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Morocco Sets Record in Fresh Onion Exports After Lifting of Ban
Morocco World News
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August 28, 2025
Rabat – Morocco’s onion farmers and traders have entered a new chapter. After a year marked by restrictions and setbacks, the country’s fresh onion exports not only recovered in 2024 but reached levels never seen before. Data from EastFruit show...
Morocco completes trial of Israeli Extra guided missile
Globes
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August 28, 2025
Morocco has completed the successful trial of an Extra guided missile produced by Israeli defense electronics company Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE:ESLT) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), as part of a training exercise in the...
Moroccan-American Rapper French Montana Engaged to Princess of Dubai Sheikha Mahra – Here’s All You Need To Know
Latestly
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August 28, 2025
Moroccan-American rapper French Montana (Karim Kharbouch) and Sheikha Mahra, Princess of Dubai, are officially engaged, TMZ reported. The 40-year-old rapper and 31-year-old royal formalised their relationship in June during Paris Fashion Week,...
Morocco's Energy Transition Experience Spotlighted in New Delhi
Morocco News
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Thursday 28 August 2025 Morocco's pioneering experience in energy transition, driven by the enlightened vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, was spotlighted on Wednesday in New Delhi during the 20th edition of the India-Africa Business...
Morocco, Egypt Discuss Bolstering AI Cooperation
Morocco News
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Thursday 28 August 2025 Morocco's Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Administrative Reform Amal El Fallah held talks on Tuesday via videoconference with Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat, focusing...
Morocco advances work on high-speed rail extension to Marrakech
Hespress
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August 28, 2025
Morocco is moving ahead with construction on the civil engineering phase of its high-speed rail extension between Kenitra and Marrakech, a 430-kilometer line that will significantly reduce travel time between the two cities. The National Railway...
Le Monde persists in its hostility towards Morocco
Atalayar
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August 28, 2025
Le Monde's prediction was frustrated and it lost its bet. It adopts a misleading discourse to perpetuate misconceptions and seeks to promote these rumours, which target the Kingdom of Morocco, through what we might call ‘information manipulation’...
Moroccan government to raise disaster solidarity levy to 1.5%
Hespress
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August 27, 2025
HESPRESS English – Morocco News Society Hespress ENWednesday 27 August 2025 - 22:00 Morocco’s government plans to raise the disaster solidarity levy on insurance contracts from 1% to 1.5% in a bid to boost funding for the national disaster...
Spanish conservatives call for Western Sahara exclusion from EU-Morocco trade
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW)
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August 26, 2025
The Spanish delegation to the EPP group in the EU Parliament requests that Western Sahara be excluded from the EU-Morocco trade agreement. Photo: a truck on its way to the plantations in Tinighir, Dakhla, to pick up tomatoes for transport to...
US blueberries are now cleared for the South African market
Fresh Fruit Portal
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August 28, 2025
Through a press release, the North American Blueberry Council (NABC) celebrated South Africa's authorization for the import of US blueberries from all 50 states. “After years of stalled progress, we thank the Trump administration for prioritizing...
Cameroon Urges a Deeper Partnership With Côte d’Ivoire, Beyond Mere Trade
Business in Cameroon
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August 28, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroonian Minister of Commerce Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana met with a delegation from Côte d’Ivoire's National Committee for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on August 26, 2025, in Yaoundé. While both...
Tank-like dinosaur 'bristling with spikes' discovered in Morocco
The National News
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Extensive fossilised remains of a dinosaur named Spicomellus have been discovered in the Atlas Mountains near the Moroccan town of Boulemane. About four metres long and weighing up to two tonnes, Spicomellus is the oldest known member of a group...
Governor of Taiwan's central bank ranked A- by Global Finance
Focus Taiwan
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August 28, 2025
Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) Yang Chin-long (楊金龍), governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan), received an A- grade from New York-based Global Finance magazine, up from B+ last year. Based on the Central Banker Report Cards 2025...
Morocco Tops Regional Silver Production and Consumption in 2024
Sada Elbalad
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August 27, 2025
Wed 27 Aug 2025 | 08:13 PM Morocco ranked first regionally in silver production and consumption during 2024, according to recent data released by IndexBox and CEIC Data, capturing 95% of total output and 86% of total consumption across the Middle...
Morocco potato exports rebound fivefold after easing of restrictions
Hespress
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August 27, 2025
Moroccan potato exports surged between July 2024 and May 2025, multiplying fivefold to 42,900 tonnes worth 14.9 million dollars, according to trade data. The figure is 5.7 times higher than the previous season and 50 percent above 2022/23 levels,...
Morocco expands influence in the Sahel as Algeria faces setbacks, report says
Hespress
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August 27, 2025
Morocco is increasing its influence across the Sahel, while Algeria’s traditional foothold in the region is weakening, according to a new report from the Middle East Institute for Policy and Economy. The study points to recent political and...
Morocco ranks third in Africa with 7,500 millionaires, Africa Wealth Report 2025 shows
Hespress
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August 27, 2025
Morocco is home to around 7,500 US-dollar millionaires, placing it third in Africa after South Africa and Egypt, according to the Africa Wealth Report 2025 published this week by Henley & Partners in collaboration with New World Wealth. The study,...
Morocco customs seize 64 tons of plastic bags in 2024, down 76 percent
Hespress
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August 27, 2025
HESPRESS English – Morocco News Society Hespress ENWednesday 27 August 2025 - 17:34 Moroccan customs authorities seized 64 tons of plastic bags in 2024, marking a sharp 76 percent decline compared to the previous year, according to the annual...
Venice Market Kicks Off With Robust Numbers, an Added Day, and Stronger Latin American and Middle East Presence
Variety
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August 28, 2025
Just as George Clooney and Adam Sandler hit the Lido for Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly,” the Venice Production Bridge is kicking off with some 3,300 film industry executives – roughly 1,400 of which are producers – set to disembark for the 12th...
Morocco's Treasury places MAD 2.1 bln in cash surpluses
Hespress
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August 27, 2025
HESPRESS English – Morocco News General With MAPWednesday 27 August 2025 - 21:30 Morocco’s Treasury and External Finance Directorate (DTFE) carried on Wednesday a cash surplus placement, totaling MAD 2.1 billion. The repo placement was subscribed...