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A landmark global report by Forvis Mazars has placed Morocco alongside South Africa and Kenya as one of only three African countries explicitly cited as private equity investment destinations by institutional investors — a first for the Kingdom that validates its positioning strategy while raising the bar for what comes next. The 80-page study, based […]
Morocco’s fertility rate fell to 1.97 children per woman in 2024, dropping below the replacement threshold of 2.1 and pushing the country deeper into a demographic transition that is reshaping its economic, social and territorial landscape. The trend, confirmed by the 2024 General Census and highlighted by population experts, shows that Morocco is moving into […]
In a case that rights advocates say reflects the Algerian authorities’ escalating hostility toward Morocco, an Algerian court has sentenced a young football fan to two years in prison for wearing the Moroccan national team’s jersey at a domestic match. The verdict was the latest episode of Algeria’s regime anti-Morocco posture. Algeria has unilaterally cut […]
Morocco’s multi-mission frigate Mohammed VI has joined French and European naval units in ORION 26, a major high-intensity combat preparation exercise led by France, the French embassy in Rabat said. The Moroccan FREMM warship spent around two weeks integrated into the escort of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, operating first in the Mediterranean […]
Morocco has been identified among countries where installed steel production capacity exceeds domestic demand, according to the latest monitoring bulletin from the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity. The classification comes as the worldwide gap between production capacity and actual consumption reached 179.6 million tons in the third quarter of 2025 — a 1.4 percent […]
University of Kordofan has reported extensive damage to its central campus in El-Obeid after drones it attributed to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) struck the facility on Monday, February 23. In a statement, the University’s media office said the attack targeted several buildings within the main Campus complex in El-Obeid, the capital of North […]
Bolivia has announced the suspension of its recognition of the pseudo-SADR and affirmed its will to contribute constructively to international efforts aimed at achieving a realistic, pragmatic and lasting political solution to the Sahara issue. The announcement came in a statement issued Monday, following phone talks between Bolivian Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo and his Moroccan […]
Indian defense company MKU, a global leader in advanced ballistic protection and optronic systems, is considering setting up a plant in Morocco, building on the success-story of Tata Advanced Systems which is producing in the Kingdom armoured combat vehicle WhAP 8×8 for the Moroccan Royal army. According to India’s diplomatic mission in Rabat, MKU’s entry […]
The High Representative of the European Union reaffirmed the alignment of the 27 Member States with UN Security Council Resolution 2797 and confirmed that Morocco’s autonomy plan constitutes the basis for negotiations within the exclusive framework of the United Nations. This came in an official written reply, dated February 20, 2026, to a question from […]
FIFA has expressed strong admiration for Morocco’s national youth talent development program and is considering adopting it as a training model for other African countries, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) announced. The endorsement follows two working visits by FIFA delegations to evaluate the program’s structure and results firsthand. During their visits, FIFA representatives toured […]