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Africa has surpassed a staggering 155,000 deaths linked to militant Islamist groups over the past decade, according to a new report from the Washington-based Africa Center for Strategic Studies. The report highlights an alarming 60% surge in fatalities since 2023, driven primarily by intensifying insurgencies in the Sahel and Somalia. In the past year alone, […]
Three months ahead of Ivory Coast’s presidential election, President Alassane Ouattara has confirmed he will seek a controversial fourth term, a move reigniting political unrest and drawing criticism from opposition leaders and civil society groups. In a televised address, the 83-year-old leader said his decision was driven by a desire to safeguard the country’s stability […]
U.S. nominee ambassador to Morocco Richard Duke Buchan III has reiterated at the U.S. Senate the American recognition of Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Saharan territory, sending a strong message to the Algerian regime. In his statement made Tuesday at the Senate hearing, Buchan said the U.S. supports Morocco’s serious, credible, and realistic Autonomy […]
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday highlighted the leadership of King Mohammed VI in promoting a new era of peace and prosperity, while welcoming the enduring partnership binding the USA and Morocco. “Under President Trump’s and His Majesty King Mohammed VI’s leadership, we will continue to build a new era of peace and […]
The Bayt Mal Al-Quds Agency implemented the fifth phase of Morocco’s humanitarian aid campaign for 500 displaced families in the municipality of Azzawayda, in the center of the Gaza Strip, with the contribution of the Moroccan Association to Support Reconstruction in Palestine. Given the difficult humanitarian conditions experienced by all residents of the Strip, the […]
The First Lady of El Salvador Gabriela De Bukele visited on Tuesday in Tangier the Lalla Asmaa Center for Deaf Children, a specialized school supported by Lalla Asmaa Foundation. First Lady Gabriela toured the center’s various outbuildings and followed explanations on the services provided by the Center for deaf children as well as the vocational […]
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s latest visit to Italy was meant to be a diplomatic breakthrough. Instead, it marked yet another chapter in a series of fruitless overtures that have come to define Algeria’s increasingly desperate foreign policy. Despite multiple visits to Rome in recent years and generous gas deals, Tebboune returned home empty-handed again. The Algerian […]
Three months after a massive power outage plunged the Iberian Peninsula into darkness, Portugal unveiled Monday a €400 million plan to reinforce its electrical grid—and floated the possibility of connecting to Morocco’s power network. Environment Minister Maria da Graça Carvalho announced 31 measures designed to prevent future blackouts, reassuring citizens that not all costs would […]
Kenya and Uganda have secured a major legal victory after the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) dismissed a $2 billion claim filed by Rift Valley Railways (RVR) consortium over a terminated railway concession. The dispute stemmed from a 25-year agreement signed in 2006, granting RVR the right to manage and operate the 2,350-kilometer Kenya-Uganda […]
Twenty-six years ago, no one would have imagined that Morocco’s top exports would be cars. Morocco’s GDP, thanks to the King’s far-sighted approach, has more than doubled in a tough environment reaching some $130 billion, thanks to different economic policies spurred by the King, with the industry at its heart. Industry has helped Morocco reduce […]