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The World bank will contribute to the reform of Morocco’s public institutions & enterprises with a $350 million financing. The financing agreement was signed Thursday in Rabat by Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah, and Director of the Maghreb and Malta Department of the World Bank, Jesko Hentschel. During the signing ceremony, Nadia Fettah […]
The security services of the Spanish Civil Guard and Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) announced on Friday having arrested a group of eight terror suspects in a joint operation. The operation led by the Guardia Civil, in collaboration with the DGST, resulted in the arrest of a group of young people who had […]
King Mohammed VI has reaffirmed Morocco’s ongoing commitment to deepening political dialogue and consultation with the United States to serve both countries’ interests and contribute to peace, security and stability in the world. This came in a message of congratulations that the King has sent to President Joseph R. Biden, on the occasion of the […]
The 2025 African Cup of Nations will take place in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026. The Atlas lions have been drawn in Group B alongside Gabon, Central Africa Republic, and Lesotho. Morocco 2025 Qualifiers Draw was held Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa. A total of 48 nations, including the four […]
Morocco and the European Union (EU) signed, in Rabat on Wednesday, a 490-million-dirham program to support higher education, research, innovation, and mobility. The program, which marks a notable step in the EU’s educational outreach, supports Morocco’s National Plan for Accelerating the Transformation of the Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation Ecosystem (ESRI 2030 Pact), meant […]
The appeals commercial court of Casablanca ordered Maroc Telecom to pay 6.3 billion dirhams to its competitor Inwi, which brought the case accusing Morocco’s largest telecom operator of anti-competitive practices. The ruling upholds the compensation ordered by a court of first instance in January, in a case that was filed by Inwi in 2021. In […]
The General Union of Arab Journalists has renewed its “full support for Morocco’s territorial integrity in the face of foreign-backed separatist scheming” and voiced opposition of all forms of division and separatism in the Arab world. This came in a statement issued following the meeting of its General Secretariat, held in Baghdad June 29-30. The […]
Morocco’s ambassador to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, launched the Global campaign for road safety, dubbed “from New York to Marrakech”, in anticipation of the 4th World Conference on Road Safety which will be held in the Moroccan city February 18 – 20, 2025. This will be the first time Africa will be hosting this […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Tuesday reaffirmed its support for Morocco’s energy transition by providing a €13.6 million loan to PROCANEQ, a company set up in Morocco in 2016 to provide mining subcontracting services to OCP Group. The EBRD financing, meant to step up the sector’s green transition, will be used […]
Morocco was elected on Tuesday to the presidency of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and Biosphere Program (ICC-MAB) during the Council’s 36th Session held July 1-5 in Agadir. Morocco, represented by Latifa Yaacoubi, Director General of the Moroccan Agency for the Development of Oases and Argan Zones (ANDZOA), will chair the ICC-MAB for […]