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Tanger Med is emerging as a key stabilizing hub as global shipping disruptions force carriers to reroute vessels around Africa, extend transit times and impose sharp freight surcharges. Port officials and operators say the hub’s position at the Atlantic–Mediterranean crossroads is reinforcing its role in absorbing redirected flows, even as the global crisis drives costs […]
Morocco is considering launching a direct air connection between New Delhi and Casablanca as it aims to capture a share of India’s rapidly expanding outbound tourism market, tourism officials said. The Moroccan National Tourism Office (ONMT) said India sent about 54,000 visitors to Morocco in 2025, a figure expected to rise to 70,000 in 2026. […]
Morocco on Wednesday reiterated, during the ongoing 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, its strongest condemnation of the abject attacks carried out by Iran against several Arab brotherly countries, namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan. “This blatant aggression is a grave violation […]
A dramatic leadership collapse in Tehran is sending strategic shockwaves across North Africa, posing what analyst Amine Ayoub warns could be an existential challenge for Algeria. In an op‑ed published in The Times of Israel, Ayoub argues that the destabilization of Iran deprives Algiers of a long‑relied‑upon diplomatic and ideological pillar that has allowed it […]
Iran continues its indiscriminate attacks on civilian targets in the Gulf killing a Moroccan national in Bahrain on March 24. The Moroccan man was a contractor on a mission with the UAE army in Bahrain. Both Bahrain and the UAE have not declared war on Iran. Yet they bear the brunt of Iranian indiscriminate missiles […]
Morocco’s Tarik Sketioui has been named new Head coach of Oman’s National football team looking forward to be among the main the contenders of the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia. Sketioui, 48, replaces Portuguese Carlos Queiroz, 73, who led Oman in 11 matches, winning three, drawing five and losing three. Under Carlos tenure, Oman […]
Morocco’s OCP Group is pressing ahead with its international growth strategy, as its fertilization solutions subsidiary OCP Nutricrops secures government approval to establish two new foreign entities — one in France and one in India — marking a significant step in the group’s transition from export-focused operations to embedded local market presence. The authorizations were […]
The partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz in 2026, triggered by escalating US-Israel-Iran tensions, has exposed the fragility of global energy supply chains — and in doing so, has accelerated Morocco’s emergence as what geopolitical analyst Khaled Hamadé calls a strategic “resilience ark.” The president of the International Institute of Geopolitical Studies who presented […]
Former White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt has warned that the Iran‑backed strategy of empowering non‑state armed groups is expanding into North Africa through alleged ties with the Polisario Front. In an opinion piece published by Semafor, Greenblatt argues that while global attention remains fixed on crises in the Middle East, “another Iranian proxy […]
Japanese firm ShibataFenderTeam (SFT), specializing in the design, engineering, and production of high-quality rubber fender systems for marine infrastructure, has deployed its fender systems and bollards in the terminals of Morocco’s Nador West Med Port, one of Africa’s largest ports. Nador West Med is taking shape on the Kingdom’s Mediterranean coast, along the main east–west […]