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The Moroccan Atlantic city of Essaouira will host the 2026 Annual Conference of the Creative Cities Network of the UNESCO, becoming thus the first city in Africa and the Arab world to host the Network’s annual conference. The UNESCO said in a press release that this decision to hold the Annual Conference’s 18th session in […]
At least four crew members have been confirmed dead and four others remain missing after an oil-drilling ship capsized on Tuesday evening off the coast of Ras Ghareb in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez. The vessel, which had 30 workers aboard, overturned near Gabel el-Zeit, a key oil production hub roughly 300 kilometres south of the […]
President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed he will run for a seventh term in Uganda’s 2026 presidential election, potentially extending his rule to over 40 years. The 80-year-old leader made the announcement via social media, stating he had expressed interest in becoming the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s presidential flag-bearer. Museveni, who seized power in 1986 […]
Morocco and the United Arab Emirates have expressed their shared resolve to expand the scope of security coordination and partnership between the two countries and to bolster intelligence exchange mechanisms. This came during a meeting Tuesday in Rabat between Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance, and Ali Obaid Al Dhaheri, […]
The foreign ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger) have praised Morocco’s efforts, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, to support Africa’s development. In remarks to the press Tuesday on the sidelines of the 4th United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Sevilla, the […]
Morocco’s National Tourism Office and China Eastern Airlines signed a strategic partnership agreement Monday in Rabat aimed at intensifying promotion of Morocco as a destination in the rapidly growing Chinese market. Tourism Minister Fatim-Zahra Ammor presided over the ceremony where ONMT Director General Achraf Fayda and China Eastern Airlines President Wang Zhiqing initialed the accord. […]
Rabat’s twin city Salé is hosting this July 1-2 the first National AI Conference under the theme “An efficient and ethical AI strategy to serve our society.” The two-day conference aims to outline a national strategy for sovereign AI, one that is tailored to the needs of the population and strategic sectors. The first day […]
Morocco’s Investment Ministry conducted the sixth monitoring committee meeting for the Chbika green hydrogen project, marking significant progress in securing land rights for the ambitious renewable energy initiative with international partners TotalEnergies, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, and A.P. Moller Capital. Deputy Investment Minister Karim Zidane chaired Monday’s meeting, which brought together all relevant public stakeholders including […]
Morocco has called for the elaboration of new international financial approaches ensuring equitable and sustainable growth. This means that economic progress should benefit all members of society and help to reduce social disparities, while ensuring access to essential services, education, healthcare, and economic opportunities in addition to environment protection. The call was made Monday by […]
The 2025 Antiquity Prize, established by the prestigious archaeological journal Antiquity, has been awarded to the study of the Oued Beht site in Morocco. The archaeological fieldwork carried out in Morocco has uncovered a hitherto unknown early farming society from a poorly understood period of north-west African prehistory, revealing for the first time the importance […]