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A convoy carrying three county commissioners was involved in a road accident near Yambio town, in Western Equatoria State on Tuesday afternoon, leaving five soldiers with minor injuries. The officials were travelling to Yambio ahead of Wednesday’s official reception for the newly appointed governor when one of the vehicles overturned at about 3pm near Yambio […]
A high-level event on the role of National mechanisms for implementation, reporting, and follow-up (NMIRFs), organized on the sidelines of the 61st session of the HRC, held February 23–March 31, was convened in Geneva under the charmanship of Morocco’s Interministerial Delegate for Human Rights Mohamed Elhabib Belkouch. The event, held under the theme “Moving the […]
Morocco’s multi-mission frigate Mohammed VI has joined French and European naval units in ORION 26, a major high-intensity combat preparation exercise led by France, the French embassy in Rabat said. The Moroccan FREMM warship spent around two weeks integrated into the escort of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, operating first in the Mediterranean […]
University of Kordofan has reported extensive damage to its central campus in El-Obeid after drones it attributed to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) struck the facility on Monday, February 23. In a statement, the University’s media office said the attack targeted several buildings within the main Campus complex in El-Obeid, the capital of North […]
Bolivia has announced the suspension of its recognition of the pseudo-SADR and affirmed its will to contribute constructively to international efforts aimed at achieving a realistic, pragmatic and lasting political solution to the Sahara issue. The announcement came in a statement issued Monday, following phone talks between Bolivian Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo and his Moroccan […]
Indian defense company MKU, a global leader in advanced ballistic protection and optronic systems, is considering setting up a plant in Morocco, building on the success-story of Tata Advanced Systems which is producing in the Kingdom armoured combat vehicle WhAP 8×8 for the Moroccan Royal army. According to India’s diplomatic mission in Rabat, MKU’s entry […]
The High Representative of the European Union reaffirmed the alignment of the 27 Member States with UN Security Council Resolution 2797 and confirmed that Morocco’s autonomy plan constitutes the basis for negotiations within the exclusive framework of the United Nations. This came in an official written reply, dated February 20, 2026, to a question from […]
FIFA has expressed strong admiration for Morocco’s national youth talent development program and is considering adopting it as a training model for other African countries, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) announced. The endorsement follows two working visits by FIFA delegations to evaluate the program’s structure and results firsthand. During their visits, FIFA representatives toured […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Nador West Med (NWM) – Bétoya Industrial & Logistic Zone (BILZ) – signed a €2.1 million grant agreement last week in Rabat to support the development of the NWM complex as an attractive, dynamic, and sustainable economic zone in Morocco. The grant will finance a Technical […]
Morocco is reportedly planning to use turrets made by Elbit Systems to equip its Indian-designed WhAP 8×8 armored personnel carriers, according to reporting from Le Desk. The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) will upgrade the vehicles, manufactured in Morocco in partnership with India’s Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), from their standard 30 mm cannon configuration […]