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[ad_1] Home-sharing platform Airbnb has recently bowed to pressure from a foreign activist group, removing legitimate references to Morocco from accommodation listings located in the country’s southern provinces. The move represents a troubling capitulation to political manipulation that ignores the reality on the ground, as the platform quietly updated its website after receiving a letter from Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW). Responding to WSRW, a network of foreign activists with no connection to the region, Airbnb has removed cities like Laayoune, Dakhla, and Boujdour, which have been integral parts of Morocco for decades. Foreign interference in Morocco’s domestic affairs WSRW’s…
[ad_1] The International Monetary Fund’s 2024–2025 Executive Board report offers a nuanced view of Mauritania’s economic outlook, acknowledging strides in macroeconomic stability and reform while underlining persistent vulnerabilities. Security instability in the broader Sahel region remains a critical constraint, diverting public resources toward defense and deterring foreign investment. The fragile regional context, coupled with Mauritania’s reliance on extractive industries, leaves the country acutely exposed to external shocks, such as volatile commodity prices and delays in key oil and gas projects, which risk destabilising fiscal balances and foreign reserves. The report also identifies major structural weaknesses undermining the country’s development. Insufficient…
[ad_1] Real Madrid are close to finalising a new long-term contract for Brahim Díaz, despite continued interest from clubs across Europe and the Middle East. The Moroccan international turned 26 today amid reports of firm approaches from clubs such as Benfica and Fenerbahçe. Despite that, Real Madrid made it clear: he’s staying. Spanish news outlet Marca reports that the renewal has been in progress since June, with both sides seeing his role as essential for the upcoming campaign. His current deal runs until 2027, but the extension would keep him at the club until at least 2029. Real Madrid have…
[ad_1] Morocco’s budget deficit remained within manageable limits during the first half of 2025, despite an increase in public spending, according to new figures released by the General Treasury of the Kingdom (TGR). As of the end of June, the deficit stood at 24.8 billion dirhams, a level consistent with the targets set in the 2025 Finance Law. The report shows that total state resources reached 393 billion dirhams, representing 59.7% of the annual forecast. Ordinary revenues, excluding loans, amounted to 319.8 billion dirhams, while expenditures, excluding debt amortization, totaled 344.6 billion dirhams. When loan revenues of 73.2 billion dirhams…
[ad_1] A heatwave and a thunderstorm with hail and wind are expected to hit several provinces across Morocco. A new weather alert from the General Directorate of Meteorology said a heatwave will range between 40 and 44 degrees Celsius from Sunday and Monday. The heatwave will concern the provinces of Tata, Zagora, Khouribga, Ouezzane, Beni Mellal, and Fqih Ben Salah. The same weather will cover Meknes, El Hajeb, Fez, Sefrou, Moulay Yacoub, Taounate, and Taza. From Tuesday and Wednesday, the same weather hit the provinces of Rehamna, El Kelaa Seraghna, Marrakech, Zagora, Taroudant, Taounate, Taza, Moulay Yacoub, Meknes, Fez, Fquih…
[ad_1] A young woman has admitted that she had made up a sexual assault complaint filed at the Ferrol National Police Station against a Moroccan residing in Spain. The Spanish media outlet Elmundo reported that the 18-year-old woman admitted to investigators that she fabricated the allegations. She initially reported being sexually assaulted in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Investigators summoned her to the police station Friday afternoon after they detected “inconsistencies” in her narratives, leading the woman to acknowledge, in the presence of her lawyer, that her complaint was fabricated. The original complaint had led to serious criminal proceedings,…
[ad_1] Marrakech – Spain’s government has approved a groundbreaking draft law on Classified Information that will replace the Franco-era Official Secrets law of 1968. The legislation, approved by the Spanish Cabinet in late July, represents an unprecedented step toward transparency by automatically declassifying documents over 45 years old. According to Spanish news outlet El País, the declassification process will affect thousands of documents dating before 1982, including sensitive files on Spain’s hasty, sudden withdrawal from Morocco’s Saharan territories in 1975 and the triumphant Green March. The newspaper reports that “the process that led to the precipitous abandonment of Western Sahara…
[ad_1] The Trump administration’s sweeping new tariffs on African exports have triggered a wave of mixed reactions across the continent, as governments, businesses, and civil society grapple with the implications of the United States’ evolving trade posture. Under an executive order signed on July 31, tariffs ranging from 15% to 30% were imposed on 20 African countries, including major economies such as South Africa, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. The move is part of President Donald Trump’s broader “America First” strategy, which seeks to replace traditional aid with commercial engagement. In South Africa, which faces the highest tariff rate of 30%,…
[ad_1] Morocco’s central bank, Barid Al Maghrib (BAM), reported fewer check payment issues in 2024, even as the country’s credit market continued to grow steadily. The Central Payment Incidents Database recorded 487,613 payment incidents in 2024, down 4.7% from the previous year, according to Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM). The total value of these incidents also fell 4% to MAD 16.1 billion ($ 1.77 billion). However, people resolved more payment problems than before. The number of regularizations jumped 50.4% to 192,346 cases, while the total amount nearly doubled to MAD 5.4 billion ($ 594.288 million). BAM attributes this increase mainly to an…
[ad_1] US president Donald Trump reiterated his country’s recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and described autonomy as the only solution to the dispute. “I also reiterate that the United States recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara and supports Morocco’s serious, credible, and realistic Autonomy Proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute,” Trump said in a message to King Mohammed VI on occasion of the Throne Day. “The United States deeply values our strong and enduring partnership with Morocco. Together, we are advancing shared priorities for peace and security in the region,…