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Muzz Launches New Moroccan Campaign to Reclaim the Conversation Around Marriage
Morocco World News
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July 9, 2025
Rabat– Muzz, the world’s leading Muslim marriage app, is expanding its presence in Morocco with a new campaign that repositions marriage not as a burden, but as a choice rooted in culture, values, and connection. With over 12 million members and...
Morocco's efforts to combat Islamophobia highlighted in Cairo
Hespress
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July 9, 2025
Morocco’s efforts to combat Islamophobia were highlighted on Tuesday in Cairo at an international conference organized by the League of Arab States and the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO). Speaking at the event,...
Morocco’s automotive industry grows 36% in first half of 2025, signaling deep economic shift
Hespress
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July 9, 2025
Morocco’s automotive industry recorded a robust 36% increase in production during the first half of 2025, reflecting the country’s accelerating transformation into a regional industrial powerhouse. According to a statement issued by the Ministry...
Gender Data Shines Light on Marginalised African Women
News Central TV
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July 9, 2025
Nigerian civic-tech organisation TechHerNG launched Kuram, a digital platform, in 2023. The platform helps survivors of technology-facilitated gender-based violence by offering support and a safe space to report incidents. More than a support...
Moroccan founder raises $4.2M for her YC-backed startup building the next layer of AI search
TechCrunch
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July 9, 2025
As generative AI reshapes industries, one of its most important yet invisible challenges is retrieval, the process of fetching the right data with relevant context from messy knowledge bases. Large language models (LLMs) are only as accurate as...
All 65 countries where it’s illegal to be LGBTQ+ in 2025, including the UAE and Mali
Pink News
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July 9, 2025
How many countries is it still illegal to be gay in 2025? More than you’d think, probably. Since we last updated this list, Mali has criminalised LGBTQ+ activity and Trinidad and Tobago have re-criminalised it, although more positively, Namibia...
English to expand across Moroccan education as language policy decree nears final approval
Hespress
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July 9, 2025
English is set to become a core instructional language across all levels of Morocco’s education system, under a draft decree that also mandates the gradual integration of Amazigh. The decree, now nearing adoption by the Government Council, details...
British Airways adds Rabat, Graz, and expanded Madrid service to short-haul network
Aviation24.be
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July 9, 2025
British Airways is boosting its short-haul network with the launch of new routes to Rabat in Morocco and Graz in Austria, as well as expanded service to Madrid from London City Airport. The additions bring the airline’s total number of short-haul...
Mel B's new husband Rory McPhee returns to work at his salon in Leeds after the couple's star-studded wedding - as they prepare to jet off for a second celebration in Morocco
Daily Mail
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July 9, 2025
Mel B's new husband Rory McPhee returned to work at his hair salon on Wednesday, after the couple tied the knot in a star-studded wedding over the weekend. The Spice Girl, 50, exchanged vows with the hairdresser, 37, at St Paul's Cathedral in...
Bank Account Ownership in Morocco Reaches 58% in 2024
Morocco World News
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July 9, 2025
Rabat – Bank Al-Maghrib, Morocco’s central bank, has announced that 58% of adult residents in the country had at least one active bank account by the end of 2024. This is an increase from 54% in 2023. In its annual report on banking, the central...
Enactus Morocco Launches Sustainable Innovation Fest 2025
Morocco World News
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July 9, 2025
Enactus Morocco kicked off its sixth annual Sustainable Innovation Fest (SIF) yesterday in Casablanca, bringing together hundreds of student entrepreneurs to celebrate innovation and compete for the chance to represent Morocco at the global...
Nancy Ajram: Singing in Morocco has unique magic — ‘Warana Eih’ signals new chapter
Daily News Egypt
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July 9, 2025
On a captivating night at the Mawazine Festival – Rhythms of the World, Lebanese pop icon Nancy Ajram lit up the Nahda stage with her signature warmth and beloved voice, reaffirming her enduring place at the heart of the Arab music scene. More...
UN Human Rights Council Extends LGBTQ Rights Expert’s Mandate
Out South Florida
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The U.N. Human Rights Council on July 7 extended the mandate of the United Nations’ independent LGBTQ rights expert for another three years. The resolution passed with 29 countries (Albania, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia,...
Adala UK Condemns Morocco's Expulsion of Spanish Observers from Occupied Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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London (UK) 9 July 2025 (SPS)– Adala UK, a human rights organization based in the United Kingdom, today strongly condemned the latest expulsion of international observers from Western Sahara by Moroccan occupation authorities. On Tuesday, Moroccan...
Latest Appointments to Vatican Dicasteries “encouragement to Africa’s Church”: SECAM President
ACI Africa
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July 9, 2025
The five ministering in Africa included Cristóbal Cardinal López Romero of the Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat in Morocco and member of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB); Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi of Tanzania’s Catholic Archdiocese of...
Bank Al-Maghrib: Over 38 million bank accounts opened in Morocco by end of 2024
Hespress
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July 9, 2025
Morocco’s central bank reported continued growth in financial inclusion, with more than 38.2 million bank accountsopen in the country by the end of December 2024. According to Bank Al-Maghrib, this represents a 5.2% increasecompared to 2023. In...
Moroccan retirees call for pension reform
Hespress
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July 8, 2025
Morocco’s national retirees’ network has voiced deep skepticism over the government’s commitment to genuine pension reform, just days ahead of a scheduled meeting of the national committee tasked with overhauling the retirement system. In a press...
Morocco Rolls Out Urgent Summer Road Safety Plan Amid Alarming Spike in Fatalities
Morocco World News
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July 8, 2025
Rabat – As traffic deaths continue to rise at a troubling pace, Moroccan authorities have unveiled an emergency road safety program to address growing concerns over public safety during the summer season. Nasser Boulaajoul, Director General of the...
Moroccan Roots Emerge in Ancient Egyptian DNA Study
Morocco World News
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July 8, 2025
A newly sequenced genome from a 4,600-year-old Egyptian man has revealed that nearly 80% of his ancestry traces back to Neolithic Morocco, shedding new light on early population movements across North Africa. The discovery, published on July 2 in...
Billionaire Immigrants From Iran, Cuba, Pakistan And Israel Discuss Current Climate
Forbes
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“If it were up to today’s administration, my family’s hopes for living in a land of freedom and opportunity would have been significantly challenged,” says billionaire real estate developer Jorge Perez, referring to the government of his former...