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Forbes Middle East recently unveiled its 30 Under 30 compendium for 2023, highlighting the outstanding achievements of young Moroccans in a variety of fields. This year’s list features 145 individuals from 22 nationalities spread across 20 countries who are breaking down barriers, enacting meaningful change, and providing substantial contributions…

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev accused France on Tuesday in Baku of fueling a new war in the South Caucasus by supplying arms to Armenia. "France destabilizes not only its past and present colonies but also our region, the South Caucasus, by supporting separatist tendencies and separatists," Aliyev said in a statement to participants of an…

Although Morocco is making considerable strides to boost the teaching of English at its educational institutions--an important step toward facilitating its proficiency on a more widespread basis--the findings of an international study show that the country is still far away from acquiring the competencies required for a respectable world ranking.…

Morocco ranked 114th out of 177 countries with a score of 0.637 on the latest Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Index, according to the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWP) and Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) 2023 Report. The ranking shows progress in the sub-category of maternal health, as evidenced by an updated infant…

Morocco’s Democratic Confederation of Work and Teachers Union announced a three-day national strike to be held this Tuesday through Thursday--which is expected to be accompanied by massive protests--culminated by a national march on December 3rd, according to a press release published on Saturday. Previous strikes were also accompanied by protest…

Morocco is one of the countries committed to dialogue on human rights regionally and internationally, the Head of the Human Rights Treaties Unit at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Ibrahim Salama told MAP during a workshop on "the work of national mechanisms for the prevention of torture" held in Kenitra…

The National Commission in charge of implementing sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council resolutions on terrorism, arms proliferation--and its financing wing (CNASNU)--signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday in Dubai with the Executive Office for Control and Non-Proliferation of the United Arab Emirates, aimed at…

Members of various European parliamentary groups sent a letter last Friday to High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Union, Josep Borrell, denouncing the very serious human rights situation in Algeria. The letter criticized Algeria's regime for its "relentless repression" of free expression,…

Boeing's Mesa, Arizona manufacturing facility has initiated the production of 24 AH-64E Apache helicopters destined for the Kingdom of Morocco. The announcement, made on Monday, comes as part of a contract with the U.S. Army through the Foreign Military Sales program, marking Morocco as the 17th country to acquire this advanced apparatus.…

France has removed “all limitations” on obtaining visas for Moroccan citizens, after a major mess up in the republic’s policies, announced French Ambassador to Morocco Christophe Lecourtier in a very forthright interview on Radio 2M. Moroccans had complained about France’s widespread refusals to grant visas, contributing to the recent rift in…