Morocco and the United States are finalizing the preparations for the 2024 edition of African Lion, the military exercises they co-organize each year in the kingdom. As in the previous year, the Spanish army will not participate in this twentieth edition scheduled for late May.
The creation under the aegis of the United States of a multinational military force composed of Arab countries and including Morocco was at the heart of a discussion in Washington on the sidelines of a recent visit by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to the Uncle Sam’s country.
Algeria looks askance at the joint organization by Morocco and the United States of "African Lion 2024", the largest military exercise in Africa, on Moroccan territory, particularly in the Sahara. A former Algerian minister is expressing his opposition and calling on Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General, to cancel it.
Morocco continues to modernize its army. The Moroccan Auxiliary Forces have received nearly 90 BearCat armored vehicles from the American company Lenco Industries.
Relations between Morocco and France have experienced strong tensions in recent years for various reasons, including the rapprochement with Algeria, Morocco’s neighboring rival, and Paris’s reluctance to recognize the Moroccanness of the Sahara, as already done by the United States, Spain, Israel and Germany. Today, the power of Emmanuel Macron is working to turn the page on tensions.
The US State Department has given the green light to the sale of Javelin missiles and related equipment to Morocco for an amount of $260 million. This will allow the kingdom to strengthen its defense and armament.
A Moroccan city is among the top 10 cultural capitals with the most activities to do. American cities dominate the ranking.
The Ministry of the Interior has lifted the requirement for Moroccan mothers (Moroccan women) to obtain the father’s authorization for the issuance or renewal of Moroccan passports for their minor children. This new measure has been implemented in the Moroccan consulates in New York (United States) and Madrid (Spain).
On the instructions of King Mohammed VI, chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, Morocco is following in the footsteps of Jordan, Egypt, the United States, France, Belgium and the Netherlands in participating in the airdrop of humanitarian aid to Gaza for the benefit of the Palestinians.
The famous American rapper 50 Cent arrived in Marrakech on Saturday to perform at one of the hotels in the ochre city.
The promotion of the Moroccan destination in the United States, financed by the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT), is not well received by Moroccans. And for good reason, its partner, an American airline, has displayed a map of the kingdom without its Sahara in an advertising campaign.
The partnership between the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) and the fast food chain, McDonald’s, has sparked lively controversy among Moroccan Internet users. The latter have a hard time understanding that Morocco is associating with this American brand that they have been boycotting since the beginning of the war in Gaza due to allegations of its support for Israel.