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Morocco’s trade deficit widened to 198.38 billion dirhams by the end of June 2026, up 23.5 percent from the same period last year, according to figures from the Foreign Exchange Office, as import growth continued to outpace export growth despite a resilient performance from the kingdom’s industrial exporters. Goods imports rose 15.3 percent to 458.77 […]
Mauritania’s economy recorded steady growth and improved macroeconomic stability in 2025, according to the Central Bank of Mauritania’s annual report published over the week-end. The report said real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded by 4% in 2025, following a 6.3% growth rate in 2024, despite global economic uncertainties and geopolitical tensions. Inflation remained under control, […]
Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairman, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chaired the country’s first security Council meeting since the Army regained control of several areas in North Kordofan, reviewing the security situation and ongoing military operations. The meeting, held in Khartoum on Sunday, August 2, assessed the progress of military operations and measures to strengthen security and stability, […]
Libya’s Presidential Council President and Supreme Commander of the Libyan Army, Mohammed Al-Menfi, has reviewed security and military developments as authorities move to strengthen security deployment and readiness in Greater Tripoli and the Western Coast region. Al-Menfi held discussions on Sunday, August 2, 2026, in Tripoli with Defense Ministry Undersecretary Lieutenant General Abdul Salam Al-Zoubi […]
The Tiznit-Dakhla Expressway, named the “Donald J. Trump Highway,” is a powerful embodiment of deep friendly relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and the United States of America, as well as the great mutual esteem between King Mohammed VI and U.S. President Donald J. Trump. In a Letter dated July 2, 2026, King Mohammed VI […]
Following the recent events at the border crossings leading to Sebta and Mellilia enclaves, the Ministry of the Interior affirms that various data collected and analyzed unveil that these events are not due to circumstantial or spontaneous factors, but rather the result of several intertwined factors’ interplay, foremost among which the biased exploitation of the […]
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has welcomed FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s decision to withdraw the proposal for the FIFA Forward Enterprise project. The progress made in recent years thanks to FIFA’s development programs, particularly in Africa, represents a valuable achievement to be preserved in the interest of all member associations, the FRMF emphasized in […]
A passenger bus plunged into a ravine in northern Algeria on Friday, killing at least 27 people and injuring dozens more, in the latest in a series of deadly incidents that have highlighted chronic shortcomings in infrastructure, safety standards and emergency preparedness across the country. The bus, travelling from Setif towards Algiers, left the road […]
This week’s mass crossings into the Spanish-held enclave of Ceuta have exposed an enduring colonial reality often ignored in mainstream media. Spain continues to occupy Moroccan soil, denying Moroccans free movement on their own territory and enforcing artificial barriers that generate human tragedies like the one that has unfolded this week. Between Thursday and Friday, […]
The bulk majority of the near 60,000 migrants- mostly young Moroccans- who crossed into the Spanish-held enclave of Ceuta this week have streamed back home. Their hopes of a better life in Europe were crushed by hunger, hostility, violence and the harsh realization that conditions on the other side of the colonial barrier were worse […]