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Nouakchott retaliates for Rabat drone attacks on artisanal miners

Mauritania's decision to triple import duties on produce from Morocco is in direct retaliation for Moroccan army drone attacks in the buffer zone.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 25.01.2024

Teachers' strike teaches Chakib Benmoussa a political lesson

Chakib Benmoussa in Rabat, January 8, 2024. © Jalal Morchidi/EPA/MAXPPP

Subscribers only Politics 24.01.2024

ONEE awards contract for construction of future Casablanca desalination plant power line

L'office national de l'électricité et de l'eau potable a distribué les rôles du raccordement électrique de la station de dessalement de Casablanca. Ce projet stratégique a été confié à plusieurs entreprises marocaines, dont Akwa du chef du gouvernement.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 24.01.2024

Label'Vie digs itself out of supermarket boycott hole

After calls to boycott Carrefour supermarkets in Morocco in the context of the Israel-Hamas war, the stock value of its parent company reached its lowest point since August 2021. But things are looking up.

Subscribers only Business 22.01.2024

UN Human Rights Council: Berlin votes for Pretoria over Rabat

Berlin voted for Pretoria's candidate, Mxolisi Nkosi, in the election for the next UNHRC president. Germany's permanent ambassador in Geneva, Katharina Stasch, did, however, extend her congratulations to the election's winner, Moroccan Omar Zniber.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.01.2024

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Macron gears up for potential Rabat visit

France's President Emmanuel Macron and Morocco's King Mohammed VI in Tangier in 2018. © Christophe Archambault/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.01.2024

New French immigration law casts shadow over Paris-Maghreb relations

Paris could soon decide to make the granting of some diplomatic visas conditional on cooperation over migration. This measure features in the immigration bill recently adopted by the French parliament.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.01.2024

Gérald Darmanin, French Minister of the Interior, in Algiers, Algeria on 9 October 2022.

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First winners announced for AFCON 2025 and 2030 World Cup construction contracts

To prepare itself for two of the largest international football competitions, Morocco is racing against the clock to renovate some of its stadiums and start construction of a new one. The favourites to carry out this work are already known.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 16.01.2024

Royal Moroccan Football Federation President Fouzi Lekjaa in Rabat, 28 October 2023.

Turkish armoured vehicles for Moroccan peacekeepers

The contingents of Morocco’s Forces Armées Royales deployed in United Nations peacekeeping missions will soon be equipped with new armoured vehicles made by Turkey.

Subscribers only Defence 16.01.2024

Private health care leader Akdital sets up shop in Oriental region

Morocco's largest health provider Akdital continues to grow with plans to open six new health centres across the country.

Subscribers only Business 16.01.2024

Acwa Power's subsidiary Nomac Ouarzazate reshuffles its oversight council

Several members of the supervisory board of Acwa Power's subsidiary Nomac Ouarzazate, the firm that operates and maintains the Noor Ouarzazate solar power station, inaugurated in 2018, have just changed.

Subscribers only Energy 15.01.2024

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From burgers to jet skis, the many strings to Omar Azaitar's bow

Among the Azaitar siblings, who are well known for their close ties to Morocco's King Mohammed VI, Omar has a keen appetite for business and has launched a slew of companies in recent years.

Subscribers only Business 11.01.2024

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Mohammed VI's abandoned Zanzibari palace

Since 2017, the king of Morocco has owned a grand property in the archipelago. But despite spending several million euros on refurbishments, he has yet to actually stay there.

Subscribers only Politics 10.01.2024

Moroccan King Mohammed VI with former Tanzanian president John Magufuli, in October 2016.

Rabat looks after its students from France's grandes écoles

For the past three decades, a plethora of associations has been working to counter the brain drain resulting from Moroccan students' success at the best French universities. They are supported by the kingdom's leading firms.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 10.01.2024

Morocco's Energy Transition and Sustainable Development minister Leila Benali in Rome, Italy, on December 02, 2022.

PM's Akwa Group set to become key player in Moroccan gas

The group owned by Morocco's ultra-rich Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch has launched Saha Gaz, a firm that aims to import and export liquefied petroleum gas and to manage the distribution of liquefied natural gas.

Subscribers only Energy 09.01.2024

Moroccan PM Aziz Akhannouch at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, 5 June 2023.

AU: Algiers and Rabat clash over leading figures

Deeply divided North Africa is once again in danger of being under-represented in forthcoming appointments to key posts in the pan-African institution.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.01.2024

Dispute paints bad picture of Casablanca International Bienniale

Artists and curators of the contemporary art fair are accusing its organiser Mostapha Romli of not paying their bills. There is also talk of threats and artworks that have mysteriously disappeared.

Subscribers only Business 15.12.2023

With AFCON 2023, Richard Attias makes yet another foray into African sport

Richard Attias & Associates will organise the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2023 African Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Abidjan in January. The Moroccan businessman is also already planning to do the same for the competition's 2025 edition in Rabat.

Subscribers only North Africa 13.12.2023

Executive President of Future Investment Initiative (FII) Richard Attias, talks during an interview with AFP, in Riyadh on 17 October 2022.

McDonald's may pass boycott woes onto its suppliers

The Moroccan franchise of the US fast food giant is examining its options, even the most painful, to counter the wave of boycotts it has been facing.

Subscribers only Business 13.12.2023

A demonstration of support for Palestine passes in front of McDonald's, in Casablanca, on 26 November 2023.

Health minister Aït Taleb loosens purse strings for Oriental region

The Oriental region, one of the hardest hit by rising unemployment in Morocco, is currently the focus of attention of government ministers and Health Minister Aït Taleb is stepping up his initiatives in the region.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 08.12.2023

Rabat and Pretoria duel for top UN human rights job

Morocco and South Africa each have candidates running to take over from Vaclav Balek of the Czech Republic when he completes his one-year term at the end of the year.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.12.2023

Moroccan lawyers join an ICC investigation request

Around 30 Moroccan lawyers will join a collective comprised of associations, NGOs, and lawyers' unions to request the International Criminal Court lead an investigation into Israel's bombing in Gaza.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.12.2023

Ahmed Lahlimi to step down as head of planning commission

Ahmed Lahlimi, the head of Morocco’s Haut-Commissariat au Plan (HCP), will step down in the coming weeks from the post he has held since his appointment by King Mohammed VI in 2003.

Subscribers only Politics 30.11.2023

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Mohammed VI and Emmanuel Macron speed up thaw in Franco-Moroccan relations

After a year of icy relations, France and Morocco are showing signs of wanting to open up to each other again. Following a low-profile trip by French foreign ministry officials to Rabat in early November, a delegation from Paris's interior ministry is due to visit the Moroccan capital shortly.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.11.2023

French President Emmanuel Macron and King Mohammed VI of Morocco pictured during the One Planet Summit in Paris, on 12 December 2017.

Mohammed VI's sister Lalla Hasna to represent Rabat at COP28 in Dubai

Lalla Hasna, chair of the Mohammed VI Foundation for the Protection of the Environment and sister of Morocco's king, is preparing to travel to Dubai to take part in COP28, which will run from 30 November to 12 December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.11.2023

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Nouakchott retaliates for Rabat drone attacks on artisanal miners

Teachers' strike teaches Chakib Benmoussa a political lesson

ONEE awards contract for construction of future Casablanca desalination plant power line

Label'Vie digs itself out of supermarket boycott hole

UN Human Rights Council: Berlin votes for Pretoria over Rabat

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Macron gears up for potential Rabat visit

New French immigration law casts shadow over Paris-Maghreb relations

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First winners announced for AFCON 2025 and 2030 World Cup construction contracts

Turkish armoured vehicles for Moroccan peacekeepers

Private health care leader Akdital sets up shop in Oriental region

Acwa Power's subsidiary Nomac Ouarzazate reshuffles its oversight council

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From burgers to jet skis, the many strings to Omar Azaitar's bow

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Mohammed VI's abandoned Zanzibari palace

Rabat looks after its students from France's grandes écoles

PM's Akwa Group set to become key player in Moroccan gas

AU: Algiers and Rabat clash over leading figures

Dispute paints bad picture of Casablanca International Bienniale

With AFCON 2023, Richard Attias makes yet another foray into African sport

McDonald's may pass boycott woes onto its suppliers

Health minister Aït Taleb loosens purse strings for Oriental region

Rabat and Pretoria duel for top UN human rights job

Moroccan lawyers join an ICC investigation request

Ahmed Lahlimi to step down as head of planning commission

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Mohammed VI and Emmanuel Macron speed up thaw in Franco-Moroccan relations

Mohammed VI's sister Lalla Hasna to represent Rabat at COP28 in Dubai

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Nouakchott retaliates for Rabat drone attacks on artisanal miners

Teachers' strike teaches Chakib Benmoussa a political lesson

ONEE awards contract for construction of future Casablanca desalination plant power line

Label'Vie digs itself out of supermarket boycott hole

UN Human Rights Council: Berlin votes for Pretoria over Rabat

Spotlight Macron gears up for potential Rabat visit

New French immigration law casts shadow over Paris-Maghreb relations

Spotlight First winners announced for AFCON 2025 and 2030 World Cup construction contracts

Turkish armoured vehicles for Moroccan peacekeepers

Private health care leader Akdital sets up shop in Oriental region

Acwa Power's subsidiary Nomac Ouarzazate reshuffles its oversight council

Spotlight From burgers to jet skis, the many strings to Omar Azaitar's bow

Spotlight Mohammed VI's abandoned Zanzibari palace

Rabat looks after its students from France's grandes écoles

PM's Akwa Group set to become key player in Moroccan gas

AU: Algiers and Rabat clash over leading figures

Dispute paints bad picture of Casablanca International Bienniale

With AFCON 2023, Richard Attias makes yet another foray into African sport

McDonald's may pass boycott woes onto its suppliers

Health minister Aït Taleb loosens purse strings for Oriental region

Rabat and Pretoria duel for top UN human rights job

Moroccan lawyers join an ICC investigation request

Ahmed Lahlimi to step down as head of planning commission

Spotlight Mohammed VI and Emmanuel Macron speed up thaw in Franco-Moroccan relations

Mohammed VI's sister Lalla Hasna to represent Rabat at COP28 in Dubai

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Macron gears up for potential Rabat visit

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First winners announced for AFCON 2025 and 2030 World Cup construction contracts

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From burgers to jet skis, the many strings to Omar Azaitar's bow

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Mohammed VI's abandoned Zanzibari palace

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Mohammed VI and Emmanuel Macron speed up thaw in Franco-Moroccan relations