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The government’s program seeks to diversify Morocco’s water supply while tightening control over demand, Le360 reports. The program says emergency projects, desalination and water transfers have strengthened the country’s resilience, but demand management has lagged and wastewater reuse is advancing slowly. To secure supply, the government relies on three levers: more small and hill dams […]
Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, co-chaired Wednesday in New York, in his capacity as Chair of the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), the 9th annual consultative meeting between the PBC and the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC), alongside the current Chair of the PSC, Churchill Ewumbue-Monono, Permanent Representative of […]
A Moroccan C-130 cargo aircraft, carrying military vehicles and supplies, landed on Monday at Liberia’s Roberts International Airport, according to local press reports. This first shipment of the Moroccan military equipment is destined for the training of the special forces of the Liberian Army. A second plane laden with more Moroccan military equipment is expected […]
Over 1.3 UK tourists travelled to Morocco in 2025 and spent an estimated £1.19 billion, according to latest data released by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS). Each British tourist stayed about seven nights in rated hotel accommodations and spent an average of £920 during their Moroccan trip, showed the figures published by the […]
Within days, Algerian state media and regime-aligned outlets have unleashed a fresh wave of conspiracy theories, the latest and most theatrical targeting the United Arab Emirates. On the heels of the diplomatic rupture with Abu Dhabi, official and semi-official channels claimed the Emirates is preparing a “foreign legion” of 3,000 to 4,000 mercenaries explicitly aimed […]
Morocco’s new government has set ambitious yet realistic macroeconomic targets for the 2026–2031 legislative term, aiming to finance its social and sovereign priorities through sustained growth and disciplined public finances. Presenting the program to both houses of Parliament, the Prime Minister outlined an average annual GDP growth rate of 5% for the period 2027–2031, with […]
Morocco’s newly appointed head of the government Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri has placed the fight against corruption and rent-seeking at the forefront of the government’s 2026–2031 program. In her inaugural policy address before members of the parliament, El Mansouri stressed that public institutions will not regain citizens’ trust without a genuine crackdown on corruption and […]
Morocco’s Competition Council has published a detailed annual report painting a picture of intense regulatory activity in 2025, marked by a sharp rise in merger reviews, multi-million-dirham fines, and pointed interventions in key sectors ranging from food delivery to pharmaceuticals. The regulator issued 202 decisions and opinions during the year, underscoring heightened vigilance over the […]
A joint decision by the ministers of the interior, of economy and finance, and of transport and logistics is now in force in Morocco to strengthen air security by regulating how passenger and commercial-flight data are processed, reports Aujourd’hui le Maroc. It sets the list of information elements covering passengers, commercial flights, crew and airlines. […]
A new analysis by Spain’s prestigious Real Instituto Elcano concludes that Morocco has successfully transformed its partnership with the United States into a broad strategic relationship, while Spain faces the risk of gradually losing influence over Washington’s North Africa agenda. Published on 16 October, the report by Carlota García Encina and Charles Powell notes that […]