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AUC Chair Hails Morocco's Leadership in Advancing Peace and Security in Africa

Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Mahmoud Ali Youssouf received on Friday at the pan-African organization's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Morocco's Ambassador Permanent Representative to the AU and UNECA Mohamed Arrouchi. During the meeting, which came at the end of Morocco's chairmanship of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) in March, Ali Youssouf highlighted ...

Morocco
21:24 Et March 28, 2025

France’s Alstom Announces Contract with ONCF to Manufacture 18 Trains for Morocco Worth €781 Million

French company Alstom officially announced on Friday the signing of a contract with ...

OCP Announces Major Phosphate Investment with Two New Mining Hubs

Morocco’s OCP Group has unveiled a significant strategic investment to boost its phosphate ...

Morocco Drilled Four Exploratory Wells in 2024 with MAD 1 Billion Investment – Minister

Morocco's energy transition efforts have yielded encouraging results over the past year, underscored ...

New Air Partnership to Open More Routes Between China, Morocco, and Beyond

 To address the growing demand for travel between China and Africa, Royal Air ...

Israeli strikes kill a family of 6 and a Hamas spokesman in Gaza

Israeli strikes overnight and into Thursday killed a family of six and a Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip. A ...

Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready to observe ceasefire against energy targets following US-brokered deal

Ukraine is ready to proceed with a ceasefire prohibiting attacks on energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, in line with ...

Gaza’s child amputees struggle with recovery, especially after Israel’s cutoff of aid

Five-year-old Sila Abu Aqlan curled her lip in concentration as she practiced walking for the first time on a prosthetic ...

US holding separate discussions with Russian, Ukrainian representatives to explore potential ceasefire

U.S. negotiators worked to hammer out details of a proposed partial ceasefire in Ukraine on Monday, meeting with representatives from ...

Israel strikes southern Gaza and orders new evacuation as Palestinian death toll climbs past 50,000

Israeli strikes across the southern Gaza Strip killed at least 26 Palestinians overnight into Sunday, including a Hamas political leader and several ...

Morocco

World Bank: Morocco’s Economy to Grow 3.6% in 2025

Morocco’s economy is poised to grow 3.6% in 2025 before moderating to 3.5% in 2026, according to the World Bank, as favorable weather bolsters agriculture while non-agricultural sectors maintain steady expansion. Speaking in Rabat on Wednesday at the launch of the World Bank’s latest Morocco Economic Monitoring Report, Senior Economist Javier Diaz Cassou described the ...

March 26, 2025

Moroccan-Mauritanian Ties ‘Going Through Their Best Period’ in Recent Years - Mauritania's FM

Relations between Mauritania and Morocco “are going through their best period” in recent years, Mauritania’s ...

Morocco Slams Algerian 'Double Standards' at UN Over MINURSO Human Rights Mandate

Morocco's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Majda Moutchou, has criticized the "blatant and ...

Official: Inclusion of Rural Women in Morocco Likely to Generate MAD 25 Bln Gain

The inclusion of rural women in Morocco could generate an economic gain of MAD 25.3 ...

To Boost Agricultural Trade Relations: Delegation Representing 15 U.S. States to Visit Morocco in May

Morocco’s Ambassador to the United States, Youssef Amrani, has announced that a high-level U.S. trade ...

Tourism in Morocco

World

Zelenskyy says Putin’s vow not to hit Ukraine’s energy infrastructure ‘at odds with reality’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that a vow by Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin not to attack energy infrastructure was “very much at odds with reality” following an overnight barrage of drone strikes across ...

12:11 Et March 19, 2025

Putin and Trump will speak on Tuesday about the war in Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as efforts continue to end to the war in Ukraine, a ...

Trump administration weighs travel ban on dozens of countries, memo says

The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a ...

Putin Expresses Support for Ukraine Ceasefire Proposal, Stresses Need for Further Talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he agrees in principle with a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, but ...

Middle East

Israeli strikes across Gaza kills 21 people, health authorities say

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 21 Palestinians, local health authorities said on Monday, as Israeli forces operated in Rafah near the border with Egypt, escalating a new week-long aerial and ground offensive. Health officials said Israel has killed nearly 700 Palestinians since it resumed attacks on Gaza last Tuesday, ending weeks of ...

12:18 Et March 24, 2025

Turkey jails Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu pending trial

A Turkish court on Sunday jailed President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, ...

Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza and destroy its only cancer hospital

Israeli forces advanced deeper into the Gaza Strip on Friday and blew up the only specialized cancer ...

Israel returns to war in Gaza with wider aims and almost no constraints

Israel’s renewed military offensive in the Gaza Strip threatens to be even deadlier and more destructive than ...

Israeli strikes across Gaza hit multiple homes, killing at least 58 Palestinians, medics say

Israeli strikes killed at least 58 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Thursday, ...

Economy

Dollar struggles to lift off as global trade war ramps up

The dollar struggled to lift off a five-month low against major peers on Wednesday, as ...

Algeria Blocks Renault Factory Amid Diplomatic Feud with France

French media reports indicate that Renault, the French automotive manufacturer, has yet to receive ...

Mercedes-Benz 2024 car sales fall in tough year for automakers

Mercedes-Benz's core car sales fell in 2024, a tough year for the auto industry ...

Tourism

Marrakech-Menara Airport Removes Inspection Devices for Smoother Passenger Flow

Marrakech-Menara Airport removed, on Friday, the inspection devices, scanners, and security gates at the entrances, ...

Delta Airlines to Launch Direct Atlanta-Marrakech Flight

Morocco reinforced its connectivity with the United States through launching a direct flight by ...

UN Tourism in Morocco: Driving Investments and Celebrating Innovation in Africa’s Most-Visited Destination

UN Tourism has strengthened its partnership with the Kingdom of Morocco, a key ally ...

Sport

Football : RS Berkane Crowned Moroccan Champions

Renaissance Sportive of Berkane (RSB) won their first title in Morocco's national soccer championship (Botola ...

World Cup 2026 Qualifiers: Morocco's Head Coach Unveils Squad for Games against Niger, Tanzania

Morocco's national football head coach Walid Regragui unveiled on Friday the 26-man squad selected ...

Fouzi Lekjaa Elected as CAF’s Top Representative on FIFA Council with Overwhelming Majority

The president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Fouzi Lekjaa, was elected by ...

Technology

ChatGPT boss says no thanks to Elon Musk-led $97bn bid

Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI - the maker of ChatGPT - has rebuffed ...

Google suggests fixes to its search monopoly

Alphabet's Google proposed new limits to revenue-sharing agreements with companies including Apple which make ...

How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories

Facebook has severely restricted the ability of Palestinian news outlets to reach an audience ...

Africa

Sudan army close to taking control of Presidential Palace from RSF, state TV says

Sudan's army is close to taking control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the ...

Rights Organization Expresses Concern Over Continued Child Recruitment in Tindouf Camps

The African Human Rights Organization has voiced deep concern over the continued recruitment of ...

US expels South Africa's ambassador, calling him 'race-baiting' Trump hater

The U.S. is expelling South Africa's ambassador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, calling ...

Variety

Embezzlement Scandal Sparks Crisis Within "Polisario" Front

An internal crisis has unfolded within the "Polisario" Front following the disappearance of humanitarian aid ...

Assahifa, IINA Sign MOU to Boost Media Cooperation

Assahifa media group has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Iraq International News ...

Striking images reveal depths of Titanic's slow decay

It was the image that made the Titanic's wreck instantly recognisable - the ship's ...