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The New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, an avid soccer fan, has said he expects Morocco to win the FIFA World Cup this year. Mamdani has made this prediction in an interview with the Guardian newspaper. Mamdani, who oversees the municipal government of the United States’ largest city, supports sport as both a matter of […]
Morocco’s state-owned phosphate OCP Group is planning to raise up to $540 million through a subordinated perpetual bond to fund second phase of its ambitious industrial, energy, and environmental transformation strategy. The bond issue, approved by the Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC), will be open exclusively to qualified Moroccan institutional investors from June 11 to […]
Morocco’s aerospace industry is undergoing a structural shift, moving beyond simple assembly subcontracting to the production of increasingly complex and technically demanding components. Driven by the arrival of global manufacturing leaders and a progressive deepening of the industrial value chain, the sector is establishing itself as a high-technology hub rather than a low-cost outsourcing destination, […]
TAQA Morocco for Community has launched a call for innovation applications targeting sustainable water management solutions, coinciding with World Environment Day. The initiative, open through to the end of August 2026, is directed at Moroccan start-ups, students, doctoral candidates, and young researchers, and is backed by a total prize package of 300,000 dirhams. The program […]
A video posted on social media network on the so-called mega Gara Djebilet project has gone viral as it showed a bare land with a medium-size pit and no activity on the site contrary to the false propaganda produced by the state-owned Algerian media on the giant iron mine. During a visit to the site, […]
King Mohammed VI received on Monday at the Royal Palace in Rabat Moroccan mountaineer Nawal Sfendla, who recently climbed both Mount Everest and Lhotse in a single expedition and awarded her with Wissam Al Moukafaa Al Watania of the Order of Officer. This Royal audience reflects the steadfast interest the King has always shown for […]
Morocco’s major role and its substantial and exemplary contribution to United Nations peacekeeping operations were reviewed at a meeting held in Rabat Monday between Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who is on his second official visit to Morocco. Talks highlighted the Kingdom’s contribution to UN peacekeeping operations […]
The election of five new non-permanent members to the United Nations Security Council for the 2027-2028 term is expected to reinforce Morocco’s diplomatic position on the Sahara issue, although some reservations remain, analysts say. Austria, Portugal, Kyrgyzstan, Zimbabwe and Trinidad and Tobago will join the Council on January 1, 2027, replacing Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama […]
Morocco’s economy expanded at a faster pace in 2025, recording growth of 4.9 percent against 4.4 percent in the previous year, according to national accounts published by the Haut-Commissariat au Plan. The improvement was underpinned by resilient domestic demand and a marked deceleration in inflation, though the data also point to an increase in the […]
Morocco’s Minister of Energy Transition, Leila Benali, participated in a conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she outlined the kingdom’s strategic vision for sustainable energy, industrial sovereignty, and regional integration. The event, titled “The Energy and Climate Challenges of a Kingdom in Transition,” was organized jointly by the EPFL Model United Nations and the Association des […]