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Bank Al-Maghrib’s 2025 annual banking supervision report, presented by Nabil Badr, director of banking supervision, alongside deputies Ilham Zainane and Youssef Ghchioua, marks a strategic turning point, according to the daily L’Économiste. Rather than simply confirming the sector’s good health, the document reorients prudential strategy toward anticipating future threats — cybersecurity, climate risk, artificial intelligence […]
Morocco’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah, presented parliament with an update on the execution of the 2026 budget law and the government’s fiscal roadmap for 2027-2029, built around three themes: the economic outlook, the state of public finances at mid-year, and budget priorities for the next three years. The government now expects growth […]
Morocco’s quarterfinals campaign during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, alongside the strong performances of other African national teams in the tournament’s advanced stages, is “a source of pride and honor for all Africans,” the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, said. “The fact that a national team has the honor of […]
The government of Ghana has expressed strong support for Morocco’s Autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty saying the plan is “the only realistic and lasting basis for reaching a mutually acceptable solution” to the Sahara issue. The supportive stand comes in the joint statement issued following the talks held Tuesday in […]
The fifth edition of Morocco With Purpose opened on Tuesday with a gala at the historic Chellah archaeological site in Rabat, drawing government officials, institutions, business leaders, invited guests and content creators to mark five years since the initiative’s launch. Organizers described the event as a platform connecting Moroccans around the world while encouraging them […]
Morocco’s labor market showed renewed vigor in 2025, buoyed by stronger economic growth, according to Bank Al-Maghrib’s annual report presented to King Mohammed VI. Job creation more than doubled from the previous year and unemployment edged down slightly, but the central bank cautioned that the improvement remains insufficient to meaningfully rebalance the labor market, with […]
Morocco’s central bank has, for the first time, quantified the banking channel through which public financing crowds out credit to private companies. In its 2025 annual report, based on data spanning 2001 to 2025, Bank Al-Maghrib estimates that a one-point-of-GDP increase in public assets held by banks is associated, over the long term, with a […]
Moroccan minister of foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita was received Tuesday in Accra by President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama on the sidelines of the 2nd meeting of the Morocco-Ghana Joint Cooperation Committee held in this West African country. On this occasion, the Ghanaian President conveyed his fraternal greetings to King Mohammed VI and praised the […]
Benin has reaffirmed unwavering support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and full sovereignty over its entire Saharan territory, saying the Autonomy Plan offered by the Kingdom for the Sahara is the only realistic solution to this regional conflict. The supportive stand comes in the joint statement issued following the 7th meeting of the Morocco-Benin Joint cooperation […]
Morocco called for stronger collective maritime cooperation as it opened the fourth annual African Maritime Forces Summit (AMFS 2026) in Rabat, a partnership between the Royal Armed Forces and U.S. Naval and Marine Forces Europe-Africa. Rear Admiral Mohamed Tahine, inspector of the Royal Moroccan Navy, said Morocco remains committed to building partnerships based on trust […]