Here are the main titles developed by the national press on Monday, May 5, 2025
L’Opinion
• From next December, Morocco will host millions of supporters on the occasion of the African Cup of Nations, before receiving the whole world in 2030 for the FIFA World Cup. The countdown is therefore launched: the kingdom has a short time to meet the strict requirements of CAF and, above all, FIFA, while ensuring to offer a memorable experience to its visitors. If, in March 2025, Morocco Telecom and Inwi sealed a strategic partnership to accelerate the deployment of optical fiber and 5G, the challenge for Morocco is to make a major technological leap within the timely time.
• In a new illustration of the economic rapprochement between Morocco and Brazil, the Moroccan health authorities gave their green light last April to a new international health certificate. This validation marks an important evolution in the conditions of export of Brazilian beef, now extended to offal and intestines, authorized to enter the Moroccan market. This decision constitutes a significant step in the consolidation of bilateral relations in the agrifood sector.
• Faced with the massive influx of requests recorded since 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests decided to end the subsidies intended for the acquisition of seeds and plants of round tomatoes, onions and potatoes. The cessation of this system was formalized by a note sent by Minister Ahmed El Bouari to the regional departments of agriculture. As of April 30, dedicated counters no longer receive new aid requests.
The morning
• The Dakhla seawater desalination station constitutes a structuring project combining technological innovation, environmental sustainability and socio-economic inclusion, in favor of sustainable and integrated agriculture, underlined the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, Ahmed El Bouari. This project, fueled 100% by wind energy, will make it possible to permanently preserve the water table, while promoting the emergence of an agricultural pole integrated with strong economic and social impact on a regional and national scale, said El Bouari in a press statement in Dakhla, on the fringes of a field visit to the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region, Agricultural and fishery development headlights.
• Twelve years after its initial launch, the Noor Atlas solar project finally enters its realization phase. Masen obtained the green light from the government to create a dedicated subsidiary and has just launched the recruitment of a strategic technical advisor responsible for supporting this program composed of six photovoltaic power plants totaling a power of 291 MW. Co -financed by the KFW, the BEI and Moroccan banks, this program of more than 2.700 billion dirhams thus crosses a decisive course.
• The Treasury and External Finance Directorate is launching a project to modernize its information system on the Secondary Market of Treasury bills. Objective: to acquire a new platform capable of centralizing, processing and analyzing market data in order to strengthen supervision, improve the evaluation of the activity of stakeholders and support structural reforms of the domestic bond market.
Libération
• The Moroccan Confederation of Exporters (ASMEX) announced the mobilization of a large delegation of Moroccan exporters to go on a mission to Cairo (Egypt) from 03 to 05 May 2025, with the aim of strengthening trade and opening new outlets on the Egyptian market. Organized on the initiative of the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Omar Hejira, with the active conduct of the President of the Moroccan Confederation of Exporters, Hassan Sentissi El Idrissi, this mission is the culmination of long -term strategic work, carried with rigor and vision by the ASMEX and the firm will to promote the “made in Morocco”, indicates a press release.
• The dirham appreciated 0.18% vis-à-vis the euro and remained almost stable against the US dollar during the week of April 24 to 30, according to Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM). During this period, no adjudication operation was carried out on the exchange market, said BAM in its recent bulletin of weekly indicators. Official reserve assets were established at 387 billion dirhams (MMDH) on April 25, up 0.3% compared to the previous week and 7.8% in annual shift.
Economist
• After prolonged drought and limited precipitation, the last rains restore hope. A situation which constitutes a relief for Moroccan agriculture, according to a recent note from BMI-Fitch Solutions. This document does not provide for a complete resumption of national wheat production. However, it will be necessary to expect an increase in harvest this year to reach 2.9 million tonnes. Morocco will also continue to import, but further expanding the list of its partners.
Al Alam
• The Minister Delegate responsible for investment, convergence and evaluation of public policies, Karim Zidane, went to Laâyoune to inquire about the projects launched in this region. In this context, Zidane and the delegation that supported him visited several major development projects launched against the backdrop of the city’s rapid economic and social dynamism. This visit is part of the support of the development efforts of the southern provinces, which has become a promising investment space thanks to their stability and their logistics and economic assets.
Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki
• King Mohammed VI sent a message of condolence and compassion to the family members of the artist late Mohamed Choubi. In this painful circumstance, the sovereign expresses his strong condolences and his sincere feelings of compassion to the members of the family of the deceased and through them to his great artistic family and to all of his friends, following the loss of an emeritus actor who marked the artistic scene by the excellence of his interpretation in the theater, on television and the cinema.
• Under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, Morocco plays a “central role” in support of the Palestinian cause, said on Saturday in Marrakech, Hassan Faraj, member of the Palestinian National Council. This support is fundamentally part of the kingdom’s support to the various Arab and African causes, noted Faraj, emphasizing the “important, central and essential role” played by Morocco at the diplomatic level on a regional and international level in favor of stability and peace.
Al AHDat Al Maghribia
• The trade deficit was established at 71.63 billion dirhams (MMDH) in the first three months of this year, in worsening of 16.9% compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the exchange office. This development covers an increase in imports of goods (+6.9% to 187.7 MMDH) and exports (+1.5% to 116.07 MMDH), specifies the office in its bulletin on monthly indicators of external exchanges of March 2025, adding that the coverage rate has lost 3.3 points to 61.8%.
Assahra Almaghribia
• Princess Lalla Hasnaa, president of the Foundation for the safeguarding of the cultural heritage of Rabat, visited, Sunday in Bakou, the International Festival of the Azerbaijan carpet, which celebrates the rich cultural heritage of this country of Western Asia and honors the masters and their ancestral know-how. Organized in the historical framework of the ancient city of Icherisheher, the International Festival of Azerbaijan carpet highlights one of the most emblematic arts of Azerbaijani identity, namely the traditional art of weaving the carpet, inscribed in 2010 on the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
