Keywords: Resilience


Morocco Champions Women Farmers and Sustainable Agrifood Systems at FAO Meeting in Rome

Morocco has renewed its call for greater economic empowerment of women farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs, highlighting their role in strengthening food security, climate resilience and sustainable economic growth across Africa. The initiative took centre stage at a meeting held on Wednesday in......

IMF official highlights Morocco’s economic resilience amid global uncertainty

Morocco’s economy continues to demonstrate resilience despite heightened global uncertainty, according to Taline Koranchelian, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s Middle East and Central Asia Department. Speaking in Bangkok on Thursday, October 15, on the sidelines of the......

IMF highlights the resilience of Morocco’s banking sector amid global economic risks

Morocco’s banking sector remains resilient, profitable and adequately capitalised despite external economic shocks, according to Jason Wu, deputy director of the International Monetary Fund’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Speaking in Bangkok on the sidelines of the IMF and World......

His Majesty King Mohammed VI’s Vision Shapes Morocco’s Cybersecurity Drive

Morocco is stepping up its focus on cybersecurity as digital transformation expands across the economy and public administration, with Abdeltif Loudyi, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of National Defence Administration, warning that protecting information systems has become essential......

UN Calls for Safer Homes and Stronger Household Disaster Preparedness

The United Nations has called for greater investment in safer housing and household disaster preparedness, warning that damage to homes remains a major source of economic loss and human suffering during natural disasters. In a statement released on Tuesday, October 13, to mark the International Day......

Morocco faces at least 7.8 billion dirhams in annual disaster losses, World Bank warns

Natural hazards drain at least 7.8 billion dirhams from the Moroccan economy every year, according to the World Bank. The figure, however, captures only part of a much wider exposure. In the project appraisal document for its Integrated Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Program, published in March......

Morocco and the United States Explore New Agricultural Research Partnerships to Boost Climate Resilience

Morocco and the United States are exploring new avenues for scientific cooperation in agriculture, with a focus on climate resilience, crop improvement and sustainable farming practices, following talks between Morocco’s National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the National Association......

African Cybersecurity Leaders Gather in Rabat as AI Raises the Stakes

African governments are facing a rapidly changing cybersecurity landscape in which artificial intelligence is giving attackers new ways to identify vulnerabilities, automate malicious activity and scale cyber operations. Against that backdrop, senior cybersecurity officials from across the continent......

New Zealand declines to join NATO-backed defence bank

New Zealand has declined an invitation to join a new defence financing institution backed by NATO partners, according to the country’s Foreign Affairs Ministry. The decision concerns the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, an initiative launched by Canada to provide financing for defence and......