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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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
FIFA has fined the Spanish Football Federation 18,000 euros and ordered a partial stadium closure for its next home friendly after Spanish supporters chanted Islamophobic slogans during a March 31 match against Egypt. At the RCDE Stadium near Barcelona, sections of the crowd repeatedly sang “Whoever doesn’t jump is a Muslim” targeting the Egyptian team. […]
The National Observatory for the Rights of the Child (ONDE), launched on Friday in Rabat the National Mechanism for the Eradication of Child Labor (DNETE), dedicated to supporting every child, from their withdrawal from the workforce to their reintegration. The launch of this mechanism, under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI and the effective […]
Princess Lalla Asmaa, President of the Lalla Asmaa Foundation, visited the National Center of Rehabilitation and Neurosciences (Centre National de Réhabilitation et de Neurosciences – CNRNS) in Rabat on Thursday, October 15, 2026, to meet young patients from Morocco and children from Panama who recently received cochlear implants. Over 1,100 Moroccans have now benefited from […]
The Museum of Moroccan Jewish Culture opened its doors on Sunday in the historic Mellah of Fez, offering visitors a journey through more than 2,500 years of Jewish presence in Morocco. Located on land donated by the Jewish community of Fez, the museum covers more than 1,700 square meters, of which about 1,200 are devoted […]
King Mohammed VI has criticized migration cooperation with partners, particularly Spain and called for a new cooperation approach two months after the Ceuta migration crisis, saying Morocco’s partnership is a “sovereign choice” in response to the orchestrated smear campaign. Rethinking migration cooperation between Morocco and its partners is one of the key messages addressed by […]
Moroccan citizens hold more valid residence permits in the European Union than any other non-EU nationality, according to the latest data released by Eurostat, the European statistical office. At the end of last year, more than 2.23 million Moroccans were legally residing in EU member states with valid residence permits, placing them ahead of Turkish […]