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Morocco’s consumer price index fell 0.9 percent in May 2026 compared with April, driven by a 2.1 percent decline in food prices and a stable non-food index, according to the latest note published by the High Commission for Planning (HCP). The core inflation indicator, which excludes volatile and regulated products, stood 0.1 percent below its […]
The United States and Morocco are preparing a significant expansion of their military partnership under a new 2026–2036 roadmap that emphasizes drone warfare, artificial intelligence and deeper operational integration, according to details from a U.S. planning document cited by Moroccan media. The plan envisages a shift toward “all-domain” operations, with Morocco set to host a […]
Bank Al-Maghrib’s Council is scheduled to meet on Tuesday 23 June to set its monetary policy stance for the third quarter of 2026. A review of the latest available macroeconomic indicators points toward a hold on the key rate at its current level of 2.25 percent, with neither an increase nor a cut appearing well-supported […]
Brazilian plane-maker Embraer is in advanced discussions with Morocco’s Royal Air Force over a potential sale of its KC‑390 Millennium military transport aircraft, while also promoting a broader proposal to establish a national command-and-control system, according to Africa Intelligence. The company, led by Chief Executive Francisco Gomes Neto, presented through its subsidiary Atech a solution […]
Morocco has taken a further step in the digital transformation of its foreign trade administration with the launch of a new online service enabling importers to submit customs documentation and sanitary and phytosanitary data directly through the Moroccan Portal for Foreign Trade Procedures, PortNet. The initiative is a joint development between PortNet and the National […]
Participants in the 4th Marrakech Parliamentary Economic Forum for the Euro-Mediterranean and Gulf Region on Saturday called for the establishment of a comprehensive and multilateral economic framework for the two regions, drawing inspiration from regional agreements such as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the agreement linking the European Union and Mercosur. In […]
Morocco’s insurance sector moved decisively toward consolidation as Sanlam Maroc advanced plans to absorb Allianz Maroc in a merger-absorption operation to be submitted to the extraordinary general assemblies of both companies on 2 July 2026. The deal’s prospectus received clearance from the Moroccan Capital Markets Authority (AMMC) on 15 June 2026, with accounting effects to […]
COM&TALK Agency, a Casablanca-based independent public relations and strategic communications firm, has joined the International Public Relations Network, a global reference body bringing together independent specialist PR agencies across more than thirty countries. The agency has been named as the IPRN’s member representative for Morocco within the Middle East and Africa regional grouping, marking a […]
The Atlantic Initiative launched by His Majesty King Mohammed VI opens promising prospects for strengthening economic connectivity and investment between West Africa and the rest of the continent, as well as with international markets, Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mémounatou Ibrahima, said on Friday in Marrakech. Speaking […]
Morocco’s national railway operator, ONCF, has strengthened its industrial partnership with South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem company. The two partners signed on Thursday a $487 million railway maintenance deal, building on a major rolling-stock contract sealed last year between the two parties. Under the agreement, Hyundai Rotem and ONCF have agreed to set up a joint […]