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Morocco will suspend imports of soft wheat from June 1 to July 31 after a rainy season that bodes well for this 2025–2026 agricultural season, the national millers’ federation (FNM) said. Morocco’s cereals harvest is expected to more than double to 9 million tons this year. The import suspension aims to protect and encourage the […]
Morocco U-17 football national team ended their first match at AFCON 2026 with a 1-1 draw against Tunisia. The Atlas Cubs, defending champions, played Wednesday their opener at the Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat. The Carthage Eaglets opened the scoring in the 28th minute through Yahya Jalidi, who gave his team the advantage in […]
Morocco’s National Agency for the Strategic Management of State Shareholdings (ANGSPE) is preparing to launch a major technology project to automate the production of consolidated financial statements for approximately 350 state-owned enterprises and establishments under International Financial Reporting Standards. The project, budgeted at 19.3 million dirhams, will deploy an Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platform capable […]
Dakhla’s Judicial Police arrested on Tuesday an extremist affiliated with the terrorist organization known as the “Islamic State”, on the basis of information provided by the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST), the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) announced in a statement. According to preliminary findings of the investigation, the suspect, 22, expressed his […]
Morocco is set to become the first African country to join TV5 Monde governance, which includes France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Monaco and Quebec. It is a major diplomatic and cultural milestone demonstrating Morocco’s central role in the French-speaking global community, media, arts, business… The move will also strengthen Morocco’s soft-power and nation branding across the […]
Head of the Moroccan Government Aziz Akhannouch health surveyed *the Kingdom’s reform agenda during a panel on health sovereignty, held part of the Africa Forward summit hosted by Kenya May 11-12. Akhannouch, who was co-chairing the panel with Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, explained that Morocco has made a strategic and irreversible choice to treat […]
Morocco is reportedly in discussions with Turkish defense firm Havelsan to acquire “Barkan 3”, an advanced unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) designed to operate in conjunction with drones in monitoring and addressing threats remotely. According to press reports, Morocco is expanding its military cooperation with Turkish companies building on the success of the drone factory opened […]
Moroccan Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports, in collaboration with Huawei, has launched the 3rd edition of DigiSchool, a national program aimed at supporting the digital skills of students in rural zones and advancing the digital transformation of the education system. Building on the success achieved during previous editions and the growing support of […]
Morocco has laid out its successful industrial experience driven by competitive & thriving automotive and aerospace sectors. The Moroccan success-story stands as an inspirational model in a continent of opportunities. Speaking Tuesday at a panel held at the French-African Summit 2026 convened in Nairobi in presence of several African Heads of State, PMs, UN Chief […]
Morocco has formalized a landmark framework agreement to build a nationally integrated seawater desalination industry, a move that combines the country’s water security imperative with an explicit industrial sovereignty objective. The accord, signed with the sector’s principal actors and reported by L’Économiste on Tuesday, sets an objective of raising the local integration rate in desalination […]