Khémisset, Morocco’s future capital of critical metals?
10 mai 2026Long associated with agriculture and a handful of historic mining operations, Khémisset is once again drawing the attention of mining companies. Around Achmmach, El Karit, Mejmaa Salihine and the potash deposits, several projects linked to tin, antimony, lithium and tungsten could make the region one of the new strategic hubs of Morocco’s mining future.
Médias24 Brief. Is the Trump administration about to force Algeria’s hand on the Sahara?
10 mai 2026With less than six months to go before the window opened by Resolution 2797 closes, diplomacy around the Sahara is accelerating. The meeting between the senior adviser to the U.S. president for Arab and African affairs and Algeria’s ambassador in Washington reveals a sharper American resolve to draw Algiers into a framework of compromise, after years of deadlock, delaying tactics and denial.
Football: Moroccan Refereeing Under the Spotlight
10 mai 2026Integration of technologies, performance‑analysis platforms, VAR operations, and the internal organization of the refereeing body — the modernization of Moroccan refereeing took center stage at a meeting held on Thursday, May 7, in Salé by the National Arbitration Directorate.
Electric batteries: Gotion’s Kenitra plant set to start production in August 2026
9 mai 2026The Chinese manufacturer is refining the timeline for its Moroccan gigafactory, set to become one of the major industrial links in electric mobility between Morocco and Europe. In Kenitra, recent hiring efforts already point to the project entering an advanced preparation phase.
Air defense: Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces strengthen mobile capabilities against drones and loitering munitions
9 mai 2026Recent images showing Moroccan Sherpa vehicles equipped with Mistral 3 systems confirm the integration of a close-range protection capability designed to accompany FAR units on the move. The development reflects the gradual adaptation of Morocco’s air defense to threats that are more mobile, more numerous and harder to intercept.
Tribute. Abdelwahab Doukkali, the messenger, has fallen silent
9 mai 2026The greatest singer Morocco ever gave the Arab world died this Friday, May 8, 2026, in Casablanca. He was 85, with a voice for the ages and a life that read like a novel.
Smara attack. Major powers condemn as Polisario is caught up in its own rocket fire
9 mai 2026International reactions to the May 5, 2026 attack on Smara reflect a tightening diplomatic context around the Sahara issue. The United States, France and the European Union have condemned the Polisario’s rocket fire, while the UN has expressed concern over incidents in civilian areas. This convergence also marks a shift in the narrative: as the prospect of a political solution becomes clearer, the separatist movement is being confronted with the terrorist nature of its ideology and actions. For Morocco, reality is striking back.
Report. In Gharb-Loukkos, the strawberry is losing ground
8 mai 2026It is an investor’s logic — rather than a farmer’s — that has shaped the red‑fruit sector in the Gharb‑Loukkos plain since the 1990s. National and foreign capital, packaging stations meeting European standards, contracts with major global retailers, a skilled workforce, and strict quality discipline: strawberries, the founding crop, were the first to impose this model across the region. Today, that same logic is replacing them with other crops, as the equation changes — rising labor costs, a declining water table, and international price competition. Blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and avocados now offer the solutions that strawberries can no longer provide. The floods of 2026 merely hastened what arithmetic had already decided. On‑site observation.
Agriculture: Imported fertilizers surge 40–60%, squeezing farmers’ margins
8 mai 2026Moroccan farmers are facing a turbulent period amid tensions in the global fertilizer market. Since February 2026, the prices of imported fertilizers have surged by 40 to 60 percent, eroding the margins of a season revived by the return of rains.
After weeks of waiting, a sulfur cargo bound for Morocco clears the Hormuz blockade
8 mai 2026The Panamanian bulk carrier Richsing Lotus crossed the Strait of Hormuz with 50,000 tons of sulfur destined for the OCP complex in Jorf Lasfar, having departed from the port of Ruwais in the United Arab Emirates.
Morocco-Spain. Sebta, Melilia and the fiction of a Moroccan-American front to reclaim the enclaves
28 avril 2026Against a backdrop of unprecedented tensions between Madrid and Washington over the use of Spanish military bases in the war against Iran, parts of Spain’s public debate have revived the specter of Morocco reclaiming Sebta and Melilia with U.S. support. Fueled by certain political positions and amplified by media coverage, the hypothesis remains, at this stage, more fantasy than real diplomatic momentum.
Private 5G. How factories, ports and hospitals could be transformed in Morocco
28 avril 2026Remote-controlled robots, factories able to transmit data in real time, smoother port operations, safer mines, connected stadiums for tens of thousands of spectators… In Morocco, private 5G is no longer a theoretical concept. In an interview with Médias24, Ouassim El Arroussi, Director of Studies and Development at Inwi, takes us behind the scenes of the country’s first industrial deployment of the technology and explains why it could open up a new strategic market for the Kingdom. A deep dive.
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