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The Cameroon women’s national football team has been crowned champions of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) following a commanding 3-0 victory against Malawi. The final match took place on Sunday evening at the Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat, marking the conclusion of the continental tournament hosted by Morocco.
Moroccan security forces intercepted 294 candidates for irregular migration in and around Fnideq near occupied Ceuta on Saturday, August 15, as authorities mounted a large-scale operation to prevent any attempted mass crossing toward the Spanish-controlled enclave, a security source told Moroccan media. The updated toll marked a sharp rise from the 111 arrests logged earlier […]
The European Commission said this week it remains committed to a “long-standing, comprehensive and deep” partnership with Morocco and is prepared to open talks on a new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement, though it gave no indication of when negotiations might begin saying it all depends on Rabat. “There is no timeline for negotiating rounds or […]
Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) has asked Spain’s Ombudsman to open an investigation into alleged violations of the rights of Moroccan migrants in Ceuta, the council’s president Amina Bouayach said. Bouayach told Moroccan broadcaster 2M that she had sent a letter to Spain’s Defensor del Pueblo, the institution responsible for protecting fundamental rights, requesting […]
Far from the images of the mass border rushes at Ceuta and Melilla, a different migration story is unfolding in Algeria in the western Mediterranean. According to data released on August 12 by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Algeria has become the leading country of origin for irregular migration to Spain, well ahead of […]
Moroccan security forces have mounted an exceptional deployment across the country’s northern border region ahead of August 15, a date targeted by viral online calls for coordinated mass crossing attempts into the Spanish-controlled enclave of Ceuta (Sebta). National Police, Royal Gendarmerie and Auxiliary Forces have sharply increased checkpoints and inspections on roads and maritime access […]
A rare cross-party coalition in Spain has called for Morocco’s exclusion from co-hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup, treating the global governing body as if it were a family heirloom, even as the joint Spain-Portugal-Morocco bid succeeded largely thanks to African support secured by Rabat. Right-wing Vox, left-wing Sumar and Podemos, and elements of the […]
The Sudanese Army said it had repelled a major attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Jabra Al Sheikh area of North Kordofan State, inflicting heavy casualties and destroying military equipment. The Army said on Thursday that the RSF assault involved more than 250 combat vehicles and that the attack targeted Jabra Al […]
The UN Procurement Division has launched an international tender for the deployment of an AI and virtual reality (VR) platform in Rabat, Morocco, which is hosting the UNOCT Programme Office for Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa. Thanks to this high-tech anti-terror training platform, the United Nations Office of Counter-terrorism will advance institutional training in Morocco […]
ORNX consortium has selected U.S. engineering KBR firm to conduct the pre-FEED study for its Laayoune green ammonia project in Morocco. The study is being supported through funding from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). KBR will provide technology licensing and pre-FEED services for the project, which is expected to produce approximately 560,000 metric […]