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Moroccan police arrested a 37-year-old man from Oman at Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport on Thursday after discovering he was wanted under an international arrest warrant issued by authorities in Oman, according to security forces. Officers detained the suspect as he prepared to board a flight to Cairo. A database check by the National Police […]
At least 22 people, including four medical personnel, have been killed and eight others injured following an air strike on Al-Kuweik Military Hospital in Sudan’s South Kordofan State, according to the Sudan Doctors Network. Those killed reportedly included the hospital’s medical director and three other healthcare workers, dealing a severe blow to an already fragile […]
An international consortium, composed of American Ortus, Spanish Acciona and German Nordex, has signed an agreement with the Moroccan government on the land site designed for hosting a $4.5 billion ammonia production project in Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune. According to Arabic “Asharq Business” online news platform, the agreement was signed Thursday in Rabat in […]
Getlink Customs Services, specialized in cross-Channel customs procedures, and Spanish customs intermediary Agsa-Partida have joined forces to provide fast and secure customs services as trade between Morocco and UK is growing. The two partners pledge to offer comprehensive customs services on the Morocco–Spain–UK Corridor. The customers of Getlink Customs Services and Agsa-Partida will benefit from […]
Morocco continues solidifying its strategic platform status in the electric vehicle industry, attracting growing numbers of international investors as its clean energy vehicle manufacturing ecosystem expands through successive major industrial player arrivals. Shanghai Ingin Auto Technology marks the latest entrant reinforcing this industrial momentum following announcements from Shanghai Jinxiu Shanhe Automotive Technology and Sino-European group […]
Morocco and Germany officially launched the “Sabeinya” commemoration campaign Thursday in Rabat, celebrating 70 years of diplomatic relations through a year-long program mobilizing economic and cultural actors to transform historical partnership into future opportunities. German Ambassador Robert Dölger characterized the celebration as a milestone symbolizing unshakable confidence and renewed commitment to shared prosperity. Relations between […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development invested in Morocco €895 million in 2025, up from €530 million in 2024. Thirty-three per cent of this investment went to the private sector and over 80 % was green finance. In its report on investments injected last year in the southern and eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region, the Bank said […]
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Morocco’s strategic importance in diversifying global critical mineral supply chains during a ministerial conference at the State Department, emphasizing the Kingdom’s unique combination of resources, transformation capacity, and international cooperation commitment. “Morocco has a key role to play because of the deposits it possesses, but also because of […]
Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Indian peer S. Jaishankar met on Wednesday in Washington to discuss means of advancing bilateral cooperation that has evolved from friendly diplomacy to strategic interdependence anchored in food security, defense industrialization, and Africa-oroiented trade. The meeting took place as both ministers were participating in the high-level gathering organized by […]
The Israeli Knesset this week held an unprecedented parliamentary debate on whether to recognize the independence of Kabylie, marking the first time a foreign parliament formally examines the self-determination claim of the restive region in northern Algeria. The initiative comes one month after the Kabyle Provisional Government proclaimed the “Federal Republic of Kabylie” during a […]