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Morocco and Norway have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in carbon market mechanisms which enable governments to trade greenhouse gas emission credits through carbon pricing with the aim of achieving climate targets. The agreement was sealed during a videoconference meeting held Tuesday by Moroccan Minister of Energy Transition Leila Benali with Norway minister of Climate […]
A projectile strike on a civilian area near a prison in the Moroccan Sahara town of Smara has renewed concerns over the increasing reliance on terrorist tactics by the Algeria-protected Polisario separatists. Two explosions were reported late Tuesday near the local penitentiary, according to local sources and witnesses. One projectile landed at the prison’s entrance, […]
Morocco attracted 56 billion dirhams ($6 billion) in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2025, marking a sharp increase from recent years, Minister delegate for investment Karim Zidane said. Addressing members of the Upper House, Zidane said inflows had risen by nearly 73% compared with 2021, when they stood at around 32 billion dirhams. He attributed […]
Morocco’s High Commission for Planning (HCP), the national statistics agency, published the first results of its new labor force survey, highlighting low workforce participation, stark gender disparities and persistent youth unemployment under a methodology aligned with International Labor Organization standards. The new framework introduces stricter definitions that prevent comparisons with earlier data. Employment is now […]
Moroccan National Tourism Office has partnered with “Par5 Escapes”, one of the UK’s leading golf tour operators, to strengthen Morocco’s position within the golf travel market. The British golf travel company, which provides tailor-made golf holidays across the UK, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, will help increase Morocco’s visibility across key markets, showcase the […]
Morocco has published two new decrees in the Official Gazette formally establishing the legal framework for the financing of the September 23, 2026 legislative elections, a set of regulations that, for the first time, explicitly address the use of artificial intelligence, social media, and digital platforms in electoral campaigns and place them under the authority […]
Omar Hilale, Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and President of the UN Peacebuilding Commission, has briefed UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the priorities and the progress of Morocco’s presidency of the 31-member body — an engagement that Maroc Diplomatique described as part of the ongoing high-level dialogue between the Commission’s leadership and the […]
A delegation of foreign diplomats accredited in Morocco started Monday a visit to Laayoune for talks with MINURSO officials, local authorities and elected officials on the Sahara, and on major socioeconomic development and landmark projects launched in the Saharan city. The delegation includes diplomates from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, the United […]
A military field hospital deployed as part of the humanitarian dimension of Exercise African Lion 2026 has treated hundreds of patients in the Al Fayd area of Taroudant province since its launch on April 20, drawing significant numbers of civilian patients from across the region and generating what military officials describe as an overwhelmingly positive […]
Morocco’s Office des Changes has initiated formal enforcement proceedings against a number of individuals identified as holding crypto assets abroad, marking the first visible escalation of regulatory action in a sector that has long operated in a legal grey zone. In written notifications sent to the individuals concerned — a copy of which was obtained […]