The food stalls at Jamaa el-Fna are set to be renewed. Al Omrane Marrakech-Safi has just launched a 7.68-million-dirham contract for their manufacture, installation and connection on Marrakech’s famous square.
Carles Puigdemont puts the status of Sebta and Melilla back at the centre of the Spanish debate. The former Catalan president calls the two cities “colonies” located in Morocco and proposes submitting their belonging to Spain to a referendum.
OCP Nutricrops and Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture have signed a memorandum covering 3.8 million tonnes of phosphate fertilizer. Contrary to initial announcements, this volume is a reference figure: sales will still depend on negotiations with Brazilian operators.
Two prefectures had refused to issue him a residence permit, ordered his expulsion, banned him from returning to France and placed him under house arrest. The Moroccan father of two French children has just had all these decisions overturned.
Nasser Bourita asserts that relations with Israel give Morocco concrete means to help the Palestinians. The minister cites the delivery of 40 tonnes of aid to northern Gaza and assures that Rabat does not therefore share all Israeli positions.
Rabat’s Océan neighborhood has taken second place in Time Out’s 2026 global ranking. It comes ahead of renowned neighborhoods in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Rome, Paris and New York.
Mohamed Ouahbi has responded for the first time to Sofyan Amrabat’s refusal to play for the Atlas Lions as long as he remains manager. He says he respects the Moroccan midfielder’s career, but refuses to guarantee him a place because of his status.
Moroccans who produce their own electricity can sell to the grid only the equivalent of 20 % of their annual production. Greenpeace is calling for the removal of this cap, which it considers unfavorable to households and small solar installations.
Morocco will be among the largest weightings in the new bond index that JPMorgan will launch before the end of September. Dubbed GBI-EM Edge, the benchmark will cover nearly $330 billion in government debt issued in local currencies by 26 countries.
An air link between Casablanca and Almaty is being prepared. The nearly 7,000-kilometre route is initially expected to include a technical stopover, before the launch of a nonstop flight between Morocco and Kazakhstan.
Morocco supplies 8 % of the fruit and vegetables imported by the European Union from third countries. Yet its products appear less often in alerts concerning pesticide residues than their share of trade would suggest.
Morocco has now incorporated into the very structure of the Ministry of National Education a body responsible for education intended for Moroccan children living abroad. Arabic, Amazigh, Moroccan culture, and the history and geography of the kingdom are explicitly included among its missions.