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Morocco and Israel have agreed to elevate their diplomatic missions to full embassies and exchange ambassadors. They also agreed to re-launch direct flights by Israeli and Moroccan airline companies before the end of the year. The announcement of these decisions comes in a joint statement issued following the tripartite summit held Wednesday in New York […]
FC Barcelona players have collectively refused to wear LaLiga-backed t-shirts promoting a political message on Sebta, drawing a clear line against the instrumentalization of football for colonial territorial claims. The entire squad declined to don the garments carrying the slogans “Todos somos caballas” and references to Ceuta’s “Spanishness” before their match against Racing Santander. Club […]
Morocco has been ranked the top African country and placed among the world’s 20 best performers in the Global Public Security Index Report (2025-2026), according to findings released by the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum. The report, published on the sidelines of the 2026 Global Public Security Cooperation Forum conference in Lianyungang, China, evaluates public […]
Morocco is gaining ground in UK sweet pepper market and set to become the third largest exporter of sweet peppers to the UK after Spain and the Netherlands, according to EastFruit news platform. Between October 2025 and June 2026, the UK imported 10,400 tons of Moroccan sweet peppers valued at more than £17 million. This […]
European Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner has commended Morocco’s cooperation which facilitated the return of most of the people who entered Ceuta illegally within a matter of hours after the mass crossing end of July 2026. In an address made Tuesday during the European Parliament Plenary debate on the situation in Ceuta, Mr. Brunner hailed […]
British fintech Revolut, a licensed bank operating online, has confirmed that sensitive customer information was disclosed to an unauthorized third party after it received fake government request. European payments group has contacted clients whose IDs, addresses, verification pictures, bitcoin activity and other details were handed over to hackers posing as government officials. Nearly 700 Revolut […]
The African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI) has announced a new international partnership with the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) aimed at strengthening agricultural research and innovation in Morocco and Ghana. APNI said in a statement it had welcomed partners from Australia, Ghana and Morocco for the official launch of EXCEL Africa, an initiative […]
A large majority of Spaniards consider strong relations with Morocco a strategic priority and back tighter border controls, according to the latest barometer published by Spain’s Centre for Sociological Research (CIS). The survey, conducted in early September among 4,042 respondents, found that 86.3 percent of those polled attach “a lot or quite a lot” of […]
Princess Lalla Asmaa, President of the Lalla Asmaa Foundation, and Rachel Ruto, Kenya’s First Lady and President of the “Voice of Children Initiative” Foundation, visited this Tuesday Kenyan and Moroccan children at the Mohammed VI International University Hospital in Rabat who have received cochlear implants, as part of the 4th phase of the international program […]
The Spanish parliament’s recent approval of a law granting citizenship to Sahrawis born under Spanish colonial rule before September 1977 and to their direct descendants has been welcomed by many within the Algeria-sponsored Polisario front’s orbit. This reaction alone should end any remaining illusion that Polisario constitutes a national liberation movement as they wish to […]