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The International Republican Institute (IRI), a U.S. non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to advancing democracy, has sent a delegation of international election observers to Morocco “to conduct a rapid response technical assessment” of the country’s September 23 parliamentary elections in Morocco’s Southern Provinces. “Morocco’s Southern Provinces sit at the intersection of significant investment, evolving political dynamics […]
OCP Nutricrops and Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to supply 3.8 million tons of fertilizer to the Brazilian market over the 2026-2027 period. The agreement was signed during an official visit by a high-level Brazilian government delegation to OCP’s industrial complex at Jorf Lasfar. The deal was […]
Israel has proposed to the European Union to look into the possibilities of advancing joint projects involving Israel, Morocco and the European bloc within the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. The tripartite initiative has been disclosed by Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar in a post published on his X account following his latest talk held […]
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has appointed Moroccan diplomat Fathallah Sijilmassi as Special Envoy for G20 and Global Affairs. The appointment aims to strengthen the African Union’s engagement with major global institutions and ensure that Africa’s priorities, perspectives, and interests are effectively articulated in international decision-making processes. In his new […]
An independent evaluation of Morocco’s Pioneer Schools program has found it continues to produce learning gains of ‘exceptional magnitude,’ even as it is rolled out at national scale. The assessment, by the Morocco Innovation and Evaluation Lab (MEL), a collaboration between Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and MIT’s J-PAL, covered roughly 36,000 students across 483 schools, […]
Morocco is preparing an overhaul of its social and solidarity economy sector through a draft framework law, now open for public consultation on the website of the Secretariat-General of the Government ahead of its passage through parliament. Carried by the ministry in charge of Handicrafts and the Social and Solidarity Economy, the bill aims to […]
Tangier will host the second edition of Les Rencontres Méditerranéennes from September 24 to 27, a literary gathering centered this year on women’s voices, poetry and dialogue between Mediterranean cultures. The event brings together writers, poets, artists, publishers and researchers from several countries bordering the Mediterranean, following a first edition held in June 2025 that […]
Morocco’s avocado export campaign opens this year in an unprecedented competitive landscape for the European market, with five major producing countries expected to supply Europe simultaneously through the winter, according to an analysis by Moroccan exporter Unique Packing. Combined shipments from Chile, Colombia, Israel, Spain and Morocco could reach roughly 500 million kilograms between weeks […]
Morocco’s national film center (CCM) has selected five documentary projects to represent the Kingdom at the Euro-Mediterranean Documentary Market (MEDIMED), running October 8 to 11 in Sitges, Spain, Aujourd’hui le Maroc reported. The projects were chosen from 51 submissions to take part in the 27th edition’s Pitching Forum, a reference platform bringing together broadcasters, co-producers, […]
Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces have expanded their AH-64E Apache attack helicopter fleet to 18 aircraft following delivery of a new batch of six airframes from Boeing’s Mesa, Arizona facility, transported aboard US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III airlifters. The delivery follows earlier tranches received in March 2025 and spring 2026, and forms part of a […]