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Morocco’s order of ten Airbus H225M Caracal helicopters has driven French defense contracts with the Kingdom to €532 million in 2025, the highest level recorded in a decade, according to the French Ministry of Armed Forces’ annual report on arms exports. The report, published earlier this August, explicitly lists the Caracal contract among the major […]
Stellantis’s industrial complex in Kénitra has confirmed its key role within the group’s global operations, buoyed by continuous development since its 2019 launch, French trade outlet Auto Infos reports. With the summer 2026 start of production for new Fiat Grizzly and Fastback models, the site is reinforcing its multi-energy flexibility and establishing itself as a […]
Mauritania and Germany signed a €35 million financial cooperation agreement on Monday to support technical and vocational training, biodiversity protection and the development of the blue economy. The agreement was signed in Nouakchott by Mauritania’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Abdallah Souleymane Cheikh Sidiya, and Germany’s Ambassador to Mauritania, Florian Reindel. The financing, equivalent […]
Facing a continuous rise in non-performing loans on Moroccan bank balance sheets, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and German group EOS Holding are preparing an investment vehicle worth up to 60 million euros. The operation aims to create new capacity for buying and managing distressed assets while helping a secondary market for bad debt emerge […]
Manchester City have reached a deal with Lille for Morocco international midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi worth up to £86m (€100m), according to press reports. The City are paying a fixed fee of £81.3m plus £4.3m in add-ons. The British football club are working to rebuild their midfield after the departures of Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Tijjani […]
As cadmium in some phosphate fertilizers becomes a public health and regulatory issue in Europe, Morocco’s OCP says it has developed a process to sharply reduce the metal’s presence in its products, a challenge with direct implications for access to Europe, the group’s third-largest export market. Tightening environmental and health standards in Europe are pushing […]
The departure phase of Morocco’s “Marhaba 2026” operation, supervised by the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity, is proceeding smoothly, with transit at Tanger Med port running with what officials describe as perfect fluidity. A reception system set up at the Mediterranean rest area near the port has helped streamline traffic by processing bus and car […]
Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi reiterated the Kingdom’s historical and geographical claim to the cities of Ceuta and Melilla, marking his second public statement on the issue in just ten days. Speaking to the second national television channel, Ouahbi declared: “For us, Ceuta and Melilla are Moroccan lands. We have a historical and geographical right […]
The Madrid Press Association has referred a formal complaint by Moroccan academic Lahcen Haddad to Spain’s journalism ethics commission after a Cuatro television debate aired unchallenged calls for the “political and economic destruction” of Morocco. On 31 July 2026, during the program Horizonte, guest Taleb Alisalem, a Polisario member with visceral hatred of all things […]
Ignacio Cembrero no longer practices journalism. He practices activism directed against Morocco. The distinction matters, because the two professions obey different rules. A journalist is bound by verification, balance, sourcing and the separation of fact from opinion. An activist is free to select, amplify and interpret in service of a fixed narrative. Cembrero’s recent output, […]