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Moroccan Mohamed Zaouin, from Souss-Massa’s Education and Training Academy, stands among the winners of the competition organized by the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) for young people in the creation of digital content for learning Arabic. Zaouin, honored for his smartphone app Boustan Al Arabia, secured the third position in this competition, […]
Algeria’s foreign minister Ahmed Attaf alluded that the absence of pro-Palestinian protests in his country was due to a lack of “culture of protests” inherent to “longstanding democracies.” This came in a podcast on Aljazeera while answering a question on the mismatch between pro-Palestinian rhetoric and the lack of popular expressions of support for Palestine. […]
The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) is determined, in 2024, to consolidate the achievements made in modernizing and improving police infrastructures and services, to provide an adequate response to citizens’ expectations of the public police service. The institution also intends to strengthen and enhance international security cooperation, by sharing its experience in the fight […]
Morocco will offer incentives to attract foreign doctors and increase the number of graduates from medicine faculties to address a shortage due to brain drain, the health minister said. Up to 1400 doctors trained in Moroccan universities leave the country, mostly to Europe, where many countries are vying to attract foreign medics, minister Khaled Ait […]
Morocco and the German Development Bank (KfW) on Wednesday formalized three loan agreements totaling 250 million euros and two grant agreements amounting to 7 million euros. The agreements are earmarked for financing three pivotal projects focused on social protection, sustainable mobility, and irrigation. These agreements were signed in Rabat by Fouzi Lekjaa, Minister in charge […]
2023 will be remembered in Morocco as the year when a powerful earthquake struck several regions of the Kingdom on September 8th, leaving nearly 3,000 martyrs and many injured. But with tragedy comes unity. The quake, which hit hard the remote Atlas Mountain villages, has shown the strong bonds existing between the Throne and Moroccan […]
The hijacking of commercial ships and drone attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have disrupted supply chains leading many in Europe to think of Morocco as an industrial hub and an alternative to Asia. Weeks-long attacks on commercial vessels led global shipping firms- including Denmarks’s Maersk and Taiwan’s Evergreen- to avoid the Red Sea and […]
Morocco’s Directorate of National Security (DGSN) is celebrating year’s end with the release of its annual report whose main features reflect the ceaseless efforts made in counterterrorism, struggle against crime and drug trafficking, and regional and international cooperation. The report reflects the intensified efforts deployed in coordination between all the DGSN units to fight all […]
The United Kingdom is actively pursuing comprehensive trade and security post-Brexit agreements, the main aim being to unlock the significant opportunities abounding across the African continent, and particularly in Morocco, the gateway to Africa. Actually, since leaving the European Union, the UK has been eyeing the Moroccan market, considering it one of the promising markets […]
The European Commission has approved a €177 million assistance for Morocco within the frame of the Integrated Program for the reconstruction and comprehensive upgrade of the disaster areas (2024-2028), which was drawn up by Moroccan authorities following the earthquake that struck Al Haouz on 8 Sept. 2023. Furthermore, in a joint effort between the EU […]