Africa Morocco A $405.000 contract with a consultancy firm close to the US president was signed, allegedly for labelling the Polisario Front in Western Sahara a terrorist organisation to induce the group in negotiations; it is not clear how it would facilitate dialogue
Africa Morocco Forsa entrepreneurship program, launched in 2022 with a budget above MAD 1.25 billion ($138.300 million) to support business creation through interest-free loans, faces implementation challenges and structural problems, beneficiaries lament
Africa Morocco Marhaba 2025, Morocco’s annual summer program that helps diaspora return home for vacation, welcomed over 1,5 million members by July 10, +13,30% on 2024
Africa Morocco The 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, postponed to 2025, opened at the Stade Olympique in Rabat; hosts Morocco battled but ended 2-2 against Zambia
Africa Morocco The 2025 Ibrahim Governance Weekend, based on the 2025 report Facts & Figures: Financing the Africa We Want, gathered key African and global stakeholders to debate challenges and opportunities of financing Africa’s development and climate ambitions
Africa Morocco Tanger Fashion Week 2025 will be closing today; at its 2nd edition, the event - organized in the most Mediterranean of Moroccan cities - celebrates fashion as a cultural link among different words and styles, with craftsmanship and quality as leitmotiv
Africa Morocco Morocco is among 64 countries where the majority of people believe the top purpose of democracy is to improve living standards and well-being, not just as a system to protect freedoms, according to 2025 Democracy Perception Index
Africa Morocco A new archaeological discovery in Kach Kouch, dated 4.000 years ago, challenges the long-held belief that the Maghreb was an empty land before the arrival of the Phoenicians from the Middle East around 800 BC
Africa Morocco King Mohammed VI urged Moroccans "to refrain from performing the rite of sacrifice" during this year's Eid al-Adha, due to prolonged drought that decimated livestock and increased the price of meat
Africa Morocco With the aim of strengthening national sovereignty in the aviation sector, the country announced the creation of an accredited and competitive centre for aircraft maintenance and repair, particularly those belonging to the Royal Moroccan Air Force
Africa Morocco A major earthquake monitoring enhancement project is almost complete; it was launched in March 2024 in cooperation with Japan, UNESCO and the National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research
Africa Morocco UN Tourism will open its first African office in Rabat, after an agreement was reached between UN Secretary General for Tourism Zurab Pololikashvili and Moroccan Minister of Tourism Fatim-Zahra Ammor
Africa Morocco Applications for travel visas to Morocco from Russian citizens increased by almost 81% in 2024