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Six consecutive years of drought left Morocco’s agricultural dams at a critical filling rate, prompting a halt of irrigation in key farming areas. This year’s cereals harvest is expected to drop 43% to 3.12 million tons only, due to a lack of rainfall that induced a reduction in the cultivated area. Rainfall was down 34% […]
Morocco has donated Niger nine high voltage generators to support the West African country efforts to improve electricity access and services to homes and businesses for better economic growth and development. According to press reports, the 22.5 megawatt generators were received by Niger’s Energy minister, Pr. Amadou Haoua. The Moroccan donation, which reflects the strong […]
Morocco and France are driven by a shared commitment to enrich their deep bonds of friendship in a spirit of dialogue, trust, and mutual respect, said King Mohammed VI in a message of congratulations to President Emmanuel Macron on his country’s National Day. “Thanks to the shared determination that drives us, Morocco and France will, […]
Three Moroccan hotels in the country’s main tourist hub Marrakech were voted in a ranking by Travel and Leisure magazine among the world’s best 100. Hotel Selman in Marrakech was ranked fifth, while Mammounia took the 18th position followed by Mansour Marrakech 55th, following a vote by the magazine’s readers for the World’s Best Awards. […]
Morocco has received 7.4 million tourists in the first six months this year, up 14%, a pace that let the tourism minister express optimism to attain the 17.5 million tourists ahead of the 2026 target. The performance of the tourism sector up to June this year was 38% higher compared with the same period in […]
The Moroccan government plans to increase the salaries of nurses and technicians in public hospitals by 1000 dirhams, following recurrent strikes and protests. The salary hike was announced by government spokesman, who said health reform was at the heart of government priorities. His words did little to calm down angry unions representing nurses and health […]
Morocco’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York and the OCP Group jointly organized a high-level event on the food security in Africa, as part of the High-Level Political Forum of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Sustainable Development taking place July 8-17. The meeting, held under the theme “Sustainable Development […]
Means to upgrade cooperation between Accor group and Morocco to bolster the tourism industry in the Kingdom were discussed at a meeting held in Rabat Thursday between the tourism group’s CEO Sébastien Bazin and Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch. Talks focused on strategies to advance Morocco’s tourism sector, particularly in anticipation of the 2030 World […]
Member of the Bolivian Parliament Samantha Nogales has publicly endorsed Morocco’s Autonomy Initiative for the Sahara, describing it as the only viable solution to the ongoing regional dispute over the Kingdom’s southern provinces. In a statement she made following her recent five-day visit to Morocco (June 23-28) at the head of a parliamentary delegation, Samantha […]
The African Development Bank has agreed to provide Morocco four loans totaling over €600 million to enable the North African Kingdom build a 105-km long highway, enhance territorial competitiveness, modernize the university, and support sustainable forest development. The agreements were signed Wednesday in Rabat by Minister in charge of the budget Fouzi Lekjaa and the […]