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Morocco continues solidifying its strategic platform status in the electric vehicle industry, attracting growing numbers of international investors as its clean energy vehicle manufacturing ecosystem expands through successive major industrial player arrivals. Shanghai Ingin Auto Technology marks the latest entrant reinforcing this industrial momentum following announcements from Shanghai Jinxiu Shanhe Automotive Technology and Sino-European group […]
Morocco and Germany officially launched the “Sabeinya” commemoration campaign Thursday in Rabat, celebrating 70 years of diplomatic relations through a year-long program mobilizing economic and cultural actors to transform historical partnership into future opportunities. German Ambassador Robert Dölger characterized the celebration as a milestone symbolizing unshakable confidence and renewed commitment to shared prosperity. Relations between […]
Representatives of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s legal and media team said that forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar prevented the burial of Saif in Sirte, imposing conditions that barred expressions of mourning, banned displays of his photos or slogans, and limited mourning to three days — terms described as harsh and unacceptable. In response to these restrictions […]
On the margins of the Food Security Conference held in Dubai on February 4 and 5, Mauritania’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Abdoullah Souleymane Cheikh Sidiya, met with the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Alvaro Lario, to review and strengthen cooperation between Mauritania and the Fund. Discussions centred on assessing the […]
Morocco’s Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII) has initiated a structural approach strengthening data governance as part of its 2024-2028 strategic framework, recognizing data as a strategic asset indispensable for accomplishing institutional missions. The initiative establishes robust, sustainable governance ensuring information integrity, confidentiality, and availability. The approach implements adapted security mechanisms alongside rigorous critical data […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development invested in Morocco €895 million in 2025, up from €530 million in 2024. Thirty-three per cent of this investment went to the private sector and over 80 % was green finance. In its report on investments injected last year in the southern and eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region, the Bank said […]
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Morocco’s strategic importance in diversifying global critical mineral supply chains during a ministerial conference at the State Department, emphasizing the Kingdom’s unique combination of resources, transformation capacity, and international cooperation commitment. “Morocco has a key role to play because of the deposits it possesses, but also because of […]
Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Indian peer S. Jaishankar met on Wednesday in Washington to discuss means of advancing bilateral cooperation that has evolved from friendly diplomacy to strategic interdependence anchored in food security, defense industrialization, and Africa-oroiented trade. The meeting took place as both ministers were participating in the high-level gathering organized by […]
The Israeli Knesset this week held an unprecedented parliamentary debate on whether to recognize the independence of Kabylie, marking the first time a foreign parliament formally examines the self-determination claim of the restive region in northern Algeria. The initiative comes one month after the Kabyle Provisional Government proclaimed the “Federal Republic of Kabylie” during a […]
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said cooperation with Morocco has sharply reduced irregular migration to Spain, describing the bilateral partnership as essential to managing migratory flows. “The close cooperation with Rabat has permitted a very significant reduction in irregular arrivals on Spanish territory,” Sanchez said in an interview with CNN on the sidelines of the […]