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The 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations will kick off in Morocco on Sunday, December 21, with the hosts facing Comoros in the opening match of Group A. This exciting clash, alongside the rest of the group stage fixtures, was confirmed during the Final Draw held in Rabat on January 27. Morocco, eager to […]
Means to combat terrorism, and various forms of crime with cross-border dimensions, particularly human trafficking networks, smuggling of migrants, illegal immigration, and organized crime gangs were at the focus of a Moroccan-German-Spanish tripartite meeting held in Madrid. The Tripartite Moroccan-Spanish-German Coalition that brought together Director General of National Security (DGSN) and Territorial Surveillance (DGST), Abdellatif […]
“Belgium deems the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, presented in 2007, to be a serious and credible effort by Morocco and a very good basis for a solution accepted by all parties”, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Quintin, said during a press briefing following talks, on Wednesday in Rabat, with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. Talks […]
UN World Tourism Organization has chosen Morocco’s capital city of Rabat for establishing its Thematic Office on Innovation for Africa. The move is an international recognition of the Kingdom’s role as a key partner in supporting tourism growth across the continent. UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili and Moroccan tourism minister Fatim-Zahra Ammor signed on Tuesday Host […]
A significant shift in U.S. maritime regulations has positioned Morocco as a key beneficiary in global shipping routes, reports Les Inspirations Eco in its January 29 edition. The Federal Maritime Commission’s recent decision requiring specific shipping companies to route through Moroccan ports has created unprecedented opportunities for the Kingdom’s maritime infrastructure, particularly the Tanger Med […]
Morocco reiterated, during an emergency ministerial meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU-PSC) convened Tuesday on the recent developments in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its unwavering commitment to the fundamental principles of state sovereignty, national and territorial unity, neighborliness, and non-interference in internal affairs. The Kingdom reaffirms its firm […]
The Royal Navy intervened on Tuesday to ensure the medical evacuation of two foreign ships near the port of Mohammedia. A cargo ship named “Linden” suffered an engine failure on Tuesday morning, 2.5 kilometers southeast off the city’s port, according to a press release from the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, which noted […]
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio commended the leadership of King Mohammed VI in advancing regional and global peace and security. This came in a statement released Monday in Washington following a phone call Marco Rubio had with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita. The newly-sworn US Secretary of State stressed the importance of the […]
The Final Draw for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025 was held on Monday evening in Rabat at a colorful ceremony attended by President of the Confederation of African Football Patrice Motsepe, the heads of the football federations of the 24 countries to participate in the AFCON 2025, and several personalities […]
President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, said that the Morocco-2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) draw will be “exciting,” and that this 35th edition will be the most successful in the competition’s history. “The 2025 AFCON draw, which will be held on Monday evening in Rabat, will be exciting. Everyone expects […]