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Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, used Tuesday’s ordinary session of the UN Committee of 24 (C24) in New York to deliver a forceful restatement of Morocco’s position on its southern provinces, describing Security Council Resolution 2797, adopted on 31 October 2025, as a watershed moment that definitively frames the parameters for […]
Demonstrators in Tripoli have forced the closure of the local office of the International Organization for Migration (International Organization for Migration), escalating public unrest over migration governance and related policy concerns. The protesters on Tuesday blocked access to the premises and erected barriers, demanding an immediate halt to the organization’s activities. They carried placards rejecting […]
Morocco’s industrial, energy and mining production started 2026 on the back foot, with official data pointing to a broad-based decline across the country’s main productive sectors. According to figures from the High Commission for Planning (HCP), the index of manufacturing industries excluding oil refining contracted by 1.4 percent in the first quarter of 2026 compared […]
Princess Lalla Asmaa, President of the Lalla Asmaa Foundation, presided in Rabat on Tuesday over the first Patient Day dedicated to individuals living with deafness and hearing loss — an event marking two decades of the foundation’s engagement with deaf and hard-of-hearing children. The occasion also served as the formal launch of the “Hearing Aid […]
Forty countries reaffirmed their support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces, the Sahara, during a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, according to a statement delivered by Morocco’s ambassador. Omar Zniber, Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, presented the declaration on behalf of the group during discussions under […]
The Tanger region continues to attract a growing volume of investment from global automotive sector players, with announcements accumulating at a sustained pace and Chinese operators taking an increasingly prominent role alongside established Western manufacturers. The combination of proximity to European markets, a competitive cost base, and the strategic logic of the New Silk Roads […]
A Moroccan initiative targeting plastic pollution in traditional markets has been selected by BeMed, the Beyond Plastic Med foundation, as one of twelve projects supported under its tenth annual call for micro-initiatives. The call, open from October 2025 to early January 2026, attracted nearly 140 candidatures from across the Mediterranean basin — almost double the […]
A high-level meeting was held on Monday, June 15, between Libya’s Minister of State for Prime Ministerial and Cabinet Affairs, Mohamed Ben Ghalbon, and senior officials from the Libyan Fund for Domestic Investment and Development, alongside representatives of the General Syndicate of Fishermen, to review the proposed National Strategy for Marine Fisheries covering the period […]
More than 1,000 civilians were killed in drone strikes across Sudan between January and May 2026, according to the United Nations, which highlighted the growing impact of drone warfare in the country’s ongoing conflict. Speaking to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, June 15, Volker Türk said his office had documented a […]
Tunisia has dismissed its head coach Sabri Lamouchi following a heavy 5-1 defeat to Sweden in their opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026. The decision, announced on June 16, 2026, came just one game into the tournament, with the Tunisian Football Federation confirming that an agreement had been reached to terminate his contract. […]