Morocco dominates the African Business list of the top 20 largest listed companies in North Africa. This ranking, part of Africa's Top 250 Companies for 2025, reveals that the six largest listed companies in North Africa are all Moroccan. At the top of the list is Morocco's Attijariwafa Bank, which saw a significant increase in value, rising from $10.8 billion last year to $15.6 billion. Following Attijariwafa Bank is Maroc Telecom, which grew from $8.7 billion to $11.1 billion. Next in line
In a bid to retaliate against Paris, Algiers is rolling out the red carpet for a fringe Breton far-right group. This absurd alliance underscores the chaotic state of Algerian diplomacy: defending its own territorial integrity against the «threat» posed by Boualem Sansal, while simultaneously funding and arming separatist movements and instabilities abroad. An analysis of a policy that has grown increasingly erratic.
The Regional Office of Marrakech South of the Moroccan Association for the Protection of Public Funds has filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutor at the Marrakech Court of Appeals, requesting an investigation into alleged embezzlement of public funds, unlawful benefits from contracts, illicit enrichment, and abuse of power by unknown individuals. The case concerns the new bus station project in Marrakech. According to the complaint, the project—part of the «Renewed City»
Four decades after signing a bilateral agreement with Morocco to explore the feasibility of a tunnel linking the two shores, Spain has relaunched technical studies for what could become one of the most ambitious engineering projects in history: a 38-kilometer undersea tunnel. According to Spanish media, the government has commissioned the public company Ineco to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study to assess whether this long-envisioned project can transition from a geostrategic ambition
The Ceuta Football Federation’s celebration of a local club’s promotion to Spain’s second division was marred by controversy following a report from Catalan sports outlet Mundo Deportivo. The outlet described the team as the «third club of Moroccan origin», referencing historical cases such as Atlético de Tetuán and AgD Ceuta. The Ceuta Football Federation expressed its «profound indignation» over the characterization. «Ceuta is
Mauritania and Morocco share Atlantic ambitions that could turn their geographic location into a major strategic asset. According to the Nouakchott Declaration, adopted at the end of the first Morocco-Mauritania Economic Parliamentary Forum held on May 9–10 in the Mauritanian capital, this geographic positioning could support the development of strategic port and maritime transport infrastructure. Linked to Sahel countries, these infrastructures have the potential to become powerful
Entrusted by Sultan Moulay Ismail with the assignment of conducting a peace treaty with Britain, Moses Ben Attar was a Jewish merchant from Salé. Although he was named Naguid in 1724, he was constantly fined by the King.
In the Tindouf camps, opposition against Brahim Ghali has intensified, with a petition calling for the election of new leadership as the Polisario leader’s authority continues to wane.
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani met with the Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives, Rachid Talbi Alami, on Friday, May 9, in Nouakchott. Following the meeting, the Moroccan official said the discussion covered several important issues, according to the Mauritanian Information Agency (AMI). Also present at the meeting were Mohamed Ould Bemba Meguett, Speaker of the Mauritanian National Assembly; Nani Ould Chrougha, Minister in charge of the Presidency
The attacker involved in the mosque stabbing in La Grand-Combe on April 25 has been formally charged and taken into custody, the Nîmes prosecutor’s office announced on Friday, May 9. Olivier Hadzovic, who fatally stabbed 22-year-old Malian national Aboubakar Cissé, is facing charges of premeditated murder motivated by race or religion—two aggravating circumstances under French law. The suspect, who had fled to Italy after the attack, turned himself in to local