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The United Kingdom reaffirmed its support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Western Sahara on Thursday, with Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper describing it as ‘the most credible, viable, and pragmatic basis for peace’ in the territory following a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in London. The statement consolidates a position that the UK […]
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau plans travel to Algeria and Morocco April 27 – May 1 to discuss regional stability and partnership between the United States and North Africa. Landau’s diplomatic tour was announced Friday by U.S. State Department. It coincides with UN Security Council meetings on the Sahara and the MINURSO in […]
Morocco and UN Tourism on Wednesday inaugurated the UN Tourism Thematic Office on Innovation for Africa in Rabat, marking the first permanent office established by the organization on the African continent, as officials pledged to scale up investment, digitalization and skills development to unlock the continent’s tourism potential. The office was officially opened by Morocco’s […]
Britain and Morocco underscored the deepening of their strategic partnership during talks this week between UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, who is on an official visit to London, as both sides pointed to growing cooperation in security, trade and regional stability. Speaking after the meeting, Lammy highlighted the progress […]
Morocco is bucking a global trend on corporate insolvencies, recording a decline in business failures at a time when the rest of the world is heading into a fifth consecutive year of rising defaults. According to a report published on April 22 by trade credit insurer Allianz Trade, Morocco’s corporate insolvencies fell two percent in […]
Improved rainfall this year reinforced Morocco’s livestock outlook in the 2025–2026 easing feed constraints, lowering production costs and strengthening one of the most structurally important components of the rural economy, according to official data, which shows that the sector now represents 35% of agricultural GDP. Cumulative rainfall increased 82.3% by the end of the winter, […]
Honduras has decided to suspend its recognition of self-proclaimed “SADR”, dealing another blow to the Algerian regime and its Polisario proxy separatist group as the UN Security Council is preparing to hold meetings on the Sahara. In a letter sent Wednesday to Moroccan FM Nasser Bourita, Honduras top diplomat described the move as a “sovereign […]
Austria expressed on Wednesday its support for the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2797 (2025) affirming that “genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty could constitute a most feasible solution.” This position was set forth in a joint Communiqué adopted following a meeting in Vienna between Austria’s Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Beate Meinl-Reisinger and […]
Morocco and Sweden have signed a Memorandum of Understanding providing for upgrading security cooperation to the level of a sustainable partnership, establishing a contractual framework to strengthen mechanisms for exchanging expertise, experience, and best practices in policing. The MoU, signed during the working visit the Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, […]
Morocco’s agricultural sector is heading into one of its strongest seasons in years, with the government projecting a cereal harvest of nearly 90 million quintals and a 15 percent rise in the agricultural GDP for 2026. Agriculture Minister Ahmed El Bouari outlined these figures at the opening of the SIAM 2026 conference in Meknès on […]