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Morocco is accelerating efforts to guarantee a stable water supply amid ongoing climate pressures, combining rapid expansion of seawater desalination with improved dam storage levels, water minister Nizar Baraka said. Current dam reserves now exceed 11 billion cubic meters, with overall fill rates at nearly 66 percent, more than double last year’s level, Baraka told […]
Morocco’s customs authority (ADII) and the Korea Customs Service (KCS) are nearing the completion of a joint project on digital transformation and artificial intelligence. The project was reviewed at a meeting in Rabat that gathered ADII director general Mohammed Ezzahaoui, senior KCS and CUPIA officials, and Korean Ambassador to Morocco Yoon Yeonjean, according to an […]
The General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) and the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation and Administration Reform have agreed to launch joint workstreams in the short term, Maroc Diplomatique reports. The decision was made at a working session between CGEM president Mehdi Tazi and the AI minister, Ahmed Rahhou, that focused on administrative simplification. […]
Morocco imported 3.98 million tons of cereals and derivatives in the first five months of the 2026/27 campaign, from June 1 to October 31, down 20% from about 4.96 million tons a year earlier, according to L’Economiste daily. The fall of 980,000 tons is based on figures from the cereal and legume traders’ federation (FNCL). […]
Morocco’s Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AMMPS) officially launched two digital platforms on Wednesday in Rabat, VigiMobile and VigiUp, to make it easier to report adverse effects linked to medicines and health products. The launch took place during the international Med Safety Week 2026, running from November 2 to 8 under the slogan “Adverse […]
Morocco has consolidated its fruit and vegetable exports to Canadian market for the fourth consecutive year from 2018 to 2023, EastFruit news platform said. Moroccan exporters shipped 94 thousand tons of fresh, frozen, and dried fruits and vegetables to Canada in 2023, worth $95 million. This is a remarkable increase from four years ago, when […]
Economy Minister Fouzi Lekjaa defended the government’s distribution of public sector positions in the 2027 budget, saying allocations follow national priorities and the needs of essential services, with flexibility applied when required. Speaking before MPs at draft budget discussion, Lekjaa said the roughly 14,200 positions assigned to the Interior Ministry are not linked to compensating […]
Ways to bolster security and intelligence cooperation bet(ween Morocco and Qatar were discussed in Rabat Tuesday at a meeting between Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance (DGSN-DGST) Abdellatif Hammouchi, and visiting Head of Qatar’s State Security Service, Khalfan bin Ali bin Khalfan Al-Batty Al-Kaabi. During the meeting, held as part of efforts to […]
Morocco called on Wednesday for the full and meaningful participation of young Africans in violence prevention, peace processes and governance across the continent. The call was launched by a Moroccan delegation before the African Union Peace and Security Council during an open session on “Youth, Peace and Security” held in Addid Ababa. The delegation stressed […]
Moroccan police arrested a 21-year-old Portuguese national in Marrakech on Monday, November 2, under an international arrest warrant issued by French judicial authorities in connection with a suspected drug-related murder. The operation was carried out using intelligence provided by Morocco’s General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST). An Interpol database check confirmed that the suspect was […]