Moroccan pilots will have two full-mission simulators replicating the future F-16 Block 72s. The United States has just awarded CAE a contract worth up to $42.1 million to install this equipment, notably at Sidi Slimane Air Base.
Rabat will host SOCAFRICA’s main annual symposium in December. US and Moroccan forces will bring together military delegations and industry representatives around drones, autonomous robots, exoskeletons, night-vision equipment, small arms and other technologies intended for special operations.
Artificial intelligence has mapped the Upper Ziz basin in the eastern High Atlas. According to the two models used, between 15 and 19% of the area studied appears to have topographical characteristics highly favorable to climbing.
Following the United States, NATO is also counting on Morocco to train African military personnel. A session of the DEEP programme is to be organised in the kingdom by the end of 2026 or early 2027.
The labor shortage is worsening in Morocco. In construction, the average daily wage has now reached 220 dirhams. In agriculture, some farmers say they pay up to 400 dirhams for around five hours of work.
Morocco has significantly reduced school exclusion since the early 2000s, but 570,000 adolescents and young people were still out of school in 2023. UNESCO highlights both the scale of the progress achieved and the difficulties that persist in secondary education.
The US Navy is working to complete a microwave transmission network intended to strengthen the Royal Navy’s maritime surveillance in northern Morocco. The program is expected to improve the flow of information needed to monitor maritime activity.
A Moroccan wanted to come to Belgium to improve his French before pursuing higher education. After an initial visa refusal, he completed his application. Four days later, the Immigration Office refused again. The Belgian courts have just annulled this second decision.
Admitted to an engineering school after a preparatory program, a young Moroccan man saw his education abruptly interrupted. His work-study placement was terminated, his training halted and his housing lost. He was supposed to be able to re-enroll before 31 August 2026.
At 26, Mohamed holds a degree in electrical engineering and was working in Morocco. On 30 July, he left Fnideq by swimming to reach Ceuta. Fifteen days later, he is still sleeping outdoors and depends on food distributions.
A Moroccan student who had already obtained two Master’s degrees was refused renewal of her residence permit, with the prefecture deeming her studies insufficiently genuine and serious. The courts have just suspended that decision, ruling that her new course of study is consistent with her career plan.
Nearly 2.9 million Moroccans aged 15 to 29 are not working, studying or receiving any training. Around 70% are women, according to a new document from the European Commission.