DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 9 | MOROCCOEUROPEAN UNION State-owned fertiliser giant OCP rethinks market strategy after Gulf crisis 20th April 2026 Rabat’s phosphates conglomerate has raised US$1.5 billion in a hybrid bond and is lobbying Brussels to rewrite EU rules turning Iran's war into a market windfall The United States-Israeli-Iran war has handed Morocco’s Office chérifien des phosphates (OCP) a commercial and strategic opportunity. It has raised US$1.5 billion through its first international hybrid bond,... READ FOR FREE
Vol 67 No 8 | MOROCCOUNITED STATES Rabat buys influence in Washington, branding Polisario as the Houthis of West Africa 10th April 2026 King Mohammed VI’s government is trying to convince the White House and Congress to sanction the Sahrawi independence movement, claiming it has links to Iran Morocco is aiming to tighten its grip on Western Sahara by getting the United States Congress to designate the Sahrawi independence movement’s political arm, the Polisario Front, as...
DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 3 | MOROCCOEUROPEAN UNIONWESTERN SAHARA Brussels gives formal support for Morocco’s regional autonomy plan 2nd February 2026 Ditching its earlier assertion that Western Sahara isn’t part of Morocco, the European Commission has signed a new deal with Rabat The European Commission has given its formal backing for Morocco’s controlled autonomy plan for Western Sahara, in a major shift of the bloc’s diplomatic stance. At a meeting... READ FOR FREE
Vol 67 No 2 | MOROCCOFOOTBALLAFRICA Sublime and ridiculous 23rd January 2026 Having claimed a global success in its hosting of Afcon, Morocco now turns from the spectacle back to the business of maintaining stability Until its chaotic final on the evening of 18 January, Morocco had enjoyed an exceptional Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), marked by state-of-the-art stadia served by new motorways...
Vol 67 No 2 | MOROCCOSOUTH AFRICA Africa’s electric vehicles speed up 23rd January 2026 The baton as Africa’s leading carmaker has passed to Morocco, which produced over a million vehicles last year, overtaking South Africa. South Africa made 554,613 vehicles between January...
Vol 67 No 1 | MOROCCONORTH AFRICAAFRICA IN 2026 Questions for the ‘builder king’ 9th January 2026 Elections and Western Sahara will preoccupy minds in Rabat The prevailing narrative in Morocco has it that King Mohammed VI (M6) has presided over social uplift, impressive new infrastructure and major progress in achieving the central policy...