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Morocco has emerged as the fastest-growing supplier of tomatoes to the German market over the past two decades, multiplying its export volumes nearly fivefold, UN data showed. Moroccan shipments to Germany jumped from 12,710 tons in 2005 to 74,890 tons in 2024, an exceptional 489% increase that outpaces every other major supplier. This rapid expansion […]
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 […]
A high-level delegation of German business leaders recently visited Dakhla to assess economic potential in Morocco’s southern provinces. The mission, organized by the German Federal Association for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (BVMW) with support from Morocco’s Ministry of Investment, marked the first initiative of its kind in Moroccan Sahara. The delegation toured Dakhla’s port facilities […]
Morocco’s national football team climbed to a historic 8th place in the latest FIFA Men’s World Ranking following their strong performance at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, marking the Atlas Lions’ highest‑ever global position and their first return to the top 10 in nearly three decades. The new ranking, published on 19 January 2026, […]
Morocco, Germany and Spain have assessed the levels of coordination and cooperation between their respective security departments in areas of common security and intelligence interest, with focus on the fight against terrorism, irregular migration, drug trafficking, cybercrime, as well as coordination in the field of sports security. This came during a tripartite working meeting that […]
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), on Thursday, 18 December 2025, announced a strategic partnership with Dubai-based AMEA Power and Japan’s Kyuden International Corporation to develop a 1,000-megawatt solar power plant integrated with a 600MWh battery energy storage system in Aswan, southern Egypt. The $571.8 million financing package, led by IFC with support from international partners, […]
Morocco and Germany have given new impetus to their bilateral relations through the 51st Morocco-Germany intergovernmental negotiations on development cooperation, held this week in Berlin, that highlighted by the adoption of a €630 million cooperation program for the period 2026-2027. The program, inked by Director of European Affairs at the Moroccan Foreign Ministry, Redouane Adghoghi […]
The Governments of the United States, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom jointly expressed on November 27 their full support for the United Nations’ roadmap aimed at achieving unity, stability, and lasting peace in Libya. The statement welcomed the UN Security Council’s extension of the […]
The Algerian regime has finally released the renowned writer Boualem Sansal, after months of blatant lies and repression. The release was not an expression of justice or dignity. It came out of desperation, pressure, and political calculation. It took just one official statement from the German president to force the exhausted Algerian authorities to free […]
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Algerian authorities to release Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who was sentenced to five years in prison in July for remarks questioning Algeria’s colonial-era borders. Sansal, 80, was arrested in Algiers in November 2024 after publicly stating that western Algeria had historically belonged to Morocco and that France had redrawn borders […]