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On Wednesday, November 19 2025, Egypt has signed a nuclear fuel purchase order and a broad cooperation agreement with Russia’s State-owned Rosatom for the country’s first nuclear power facility at El-Dabaa, the Egyptian Cabinet announced. The fuel order covers the first reactor core, signalling readiness for further project development, while the cooperation agreement includes joint […]
Morocco is steadily advancing toward its goal of 300,000 tons of aquaculture production and 30,000 jobs within the next decade, positioning aquaculture as a new engine for sustainable growth and innovation, says a report released lately by the World Bank. Morocco’s aquaculture offers investors huge opportunities with the rise of domestic seafood consumption due to […]
The first Agro Export Day held in Casablanca on Wednesday highlighted the key role played by the agri-food sector in promoting Morocco’s economy and exports. The event, themed “Made in Morocco, Desired Worldwide, Exporting Moroccan Quality,” attracted over 200 public and private stakeholders as well as agri-food marketing experts from six African and four European […]
Emerging rural centers represent Morocco’s strategic response to demographic challenges facing countryside communities experiencing drought, water stress, and accelerating rural exodus effects, aiming to strengthen territorial resilience while supporting genuine rural middle class development. This evolving concept addresses rural depopulation dramatically accelerated by climate change and seven consecutive drought years. Developing authentic rural middle class […]
Moroccan Atlas Lion Achraf Hakimi, star of Paris Saint-German club, has been crowned African Footballer of the Year at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards ceremony organized Wednesday in Rabat. The Moroccan international topped the voting by a panel of experts which includes members of CAF technical committee in addition to African media professionals, […]
The Algerian regime’s hypocrisy has been exposed worldwide. Its fancy rhetoric of heroic battles against colonialism, over-inflated exceptionalism, and propaganda for Palestinian cause are just empty words. No more than political manipulations used to serve their own agenda. Algeria, which arms, funds and shelters the Polisario separatist group threatening Morocco’s stability, has voted lately at […]
President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo is on an official visit to Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, this Wednesday, November 19. The agenda of this diplomatic meeting is primarily focused on regional security issues, particularly the intensification of terrorist threats in the Sahel region, where the presence of the Africa Corps grants […]
The Gambia and Malawi have reiterated this Wednesday support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and hailed the recent UN Security Council Resolution 2797 that enshrined the autonomy plan under the Kingdom’s sovereignty. The support was voiced by the Gambian and Malawian Foreign Ministers Sering Modou Njie and George Tapatula Chaponda at separate meetings they […]
Algeria’s latest diplomatic maneuver is drawing scrutiny after Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf proposed that his country would back any mediation between Morocco and the Polisario Front over the Sahara dispute. The offer, made during a press conference in Algiers, comes despite UN Security Council Resolution 2797 explicitly naming Algeria as a party to the conflict. […]
Moroccan construction leader SGTM has received approval from the AMMC to launch an initial public offering (IPO) on the Casablanca Stock Exchange, aiming to raise 5.04 billion dirhams ($545 million). This makes SGTM’s listing the second-largest IPO in the history of the Moroccan bourse, underscoring the growing depth of the local capital market. The subscription […]