Two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were moderately injured in a car accident on Wednesday in Morocco while participating in the 21st edition of the African Lion military exercise, currently underway in the country.
Israeli media reported on (...)
U.S. Airmen have deployed to Morocco for the 21st edition of African Lion 2025, which kicked off Monday in Agadir and will run through May 23. In coordination with the Royal Moroccan Air Force and allied nations, the exercise includes joint training (...)
Morocco dominates the African Business list of the top 20 largest listed companies in North Africa. This ranking, part of Africa's Top 250 Companies for 2025, reveals that the six largest listed companies in North Africa are all Moroccan.
At the top (...)
Members of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces and U.S. Army instructors took part in academic exercises last week in Agadir, as part of African Lion 2025—the largest annual military exercise in Africa.
A video shared Monday by the Defense Visual (...)
The Moroccan government has pledged to significantly boost its exports to Egypt in the coming months. «They are expected to rise from the current 755 million dirhams to 5 billion dirhams by 2027», said Omar Hjira, Secretary of State in charge of (...)
Morocco has once again asserted its dominance on the African tennis scene. For the seventh consecutive year, the Kingdom was awarded the Trophy for the Best Tennis Nation in Africa on Saturday in Cairo, during the closing ceremony of the African U14 (...)
Customs officials in Cagliari, a municipality in Sardinia, Italy, have seized an unusual shipment from Morocco. Over 2,000 counterfeit toys, destined for Tunisia, were seized by Italian port authorities.
The illicit goods, according to local media, (...)
The Moroccan team played to a goalless draw (0–0) against Nigeria on Sunday, during the second matchday of Group B at the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, held at the June 30 Stadium in Cairo.
In the other Group B match, Tunisia defeated Kenya 3–1. After (...)
The coach of the national U20 football team, Mohamed Ouahbi, stated on Thursday evening in Cairo that the victory against Kenya (3-2) on the first matchday of Group B of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2025) in Egypt was «well-deserved» given his (...)
Real Madrid is facing significant defensive challenges in their last five matches of the Spanish league, with injuries to Antonio Rüdiger, Ferland Mendy, David Alaba, Dani Carvajal, Eder Militão, and Eduardo Camavinga. As a result, coach Carlo (...)
In the 2025 Reporters Without Borders ranking, Morocco saw a slight improvement in the Press Freedom Index, moving from 129th to 120th place globally. Despite this progress, the media in Morocco continues to face significant challenges, particularly (...)
Adopted by the Council of Ministers on April 20, Algeria's draft law on general mobilization signals a significant shift in the country's security policy. It calls for the recall of reservists, centralized oversight by the Ministry of Defense, and (...)
The national taekwondo team clinched nine medals, including three golds, at the 6th President's Cup of the World Taekwondo Federation G3 (WTF), held from April 25 to 27 in Addis Ababa.
In addition to the three gold medals, the national team secured (...)
Police at Morocco's Mohammed V International Airport arrested a Tunisian national on Monday evening who was flagged by Interpol, following a Red Notice issued by French judicial authorities, security sources said.
The 47-year-old suspect was taken (...)
A new ESCWA brief warns that new U.S. tariffs threaten $22 billion in Arab non-oil exports, with Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia facing $114 million in additional sovereign interest payments in 2025. Moroccan exports, however, may benefit from (...)
The European Commission unveiled a new list of so-called «safe countries» regarding migration on Wednesday, which includes seven countries: Morocco, Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, and Tunisia. This classification aims to reduce the (...)
Can Morocco succeed in having the Polisario Front listed as a terrorist organization by the United States? As tensions escalate in the Sahara and the Sahel, Rachid Benlabbah, a Moroccan academic and specialist in Sahara and Sahel studies at the (...)
Could media coverage of the Algerian army's participation as an observer in African Lion 2025, alongside Israeli and Moroccan forces, have prompted a reversal in less than 24 hours? While U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) had initially announced the (...)
Morocco has qualified for the semi-finals of the Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations (U-17 AFCON) after defeating South Africa 3-1 in the quarter-finals on Thursday at El Bachir Stadium in Mohammedia.
Morocco's goals came from Ismail El Aoud (13th (...)
The U.S. Army announced on Wednesday, via a press release, the official launch of the African Lion 2025 exercise, set to begin on April 14 in Tunisia. This is the flagship annual exercise of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM). Additional (...)
Morocco ranked first in the Maghreb and second in Africa for readiness in advanced technologies related to artificial intelligence, according to a report by UNCTAD. The report also noted that the kingdom's programmer base grew by 35 percent between (...)
A study published in Nature uncovers a previously unknown North African genetic lineage from the African wet period, around 7,000 years ago. By analyzing ancient genomes from Taforalt (Morocco) and Takarkori (Libya), the researchers reveal (...)
Moroccan activist and historian Maati Monjib has announced that he has started a hunger strike after being barred from traveling.
In a statement on his Facebook page, Monjib revealed that he had been invited by Sorbonne University to deliver a (...)
The new import tariffs announced by Donald Trump are based primarily on the United States' trade deficit with its partners. However, the calculation method adopted by the U.S. administration has raised many questions.
Starting Saturday, a minimum (...)
President Donald Trump announced new global reciprocal tariffs, imposing a 10% duty on Moroccan goods. Despite the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement, this measure could impact key sectors like agro-food and textiles.
President Donald Trump unveiled (...)