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The Congo Basin Climate Commission (CBCC) has praised Morocco’s King Mohammed VI for his “visionary leadership” in advancing African climate action, highlighting his role in strengthening continental cooperation and mobilizing joint responses to climate change. Speaking after a ministerial meeting of the CBCC in Nairobi, Congo’s Environment Minister and Executive Secretary of the Commission, Arlette […]
The recent terrorist rocket attacks launched by the Algeria-backed Polisario armed militias from the buffer zone on Moroccan Saharan city Smara are the third of their kind after the blasts that rocked the same city in June 2025 and the deadly attacks perpetrated in October 2023. These provocative and unjustified attacks show to the world […]
Moroccan and US forces have recovered the body of one of two American soldiers who went missing during the multinational African Lion 2026 military exercise, The Royal Armed Forces said. The body was located and retrieved on May 9 at around 08:55 am near a cliff at Cap Draa, south of Tan-Tan, following intensive search […]
Director General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance Abdellatif Hammouchi attended the International Defense and Aerospace Exhibition (SAHA 2026), held in Istanbul May 7 through 9. The head of the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN) and the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) paid a working visit to Türkiye May 7-8, at the […]
King Mohammed VI was represented at the inauguration ceremony of the President of Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. During this ceremony, which took place this Saturday in the presence of several heads of state and government, foreign delegations, representatives of international organizations, members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Djibouti and […]
Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, used a series of high-profile interventions this week to advance the case for South-South cooperation as an indispensable and structurally undervalued dimension of global multilateralism — not merely as a complement to North-South development flows, but as a sovereign alternative model capable of addressing the global […]
Morocco has donated $5 million to Gavi Vaccine Alliance, becoming the first North African nation to provide direct financial support to this public-private global health partnership designed to increase equitable access to new and underused vaccines for children in the world’s poorest countries. The grant agreement was signed in Casablanca in presence of Moroccan health […]
The Moroccan Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition was inaugurated Friday by Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch. The “Asǝṭṭa” project, led by artist Amina Agueznay and curator Meryem Berrada, represents Morocco at this major art exhibition, held at the Doges through next November. This artistic project reflects the multifaceted richness of Moroccan […]
Moroccan conglomerate Holmarcom is set to deepen the shift toward local ownership in the kingdom’s banking sector with its planned acquisition of BMCI from France’s BNP Paribas, in a deal that underscores the exit of the last French bank from Morocco’s retail lending. After completion of regulatory requirements, Holmarcom plans to merge BMCI with Crédit […]
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised Morocco as America’s foremost partner on the African continent, and describing the kingdom’s engagement with the African Lion 2026 military exercises as exceptional and enduring. There is no better host for the continent’s largest multinational military exercise, he said. Speaking by video link during a ceremony held […]