Interpol, in coordination with the police forces of 41 countries including Morocco , Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, conducted two operations to combat drug trafficking in Africa and the Middle East. These operations are part of the AMEAP project of the International Criminal Police Organization.
Casablanca is in the ranking of the 10 richest cities in Africa. Johannesburg is at the top of the pack.
Morocco is featured in the new ranking of the richest countries in Africa in terms of wealth per capita published by AfrAsia Bank, in collaboration with the New World Wealth firm based in South Africa.
Morocco is at the top of the list of champagne importing countries in the Maghreb. This is revealed by the 2019 report of the Comité Interprofessionnel des Vins de Champagne (CIVC).
Morocco is the 11th happiest country in Africa, 6th in the Arab world and 106th in the world, ahead of Algeria (12th, 7th and 109th) in the 2021 World Happiness Report ranking.
Canceled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the African Lion military exercise will take place this year in June in three countries, including Morocco, with some new features. The U.S. Army is considering consolidating the European Army and the African Army into a single four-star command.
Between 2009 and 2019, Morocco worked to develop its framework of exchanges with the rest of Africa. The Moroccan-African trade balance went from a deficit of 5.5 MMDH to a surplus of 3.7 MMDH.
At a time when vaccination against the coronavirus is a major concern, Morocco and Algeria are engaged in fierce competition. Each of them wants to increase its political and commercial influence on the African continent.
Two Moroccans are on the list of the 18 wealthiest people in Africa, according to Forbes. The American economic magazine has revised its list, which has gone from 20 at the beginning of 2020 to 18 in 2021 for a total fortune of $73.8 billion.
Morocco has managed to take a big lead over major African countries by receiving its first doses of AstraZeneca. The kingdom thus becomes the first country on the continent to receive the anti-Covid-19 vaccine.
The next Women’s Africa Cup of Nations football tournament (WAFCON 2022) will be held in Morocco . This was the decision made by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The constitutive elements of the uniqueness of the Moroccan security model in the fight against terrorism have been analyzed by the President of the Institute for Prospective and Security in Europe (IPSE). Former political advisor to the French Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs, security and defense specialist Emmanuel Dupuy, discusses the details in an interview with Atlasinfo .