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The summer season kicked off in Morocco with a panoply of summer music festivals that offer different tastes of an authentic north African Kingdom open to the rest of the World. In the capital of lights, Rabat, at least 2.5 million music lovers attended the concerts in 6 stages during nine days of the festival […]
The key features of the Royal Initiative for the Atlantic took center stage at the 7th edition of the international conference “Morocco Today Forum” (MTF), organized on Friday, July 5 in Dakhla, under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI. The “Morocco Today Forum” was held under the theme: “Vision of a King: The Atlantic […]
Morocco’s research institute in renewable energies (IRSEN) and France’s SATT Paris-Saclay, which promotes technology transfer, in addition to the French Development Agency (AFD) signed in Rabat this week an agreement to support Franco-Moroccan applied research projects in the field of green hydrogen. Under this agreement, the AFD has donated €800,000 to this partnership that aims […]
The army of Thailand managed to rescue 12 Moroccans who were trapped by gangs that lured them into well-paid jobs in Myanmar casinos before holding them hostage for months. The operation was conducted in collaboration with the Moroccan embassy in Thailand, Thai media The Nation reported. The liberated Moroccans are part of a larger group […]
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 […]