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Ticket sales for the Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025, the continent’s greatest sporting event, will begin on Monday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Saturday. According to a CAF statement, Ticket sales for Africa’s greatest show, the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025, will be launched on Monday, 13 October […]
In the quiet tug-of-war between European institutions, the European Commission has made a decisive move: it chose diplomacy over legal bias. By signing an amendment to the agricultural agreement with Morocco on October 3-explicitly including products from the Sahara- the EU sent a clear message: the strategic partnership with Rabat is not up for negotiation. […]
Prominent figures from Morocco’s Jewish community have welcomed the latest ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, brokered by the US. The truce, which came into effect Friday morning, is being hailed as a potential turning point for peace and stability in the region. The agreement, reached earlier this week in Sharm El-Sheikh, outlines several key […]
A growing number of Polisario members is challenging the decades-long obstinacy of the Algeria-backed Polisario militias, urging the international community to embrace Morocco’s autonomy proposal as a path toward peace and dignity. In a striking intervention before the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee, representatives of an NGO called Sahrawis for Peace, which brings together former […]
Morocco’s southern provinces have emerged as a genuine catalyst for economic cooperation between Morocco and France, opening up new prospects for shared growth and African integration, economic stakeholders from both countries emphasized on Thursday in Dakhla. This came during the Morocco-France Economic Forum, held on October 9, 2025, in Dakhla, by the General Confederation of […]
International momentum behind Morocco’s autonomy initiative for the Sahara region gained prominent display at the United Nations Fourth Committee meeting in New York, where multiple petitioners highlighted unprecedented global backing for the kingdom’s sovereignty proposal. The committee heard a testimony emphasizing that 124 countries now support the Moroccan autonomy plan as the pathway to regional […]
A high-level delegation from Burundi’s National Independent Human Rights Commission is conducting a week-long study visit to Morocco to examine the National Council for Human Rights (CNDH) operational framework and best practices. The visit, running from October 8 to 14, focuses on monitoring mechanisms, complaints processing, and capacity building strategies employed by Morocco’s human rights […]
Morocco secured their place in the quarter finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025 after a 2-1 win over South Korea in Rancagua on Thursday night. The first Moroccan goal was scored thanks to an acrobatic effort from Yassir Zabiri, which looked to be heading wide, was diverted into his own net by […]
Trade between Libya and Italy fell sharply in the first half of 2025, with total exchanges amounting to €4.76 billion, down from €6.02 billion in the same period last year — a 21% decline, according to data from the Italian Trade Agency cited by Nova News Agency. The downturn was primarily driven by a 25.3% […]
US President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi have reaffirmed their commitment to the full implementation of the recently brokered Gaza ceasefire agreement. In a phone conversation on Thursday, October 9, El-Sisi emphasized the need to expedite the enforcement of all stages of the truce, which he described as a “historic milestone.” He commended […]