On October 9, Dakhla will host a key economic summit bringing together Moroccan and French business leaders. The announcement was made by Chakib Alj, president of the CGEM, on X, where he shared details about this important gathering. The meeting was first discussed during a September 18 exchange in Paris between Alj and Patrick Martin, president of MEDEF. It was a pleasure to exchange ideas today in Paris with my dear friend @PatrickMartin_1, President of @medef, about the
A few weeks before the pivotal October meeting at the UN Security Council, an official U.S. media outlet revealed details of discussions held in late July in Algiers between President Donald Trump’s special advisor for Africa and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. During the meeting, Massad Boulos urged the Algerian leader to convince the Polisario leadership to accept Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara. «The United States and many Western countries believe that
Staffan de Mistura has continued his regional tour. The personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara arrived in Moscow on Thursday, September 18, where he was received by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin. «The discussions focused on the state and prospects of the peace process in Western Sahara, as well as the UN’s role in efforts to revive the political process to achieve a just, durable, and mutually acceptable solution», the Russian Foreign
Polisario militias have kidnapped about ten Mauritanian gold prospectors near El Malhate, despite the area being inside Mauritanian territory. «Elements of the Front carried out operations on Tuesday and Wednesday against Mauritanians engaged in this activity in their own country. They started by destroying tents, seizing vehicles, and then forcibly took more than ten prospectors to an unknown location in the Tindouf camps on Algerian soil», a Moroccan security source told
On Thursday, September 18, at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, President Donald Trump’s special advisor for Africa met with AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Youssouf. The talks focused on «our shared commitment to advancing peace, conflict resolution, and humanitarian aid across the continent», Massad Boulos wrote in a post on X. It was great to meet with H.E. Mahmoud Youssouf, Chairperson of the @_AfricanUnion, to discuss our shared commitment to advancing
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) has issued its memorandum on Bill 26.25, which deals with the reorganization of the National Press Council (CNP). In its opinion, the Council underscores the importance of safeguarding the independence of the bodies that oversee the sector, along with the protection of freedom of opinion and expression. On this point, it identifies self-regulation as the «most appropriate» tool.
The second edition of TOC Africa 2025 is taking place on September 17 and 18 in Tangier, under the theme «Trade, tariffs, and tensions… How to move forward?». Organized by Tanger Med in collaboration with TOC Worldwide, this event serves as a premier global gathering designed to invigorate the maritime and logistics sectors, according to a press release. The TOC (Terminal Operations Conference) editions are hosted in the «nerve centers of global trade: in Europe in
The Spanish Civil Guard intercepted nearly seven tons of hashish smuggled from Morocco in two consecutive operations last weekend in the Strait of Gibraltar. The smugglers threw the packages overboard while trying to escape, but security forces later recovered them, Spanish media reported. The first operation took place on Saturday off the coast of Tarifa (Cádiz), where a speedboat heading toward Ceuta was spotted. After a joint chase by marine units from Algeciras and Ceuta, the
The Maâmora Forest, between Rabat and Kenitra, will host the Morocco Backyard Ultra on September 19, 2025. This edition will bring together 50 endurance runners in a unique format where athletes must complete a 6.706 km loop every hour until only one remains. Since its first official edition in 2021, Moroccan athletes have shown remarkable progress, with men improving from 20 to 37 loops and women from 12 to 30, organizers said in a press release. This year’s race is particularly
Publicaciones recientes en las redes sociales convocan a marchas juveniles en Marruecos, los días 27 y 28 de septiembre de 2025, para exigir una mejor calidad en los servicios de educación y salud. Una plataforma llamada MoroccanYouthVoice lidera la movilización, promoviendo reuniones pacíficas y proporcionando instrucciones detalladas sobre la vestimenta para los participantes.