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Morocco’s southern provinces are establishing themselves as one of the Kingdom’s fastest-growing investment destinations, underpinned by large-scale infrastructure programs, an increasingly favorable regulatory environment and a strategic geographic position that offers investors direct access to West African markets. These findings are at the heart of the “Doing Business — Investing in Morocco’s Southern Provinces” guide, […]
Moroccans emerged as the largest group among foreign workers in Spain, with 422,347 now registered with the Spanish Social Security system, according to official data. The figure places Moroccans ahead of Romanians (353,974), Colombians (316,460), Venezuelans (239,892), and Italians (223,500), underscoring the depth of the Moroccan community’s integration into the Spanish labor market. The milestone […]
Morocco’s National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) has launched a major infrastructure program to reinforce and secure the drinking water supply of Khouribga and the surrounding area. The total investment across all project components amounts to 365 million dirhams. The launch ceremony was presided over by ONEE Director General Tariq Hamane and Khouribga […]
Morocco’s mining sector is entering a phase of significant expansion and value-chain deepening, driven by surging demand for critical minerals and the strategic ambition to move up from raw concentrate production to higher-value processed materials. In a detailed review published by Medias24, two sites have already redefined the national landscape in 2025 and are setting […]
Morocco’s economy expanded by 4.8 percent in year-on-year terms in the second quarter of 2026, an acceleration from the 4.6 percent recorded in the first quarter, according to the High Commission for Planning’s most recent economic conditions note. The growth was achieved despite a challenging international environment characterized by the continuation of the Iran conflict, […]
A Spanish intelligence report has credited close coordination between Moroccan and Spanish security services with repeatedly preventing terrorist networks from carrying out attacks in the Spanish-controlled enclave of Ceuta, according to details published by the Moroccan daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia. The report found that Moroccan services played a central role in unraveling the links […]
Morocco, co-host of the FIFA World Cup 2030 along with Spain & Portugal, has launched the construction works of the International Broadcasting Center (IBC) in Casablanca for the upcoming global football tournament. The International press center will be built over 66,000 m2 area at the site of the former International Fair of Casablanca (near the […]
At least 11 people died and 19 were injured after an orphanage caught fire in Algeria. The age of the victims has not been disclosed. The death toll is still provisional, while the cause of the blaze remains unknown. The fire broke out early Thursday at Mohammedia orphanage, located in the eastern suburbs of Algiers. […]
Spain’s main opposition party, the Partido Popular (PP), is relentlessly stoking anti-Moroccan sentiment as it maneuvers toward government, with Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares openly branding the party “anti-Moroccan” amid an escalating row over its stance toward Rabat. The charge, unusually blunt for Spanish diplomacy, exposes a contradiction PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo would have […]
Morocco signed on Wednesday the participation agreement in the International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza in a move enabling the Kingdom to deploy officers of the Royal Armed Forces & security staff and establish a military field hospital in support of the humanitarian and security efforts made for Gazans. The agreement was inked in Rabat […]