Tag: Morocco
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Morocco showcases CAN 2025 preparations to African ambassadors
Morocco showcased its preparations to host the African Cup of Nations, as an event bringing Africans together to celebrate diversity and foster unity. In this respect, the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Maâmora hosted a high-level meeting between Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) and head of the local organizing committee…
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Morocco’s national ports operator among “Big Four” in Africa
“Marsa Maroc group” is the 4th largest container port terminal operator in Africa, according to “Global Container Terminal Operators” report 2024 issued by British Drewry maritime research consultancy. The Moroccan group has been recognized among the “Big Four” in Africa for the second consecutive time thanks to its sustained performance amid regional competition, confirming the…
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Morocco welcomes18 million tourists through November 2025, a historic number
Morocco received 18 million tourists during the first eleven months of 2025, a historic level that already surpasses the entire 2024 total with over 600,000 additional visitors, according to the Ministry of Tourism. This exceptional performance confirms sector momentum, representing 13.5 percent growth compared to the same period last year. The ministry emphasized that this…
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Morocco leverages football success as strategic economic development tool
Morocco has positioned football at the center of its economic development strategy, preparing to host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and co-organize the 2030 World Cup with Portugal and Spain. The kingdom’s sporting achievements include reaching World Cup semi-finals as the first African nation and capturing the under-20 world championship title. Geopolitics of sport…
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Morocco advances green hydrogen strategy with measured approach to technology, finance
Morocco reached a new milestone in its hydrogen strategy with March 2025 announcement of six green hydrogen projects in southern regions totaling 319 billion dirhams. Guelmim, Laayoune, and Dakhla emerge as new centres for energy transition now playing out at territorial scale. Five selected consortiums, including Emirati Taqa, Spanish Cepsa, and German Nordex partnered with…
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OCP inaugurates Morocco’s largest photovoltaic plant at Oulad Farès in Khouribga
OCP Green Energy recently commissioned the Oulad Farès photovoltaic plant in Khouribga, featuring 105 megawatt-peak capacity that makes it Morocco’s largest solar farm of this type currently operational. The facility powers the world’s largest phosphate mine while injecting green electricity into the national grid. The installation spans 168 hectares with thousands of solar panels converting…
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Hudson Institute highlights groundbreaking UNSC 2797 Resolution
The adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2797 marks not only a diplomatic milestone but also enshrines the “centrality, legitimacy and relevance” of Morocco’s autonomy plan as the ultimate solution to the regional dispute over the Sahara, Morocco’s Ambassador to Washington, Youssef Amrani, told the US Think Tank Hudson Institute. This “historic resolution” provides “unambiguous…
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Electricity: Morocco opens bids for 1,000 km UHV transmission line
Morocco has launched bids for the construction of a 1,000 km ultra-high-voltage alternating current line to transmit about 2 GW between Boujdour and Tensift, with applications due Jan. 15, 2026. In a press release, Morocco’s National Office for Electricity & Potable Water (ONEE) says the power line will connect the regions of Boujdour and Tensift,…
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Morocco elected to vice-presidency of FAO Council
Morocco secured election to the vice-presidency of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Council during the agency’s 179th conference in Rome on Monday. The kingdom will serve on the FAO Council, the organization’s 49-member executive body responsible for overseeing policy implementation and strategic direction, until 2029. This election confirms member states’ confidence in Morocco’s…