Heavy rains in several areas of the Drâa-Tafilalet region have caused flooding. As a direct consequence, national road No. 10, connecting Ouarzazate to Errachidia, has been closed to traffic. The interruption affects a section at the level of the Aït Hakou wadi in the province of Tinghir.
British mining company Emmerson Plc has initiated arbitration proceedings against Morocco before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the World Bank’s arbitration body. It is claiming 2.2 billion dollars in compensation for its potash project in Khemisset.
Faced with the continuous rise in fuel prices, the Secretary General of the National Oil and Gas Union, Houcine El Yamani, denounces the "excessive" margins of the sector’s dominant players.
Remittances from Moroccans in the diaspora contribute to Morocco’s macroeconomic stability, notes a recent policy brief published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) North Africa Sub-Regional Office.
The Minister of Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, has warned against interventions by illegal entities aiming to prevent ride-hailing activities, reiterating his department’s willingness to work towards professionalizing the taxi sector.
According to a recent report by Ookla, a company specializing in connectivity data analysis, the number of fixed Internet and Wi-Fi subscriptions in major hotels in Morocco has increased considerably due to the upcoming summer season and the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) that the kingdom will host from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026.
The judicial police of the city of Temara, in coordination with the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), have arrested a man in his sixties and his 20-year-old son in the act of committing "Samaoui" fraud.
A French tourist in his sixties lost his life while leading a motorcycle expedition in the desert of M’Hamid El Ghizlane, in the province of Zagora.
Chinese authorities have decided to suspend all imports of poultry and poultry products from Morocco, following the detection of an outbreak affected by Newcastle disease, reported by the World Organisation for Animal Health.
The Moroccan Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, announced the completion of feasibility studies and preliminary engineering for the Atlantic gas pipeline project between Morocco and Nigeria, indicating that the Chinese company Jingye will supply the steel for the pipes of the gas infrastructure.
The Khouribga Court of Appeal has upheld the one-year prison sentence of an Islamist activist for "defamation". The accused receives this sentence for his publications on the Gaza war, deemed offensive towards Saudi Arabia.
Navantia is accelerating the construction of the Avante 1800 patrol vessel for Morocco at its San Fernando shipyard in Cadiz. The ship is expected to be delivered to the Royal Moroccan Navy by 2026.