Staffan de Mistura, special envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara / Archive - DR
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Staffan de Mistura, the UN Secretary-General's personal envoy for Western Sahara, has resumed his diplomatic efforts. Recently, he met with Norway's (...)
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Morocco has retained its 11th place in the FIFA men's world rankings, according to the December edition released by FIFA on Monday.
With 1,716.34 points, the Atlas Lions are just 0.54 points short of re-entering the Top 10 for the first time (...)
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The Morocco 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), set to kick off on December 21, is continuing to break records. Beyond record-breaking ticket sales, this edition has also secured a record 20 media rights partnerships across more than 30 (...)
Morocco's jersey history is a whole fashion saga, from the bold, graphic madness of the 80s and 90s to the sleek, modern designs of today. If AFCON had a runway, the Atlas Lions would qualify twice: once for football, and once for their fearless (...)
South Africa is set to host the 11th G20 summit on November 22 and 23. In a move reminiscent of the 2023 BRICS summit, President Cyril Ramaphosa's administration has invited sixteen non-G20 nations to participate. The current guest list features (...)
Moroccan adventurer Meryem Belkihel is returning home after nearly three years cycling solo across 33 African countries, during which she also climbed the continent's three highest peaks. Despite malaria, typhoid, storms, and visa hurdles, she never (...)
Updates to the long-awaited project linking Spain and Morocco suggest that the dream of an undersea tunnel across the Strait of Gibraltar is now within technological reach. The German firm Herrenknecht, a global leader in tunnel-boring technology, (...)
Morocco is gearing up for active participation in the COP30 climate conference set to take place in Brazil, Energy Transition and Sustainable Development Minister Leila Benali said Monday before Parliament. She stressed that the Kingdom continues to (...)
The Moroccan national under-20 team is gearing up to take on France next Wednesday at the «Elias Figueroa Brander» Stadium in Valparaíso. The highly anticipated match, part of the Under-20 World Cup semi-finals being held in Chile, will kick off at (...)
Morocco has established a new seasonal record for tomato exports, shipping 745,000 tons during the 2024/25 season and generating nearly $1.2 billion in revenue. This represents an 8.3% increase over the previous season.
According to EastFruit, data (...)
Morocco is steadily expanding its presence in Denmark's fresh tomato market, with exports reaching 1,660 metric tons during the first 10 months of the current marketing year, spanning from July 2024 to June 2025.
According to EastFruit, this (...)
Dutch logistics company Samskip has launched a dedicated container service linking Morocco's ports of Agadir and Casablanca directly to the UK and the Netherlands, offering a faster, greener alternative for transporting Moroccan fruits and (...)
Morocco has ranked 100th out of 188 countries in the 2025 World Citizenship Report, which evaluates nations based on five key motivators. The report aims to help global citizens, particularly those considering dual citizenship, investment migration, (...)
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), supported by Morocco's Embassy in Norway, organized a meeting with Moroccan professionals in Oslo on July 14. The event explored collaboration opportunities between the university and the diaspora (...)
Moroccan-Dutch imam Youssef Msibih was suspended from his position at Bilal Mosque in Alkmaar after joining a controversial delegation of European Muslim leaders who met Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem. The visit sparked strong backlash (...)
Rabat is hosting the fifth meeting of the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution on May 20, 2025. Co-hosted by Morocco and the Netherlands, the meeting will focus on «Sustaining Momentum for the Peace Process: Lessons (...)
The latest feature film by Nabil Ayouch, Everybody Loves Touda, has won two awards at the Critics' Awards for Arab Films, held alongside the Cannes Festival from May 13 to 24, 2025. The film received the Best Screenplay Award (Nabil Ayouch and (...)
Morocco has moved from the «medium human development» category to the «high human development» category in the 2025 Human Development Index, released today by the United Nations Development Programme, ranking 120th globally.
The 2025 Human (...)
Morocco has recorded a significant increase in tomato exports to Norway during the current season, according to EastFruit. Between July 2024 and March 2025, Morocco exported a total of 5,000 tons of tomatoes to Norway, marking a 37.9% increase (...)
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 (...)
The Democracy Index 2024 report, published by the British newspaper The Economist today, ranked Morocco 91st globally out of 167 countries, placing it in the category of hybrid regimes.
Morocco ranked 91st globally out of 167 countries in the 2024 (...)
Uyghur human rights activist Idris Hasan, held in Morocco since July 2021 and facing extradition to China, has finally been freed. Hasan, whom China accuses of terrorism, has resettled in the United States, arriving on February 14, according to (...)
The Hassan II Foundation for Moroccans Residing Abroad has announced the deployment of a 272-member mission from February 27 to April 1, 2025, to provide religious support to Moroccan expatriates during Ramadan.
This delegation includes 38 (...)
Israel's Defense Minister has acknowledged the existence of plans to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to other countries. However, in his clarification, Israel Katz did not mention Morocco as a possible destination for Gazans—a rumor initially spread (...)
Good news for Moroccan tourism is coming from Norway. The Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) has announced a partnership with the airline Norwegian. This collaboration will allow, starting in May 2025, the launch of a direct air route between (...)