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Morocco took the lead in presenting the African Union Peace and Security Council’s position on youth, peace and security at the 11th Joint Informal Seminar between the AU body and the UN Security Council in New York on Thursday. Speaking as the council’s principal representative on the subject, Ambassador Mohammed Arrouchi stressed the growing role […]
The government is betting on artificial intelligence to transform how public policy is run and to deliver on its social-state ambitions, reports L’Économiste daily. At the heart of the strategy is the national program “IA Maroc”, presented not as a technological showcase but as a practical tool to improve citizens’ daily lives, particularly in education […]
At the seventh International Forum of Very Small and Medium Enterprises held in Casablanca Oct.22 under the theme “TPME 2030: taxation, digital and financing in service of competitiveness”, new digitalized support schemes and a modernized tax framework were unveiled to strengthen entrepreneurs’ resilience to crises. Forum president Amal Cherif Haouat stressed entrepreneurs’ need for clear […]
A live bivalve purification and marketing facility has been inaugurated at Cala Iris port, near Al Hoceima, becoming the first installation of its kind along Morocco’s Mediterranean coast. The facility, having a production capacity of five tons per week, is equipped with a closed-loop purification system comprising two independent production lines. It uses advanced technology […]
The African Development Bank Group has approved $ 487 million funding for Morocco to help the country advance economic reforms, strengthen climate resilience and support more inclusive growth. “Our ambition is to help cushion exogenous shocks, whether economic, energy-related or climate-related. It is also to consolidate the structural reforms necessary to sustainably strengthen the resilience […]
The United States will provide consular services in Laayoune for the first time in November, extending its administrative presence to Morocco’s southern provinces as part of a four-city outreach program. The US Consulate General in Casablanca announced that its American Citizen Services unit will offer passport and notarial services in Marrakech in October, Laayoune and […]
Morocco’s blue economy is a significant national asset of the country, with a diversified structure. The sector contributed 3.8 percent of GDP and supports about 495,000 full-time equivalent jobs, or 4.6 percent of national employment, says the World Bank in a report on the Kingdom’s blue economy contribution to growth and jobs. Aquaculture is Morocco’s […]
King Mohammed VI has congratulated the members of the national futsal team on winning their fourth CAF Futsal AFCON title after defeating Angola 5-2 in the final match played Wednesday in Rabat. In his message of congratulations, the King expressed pride over the victory of the national futsal team at the Futsal Africa Cup of […]
Morocco ranked third among African countries for recorded cyber-threat events in 2025, behind Nigeria and South Africa, Le360 reports, citing a Mastercard report. Its Cyber Insights platform logged nearly 7,300 events targeting Moroccan organizations over the year, or 10.6% of the 69,236 recorded across the continent, roughly one every eight minutes. Morocco averaged 612 events […]
Bayt Mal Al-Quds Agency, which operates under the Al-Quds Committee chaired by King Mohammed VI, provided, on Wednesday, emergency aid to the Arab Orthodox Charitable Shelter Association for the Sick and Disabled. The assistance will enable the association, located in the Al-Eizariya neighborhood (east Al-Quds), to continue its humanitarian mission on behalf of 46 residents […]