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Egypt’s Government has announced a ceiling of EGP 1.16 trillion for public investments in the 2025/2026 fiscal year, which began on 1 July 2025. Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat made the announcement on Sunday, 28 September 2025, during a high-level meeting with World Bank Group officials. The move is part […]
Foreign ministers of the member states of the Royal Initiative on the Atlantic African States Process (AASP) held their 6th meeting in New York, on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 80th United Nations General Assembly. The meeting followed the “Africa for the Ocean” Summit, held at the initiative of King Mohammed VI […]
American carrier United Airlines has announced expansion of its non-stop seasonal service between Marrakech and New York, with an increase in its weekly flights and seat capacity for winter 2025-2026. With the return of service on October 26, United is increasing the number of flights between Marrakech and New York/Newark from three to four times […]
Morocco has been highlighted in the 2025 Review of Maritime Transport by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) as a success model in digitalization and international trade facilitation, thanks to its PORTNET system, an electronic single window dedicated to ports and trade operations. Presented as a “good practice to be shared with […]
Russia and Ethiopia have officially signed a long-anticipated nuclear cooperation agreement, marking a major milestone in Moscow’s growing strategic engagement across Africa. The deal, finalized at a nuclear energy forum by Ethiopian Electric Power Company and Russia’s state-owned Rosatom, outlines the construction of Ethiopia’s first nuclear power plant. The agreement includes a comprehensive roadmap for […]
Morocco has officially launched, this week in New York, the “Morocco Digital for Sustainable Development Hub” (D4SD) with a view to accelerating digital transformation in Africa and the Arab region. The hub was launched by the Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The launch ceremony […]
The Standard & Poors agency has raised Morocco’s sovereign credit rating from ‘BB+/B’ to ‘BBB-/A-3’ with stable outlook thanks to the resilience shown by the country’s economy in the face of consecutive economic shocks, including the one triggered by the instability in global trade because of U.S. trade tariffs. Economic growth prospects are solid, with […]
The United States and Morocco have strengthened their disaster response collaboration with the completion of Maroc Mantlet 2025, an annual exercise designed to enhance emergency preparedness. This year’s training brought together thirty soldiers and airmen from the Utah National Guard, alongside the Royal Armed Forces, the Moroccan National Committee for Nuclear, Radiological, Biological and Chemical […]
Morocco chaired In Geneva on Thursday the 33rd session of the Committee of Participants of the Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP), held at a pivotal moment, and comes against the backdrop of rising tensions in global trade. Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Omar Zniber, called for an ambitious […]
Morocco’s economic growth is expected to reach 4.2 % in 2025 and 4 % in 2026, driven by public investment, according to the projections of the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development. In its latest report on regional economic prospects, the Bank said inflation in Morocco fell to an average of 1.2 % in the […]