (AIVAM). Their market share more than doubled, jumping from 3.25 percent to 7.67 percent, in a market that itself grew by 33.4 […]
Morocco’s insurance market opened 2026 with robust momentum, recording total premiums of 21.3 billion dirhams in the first quarter — a 17.2% increase on the same period in 2025, according to data published by the Insurance and Social Welfare Supervisory Authority (ACAPS). The life insurance segment was the primary driver of growth, with premiums rising […]