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Morocco’s industrial sector demonstrated improvement in July 2025, with production and sales advancing across most branches, according to Bank Al-Maghrib’s latest monthly conjuncture survey. The recovery signals strengthening economic momentum despite persistent challenges in specific manufacturing segments. Production and sales increased in all industrial branches except textiles and leather, where sales remained stagnant. The capacity […]
Morocco’s tourist arrivals rose 15% to 13.5 million by the end of August 2025, the tourism ministry said. In July and August, 4.6 million tourists visited the Kingdom, a 6% year-on-year growth, it said. Three million Moroccans living abroad (MREs), up 13% from the previous summer, drove the surge in arrivals. Notably, Morocco’s performance stands […]
Libya’s Acting Minister of Oil and Gas, Khalifa Abdelsadiq, has called for stronger international partnerships to enhance energy security, stressing that effective policies are essential for stabilising markets and advancing the global energy transition. Speaking at the Gastech 2025 Conference in Milan, he emphasised the strategic role of natural gas in diversifying the energy mix […]
Morocco’s construction sector demonstrated robust growth with cement deliveries reaching 9.63 million tons through August 2025, marking a 10.38 percent increase compared to the same period in 2024, according to the Ministry of National Territory Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy. The sustained demand reflects ongoing infrastructure development and real estate expansion across the […]
Some forty countries have reiterated in Geneva their firm support for Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Saharan territory and commended Morocco’s autonomy plan offering a “realistic” political solution to the decades-long Sahara conflict In a joint statement read out Tuesday by the Delegate of Central African Republic at the 60th session of the Human […]
Thunes company, a global leader in cross-border payments, has launched its real-time money transfer service in Morocco, one of the major remittance recipients in Africa. The new service enables payouts in Moroccan Dirham (MAD) and gives Thunes’ Members greater access to Morocco’s increasingly connected and digitized economy. According to the World Bank, Morocco received over […]
Moroccan watermelon exports to the European Union have soared by more than 53%, according to trade data from Euroestacom, positioning Morocco as the EU’s leading supplier of the fruit ahead of Spain. Between January and June, Morocco shipped over 130,000 tons of watermelons to EU markets, up from approximately 85,000 tons during the same period […]
Ryanair has announced it is cutting nearly one million seats from its Spanish operations due to rising airport fees and underutilized infrastructure. The Irish low-cost carrier said it will redirect its capacity to more competitive markets, with Morocco emerging as a key beneficiary. Ryanair has solidified its role as a cornerstone of Moroccan air connectivity, […]
Ways of accelerating Moroccan-Mauritanian cooperation in electricity and renewable energies were at the center of talks held Monday in Nouakchott between Moroccan minister of Energy Transition Leila Benali and Mauritanian Minister of Energy Mohamed Ould Khaled. The talks, held on the sideline of 7th Mauritanian Energy & Mining Conference & Exhibition (Mauritanides), were an opportunity […]
Africa is losing an estimated $88 billion annually through illicit financial flows (IFFs), depriving nations of vital resources for healthcare, education, and infrastructure, according to the African Union (AU). The AU and experts warn that tax evasion, money laundering, and profit-shifting by multinational corporations, often aided by weak regulations and corrupt elites, are draining the […]