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More than 60 American agricultural organizations have formally called on the US government to remove countervailing duties on Moroccan phosphate fertilizers, warning that the measures are inflating input costs for farmers and jeopardizing the resilience of domestic food production. The appeal, addressed to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in a letter dated March 20, 2026, comes […]
Costa Rica has commended Morocco’s Autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty, describing the plan as “the most serious, credible, and realistic basis for reaching a lasting political solution” to this dispute. The supportive stand comes in a joint statement released in Rabat following the talks held Friday between Costa Rican Foreign […]
Morocco is planning to set up a market for non-performing loans (NPLs) offering the possibility of buying and selling of unpaid loans beyond set deadline. Banks can sell NPLs to reduce risk, free up capital, and maintain profitability, while investors seek to profit by restructuring or recovering value. Morocco’s Central bank, Bank Al-Maghrib, has been […]
Morocco is hosting the USTOA Out of Country Meeting 2026 from March 19 to 29, marking the first time the annual gathering of the United States Tour Operators Association has been held on the African continent. Organized in partnership with the Moroccan National Tourism Office, the event brings together fifty senior industry figures, including USTOA […]
Morocco is considering launching a direct air connection between New Delhi and Casablanca as it aims to capture a share of India’s rapidly expanding outbound tourism market, tourism officials said. The Moroccan National Tourism Office (ONMT) said India sent about 54,000 visitors to Morocco in 2025, a figure expected to rise to 70,000 in 2026. […]
The Czech Republic Thursday expressed support to the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative as the most feasible solution to the dispute over the Sahara, and said it intends to act accordingly. This position was expressed in a Joint Declaration, signed in Rabat Thursday, following a meeting between Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Petr […]
Morocco on Wednesday reiterated, during the ongoing 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, its strongest condemnation of the abject attacks carried out by Iran against several Arab brotherly countries, namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan. “This blatant aggression is a grave violation […]
Morocco has called for a fundamental rethinking of how the international community manages the refugee crisis in the Middle East and North Africa region, urging the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to adopt a new paradigm that addresses root causes rather than managing symptoms. The appeal was made by Omar Zniber, Morocco’s Permanent Representative […]
Morocco has cemented its standing as the fourth most powerful economy in the Arab world, according to the Forbes Middle East 2026 ranking of the region’s 100 most valuable listed companies. Nine Moroccan firms feature in the prestigious list, placing the Kingdom behind the UAE and Saudi Arabia — which together account for 69 of […]
Behind the billions of dirhams validated by Morocco’s Regional Investment Centers in 2024 lies a story that goes far beyond routine statistics. A close reading of that year’s CRI data reveals a country no longer simply chasing investment volumes — but actively organizing its economic development along territorial lines. The numbers speak for themselves. Rabat-Salé-Kénitra […]