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Morocco’s quarterfinals campaign during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, alongside the strong performances of other African national teams in the tournament’s advanced stages, is “a source of pride and honor for all Africans,” the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, said. “The fact that a national team has the honor of […]
U.S. President Trump wants FIFA President Gianni Infantino to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations, according to American and western press reports. The 2nd term of the current UN chief, António Guterres, ends on December 31, 2026. The 15-member UN Security Council is currently reviewing candidates in closed-door discussions before making a final […]
The government of Ghana has expressed strong support for Morocco’s Autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty saying the plan is “the only realistic and lasting basis for reaching a mutually acceptable solution” to the Sahara issue. The supportive stand comes in the joint statement issued following the talks held Tuesday in […]
The fifth edition of Morocco With Purpose opened on Tuesday with a gala at the historic Chellah archaeological site in Rabat, drawing government officials, institutions, business leaders, invited guests and content creators to mark five years since the initiative’s launch. Organizers described the event as a platform connecting Moroccans around the world while encouraging them […]
Morocco’s labor market showed renewed vigor in 2025, buoyed by stronger economic growth, according to Bank Al-Maghrib’s annual report presented to King Mohammed VI. Job creation more than doubled from the previous year and unemployment edged down slightly, but the central bank cautioned that the improvement remains insufficient to meaningfully rebalance the labor market, with […]
Morocco’s central bank has, for the first time, quantified the banking channel through which public financing crowds out credit to private companies. In its 2025 annual report, based on data spanning 2001 to 2025, Bank Al-Maghrib estimates that a one-point-of-GDP increase in public assets held by banks is associated, over the long term, with a […]
Libyan political parties have called for the unification of state institutions and the holding of presidential and parliamentary elections under a consensual constitutional framework to restore stability in the country. The appeal was made in a statement issued this Wednesday, July 22, during the first Conference of Libyan political parties in the central city of […]
Moroccan minister of foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita was received Tuesday in Accra by President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama on the sidelines of the 2nd meeting of the Morocco-Ghana Joint Cooperation Committee held in this West African country. On this occasion, the Ghanaian President conveyed his fraternal greetings to King Mohammed VI and praised the […]
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has renewed calls for greater investment in natural gas development projects to strengthen the country’s energy sector and secure reliable supplies for the domestic market. Speaking at the opening of the second edition of a technical workshop on the “Strategic Vision of the NOC for Natural Gas Development Projects in […]
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on 21 July 2026 it was “extremely saddened” after 144 migrants died or went missing in two separate boat incidents off the coast of Mauritania between 14 and 18 July 2026, while attempting to reach Europe. The Agency said 387 people were rescued during the incidents. Mauritania’s coast […]