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A new subsea fiber optic cable connecting the Canary Islands to Morocco is set to play a major role in Atlantic connectivity, Spanish media reported. The project is being spearheaded by Spanish company Islalink in collaboration with Canalink, an operator linked to the Island Council of Tenerife and the Technological and Renewable Energy Institute (ITER), […]
Morocco, U.S. long-standing friend, ally, and strategic partner in the region, has been honored to take part in U.S. AFRICOM Change of Command ceremony held Friday at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany. Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces, Lt. General Mohamed Berrid, who was accompanied by high-level delegation, represented the Kingdom in this ceremony […]
Morocco is on the cusp of securing a deal for 32 U.S. advanced fighter jets, becoming the first Arab and African nation to operate the fifth-generation stealth combat aircraft, says Military Africa news platform. The $17 billion deal, spanning over 45 years, covers maintenance and technical support and spare parts, says the report, noting that […]
The Portuguese government has publicly thanked Morocco for its swift assistance in battling severe wildfires, following the emergency deployment of two Canadair water-bombing aircraft on August 11. The planes were sent after several Portuguese firefighting aircraft were grounded, providing a critical boost to aerial operations at a time of heightened alert. The Moroccan aircraft, operating […]
France is set to end diplomatic indulgence with Algeria. This summer, Paris launched a sweeping crackdown on Algeria’s abuse of international norms. President Emmanuel Macron’s suspension of the 2013 visa exemption agreement for Algerian diplomatic and service passport holders, coupled with the activation of the visa-readmission mechanism, marks a turning point in Franco-Algerian relations. This […]
Egypt has reaffirmed that safeguarding the nation’s water security remains a foremost national priority, while calling for collaboration and shared prosperity with all Nile Basin states. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hani Sewilam underscored on August 14 that Egypt’s water interests and its neighbors’ development ambitions are compatible, provided […]
Senior officials from over 30 countries and international bodies have called for an immediate end to the siege of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur, where hundreds of thousands of civilians remain trapped without essential supplies. In a joint statement issued on Thursday, August 14, signatories including the UK, Canada, Spain, Norway, Sweden, and the […]
After a prolonged slump, Morocco’s potato export sector grew almost sixfold between July 2024 and May 2025 year-on-year, as the country exported 42,900 tons of table potatoes, generating $14.9 million in revenue, specialized fresh produce portal EastFruit said. This marks a dramatic turnaround: export volumes surged by a factor of 5.7 compared to the previous […]
Hundreds of Moroccan winners of the U.S. Diversity Visa lottery risk losing their chance for American residency as the State Department fails to schedule mandatory consular interviews ahead of the program’s September 30 deadline. Despite having case numbers marked “current” for months in official visa bulletins, DV-2025 lottery winners report being trapped in bureaucratic limbo […]
Participants in the 5th World Sufism Congress, held this week in Fez, called for the creation of a world alliance of Sufism adepts, in order to convey the word of truth, promote Islam’s authentic values, and counter fallacious discourse. This congress, which gathered scholars from around the globe, underlined the need to promote world peace […]