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The Congo Basin Climate Commission (CBCC) has praised Morocco’s King Mohammed VI for his “visionary leadership” in advancing African climate action, highlighting his role in strengthening continental cooperation and mobilizing joint responses to climate change. Speaking after a ministerial meeting of the CBCC in Nairobi, Congo’s Environment Minister and Executive Secretary of the Commission, Arlette […]
The recent terrorist rocket attacks launched by the Algeria-backed Polisario armed militias from the buffer zone on Moroccan Saharan city Smara are the third of their kind after the blasts that rocked the same city in June 2025 and the deadly attacks perpetrated in October 2023. These provocative and unjustified attacks show to the world […]
Moroccan and US forces have recovered the body of one of two American soldiers who went missing during the multinational African Lion 2026 military exercise, The Royal Armed Forces said. The body was located and retrieved on May 9 at around 08:55 am near a cliff at Cap Draa, south of Tan-Tan, following intensive search […]
Scientists, agronomists, and policymakers gathered in Essaouira over the weekend for the 8th International Argan Congress, held under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI. The Congress delivered a convergent message: preserving Morocco’s argan forest — a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve and one of the world’s most ecologically irreplaceable forest ecosystems — requires a substantial and […]
The Sudanese Armed Forces, on Sunday, May 10, carried out drone strikes on strategic positions held by the RSF (Rapid Support Forces) in Nyala for the second consecutive day, according to local sources. The attacks reportedly coincided with the presence in the city of RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo and several senior leaders. Nyala has […]
Morocco will participate in the 2026 edition of UNESCO Africa Week, taking place from May 19 to 22 at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, with a program that Maroc Diplomatique news outlet has described as both an institutional priority and a platform for showcasing the breadth and depth of the Kingdom’s cultural and scientific engagement […]
The Nigeria–Morocco gas pipeline, a $25 billion project aimed at linking West African gas supplies to Morocco and Europe, is progressing despite repeated delays to its final investment decision, Morocco’s hydrocarbons chief said. “We are confident,” Amina Benkhadra, director general of Morocco’s hydrocarbons and mines agency (ONHYM), said in an interview with Jeune Afrique, highlighting […]
A senior delegation from Morocco’s capital markets ecosystem has visited lately Bloomberg European headquarters in London, as part of the Morocco Capital Markets Days 2026 (MCMD). The visit brought together a high-level Moroccan delegation of senior government officials, financial regulators, and market leaders including Tarik Senhaji, President of the Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC); Brahim […]
A Group of Friends of South-South and Triangular Cooperation will be set up at the United Nation at Morocco’s initiative. The announcement was made by Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, who serves as Chair of the UN High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation, during the closing of the expanded meeting of the Bureau […]
The terror rocket attacks launched by the Algeria-backed Polisario armed militias against the Moroccan Saharan city of Smara have sparked condemnation from the United States, the United Nations, MINURSO, the European Union, and several Arab States. After the United States and the United Nations, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Czech republic, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi […]