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Morocco unveils 2025–2026 academic calendar, sets September 8 as official start date
Hespress
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July 4, 2025
Morocco’s Ministry of National Education, Preschool, and Sports has announced that the 2025–2026 academic year will officially begin on September 8, 2025, for all educational levels, including preschool, primary, lower secondary, and upper...
Morocco Revamps Consular Network with 22 Strategic Appointments
Morocco World News
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July 4, 2025
Cologne – Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates has appointed 22 new Consuls General across key international posts. This shift, described as one of the most important in recent years, touches over a...
Morocco’s Advances in Women’s Full and Equal Participation Highlighted in Geneva
Hespress
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July 4, 2025
Morocco’s significant progress in ensuring women’s full and equal participation and representation in political and decision-making spheres was showcased by the Interministerial Delegation for Human Rights (DIDH) during an event held Thursday in...
ISA Queer Network in Rabat Sparks Backlash Over Cultural and Religious Values
Morocco World News
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July 5, 2025
Rabat — The International Sociological Association (ISA) has announced the creation of a new internal network, the Queer ISA Network (QISA), designed to support queer members within the association. The launch was announced during the ISA’s Fifth...
Moroccan startup funding nearly triples to $95 million as travel tech takes lead
Hespress
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July 4, 2025
Startup funding in Morocco surged to nearly $95 million in 2024, almost tripling compared to 2022 levels, driven largely by a breakout performance in the travel technology sector, according to a new report from Mohammed VI Polytechnic University...
CUTS Fires WAEC Over GH¢15 Scratch Card Fees
Daily Guide
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July 8, 2025
Appiah Kusi Adomako Consumer advocacy think tank, CUTS International, has petitioned the Ministry of Education and Parliament to intervene and compel the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to scrap fees charged to students for accessing...
BI intercepts Pinay, Moroccan at NAIA
Philippine STAR
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July 5, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — A Filipina suspected to be a victim of a mail-order-bride scheme was held, along with her Moroccan escort, at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 by the Bureau of Immigration. BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said...
CAF President Commends Morocco’s Football Development as WAFCON Kicks Off
Morocco World News
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July 5, 2025
Mrirt — African Football Confederation (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe commended Morocco’s ongoing contribution to African football development. As the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, which runs from July 5-26 in Morocco, is kicking off tonight,...
THIS MONTH IN SPAIN: How Spain and Morocco (almost) came to blows over an uninhabited rock
Olive Press
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July 5, 2025
WE sometimes say “I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.” What we mean is, the thing that happened might have had serious consequences, but it was ludicrous on its face. The invasion of Parsley Island was just such an event. Parsley Island (“La...
Sewickley area student news for the week of July 8, 2025
Sewickley Herald - Pennsylvania
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July 8, 2025
Hannah Stein is studying Arabic this summer in Morocco on a National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship. She is one of 440 students selected from thousands of high school applicants across the United States to receive a NSLI‑Y...
Morocco bets on video game industry to diversify economy
The New Arab
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July 3, 2025
Morocco is laying down foundations to build a homegrown gaming industry by establishing a developer hub in the capital, training coders and launching programs to draw tech-savvy youth into the sector. State officials invited developers, students...
UPF Partners with Arizona State University to Launch American International Institute in Morocco
Morocco World News
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July 5, 2025
Rabat – The Private University of Fez (UPF) announced Wednesday a landmark partnership with Arizona State University (ASU) to establish the American International Institute, a new hub for dual-degree education in Morocco and the wider region....
Morocco’s Foreign Ministry Appoints 22 New Consuls General
Hespress
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July 3, 2025
Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates announced, on Thursday, a significant reshuffle in its network of Consuls General, in one of the most extensive nomination movements in recent years. The overhaul...
Morocco Approves New Laws to Strengthen Professional Journalism
Morocco World News
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July 3, 2025
Rabat — The Moroccan government has approved two important draft laws today aimed at strengthening the legal framework governing professional journalism. Following the weekly cabinet meeting on Thursday, Mustapha Baitas, the government...
Morocco posts 4.8% growth in Q1; government approves draft reform of national press council
Hespress
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July 3, 2025
Morocco’s economy grew by 4.8% during the first quarter of 2025, up from 3% in the same period last year, according to Mustapha Baitas, Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament and Government Spokesperson. Speaking at a press...
She moved from Maryland to Morocco for a better life. She didn't expect to start a school in her home.
Insider
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July 5, 2025
Julie Wilburn, 53, never anticipated that, over a decade after moving from Maryland to Morocco, she would be running her own school. That's now her reality. "I started with four kids out of my own house, and then I just started building a little...
Celebrating Pastor Folu Adeboye At 77: A legacy of educational impact in Africa
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 5, 2025
Pastor Folu Adeboye, wife of Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), will turn seventy-seven on July 13, 2025. Her life has consistently been devoted to the pursuit and promotion of education. She...
Morocco's Central Bank Governor calls for closer international cooperation in islamic finance
Hespress
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July 3, 2025
Wali of Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) Abdellatif Jouahri called on Thursday in Rabat for enhanced international cooperation to further promote Islamic finance. “The challenges facing Islamic finance require reinforced international cooperation, in line...
Morocco, Guatemala's Foreign Ministers (Fms) Hail Outstanding Bilateral Ties Marked By 'Very Positive' Dynamic
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Mr. Nasser Bourita, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guatemala, Mr. Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado hailed the outstanding...
Morocco explores its digital future at the 2025 Morocco Gaming Expo
Africanews
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July 3, 2025
Virtual reality, e-sport and artificial intelligence: welcome to the Morocco Gaming Expo. The event’s second edition is being held in Rabat from 2 to 6 July 2025. More than 100 companies from Morocco and other countries, including France, Japan,...