Rabat – Morocco has appeared As one of the safest nations in the world, according to the Global Terrorism Index Report 2025 of the Institute for Economic Affairs and Peace.
The report lists in particular Morocco among the four countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, in which terrorist attacks, including Kuwait, Qatar and Sudan, registered numerous zero points.
These countries “have been free of terrorist activities for at least five years,” the report said.
Despite regional threats, Morocco is based on years of strategic security developments and now exceeds several European countries in security metrics.
The country intensified its approach to fighting terrorism by providing the punishments for terrorist activities and revising laws to exist against people who are striving for terrorist training.
It improved the monitoring of suspicious financial transfers and built up stronger partnerships with international organizations such as Interpol and the European Union.
In 2023 Morocco launched An anti-extremism program with the EU to combat violent extremism and terrorism through prevention and education.
The terrorist landscape continues to develop in a dangerous way. The Sahel region made up over 30% of terrorism deaths in 2024, with attacks after the withdrawal of the French and American armed forces in Niger.
It was also found that 90% of the victims of terrorism are in armed conflict zones and demonstrate the direct connection between instability and extremism.
According to the report, Al-Qaeda-connected groups such as Nosrat al-Islam exhibits increasing threats in the Sahel desert and endangers stability throughout North Africa, including Morocco.
The Sahel from Mauritania to Sudan has become a global terrorism hotspot. In 2020, the region recorded over 13,800 victims, with Burkina Faso recording a proud increase in attacks by 575%.
The report also described how the recent geopolitical changes in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – especially in their growing agreement with Russia and China – quickly exploited security gaps that use terrorist groups quickly.
In the meantime and with the growing terrorist threats in the Sahel region, Morocco reacted by using border controls improved and advanced technologies to prevent terrorist infiltration.
The country has recently thwarted A terrorist conspiracy that was planned by a terrorist cell “Khalifa Lions in Maghrib al-Aksa”, which had direct connections to an ISIS leader who operated in the African Sahel region.
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Today’s terrorist groups take digital strategies beyond physical violence. The report states that 60% of the terrorist attacks are not used by organized groups, which indicates the increase in terrorism with a single wolf terrorism that is powered by technology and digital platforms that spread extremist ideologies. Safe messaging apps such as Telegram enable radical propaganda to be able to spread widespread.
However, Morocco has created a digital platform “Yakada”, through which citizens can report terrorist or extremist content that they encounter on social media.
Through these comprehensive security measures and international cooperation, Morocco continues to defend itself against developing terrorism threats and establish itself as a regional security manager.
Morocco’s efforts to fight terrorism have recently gained the recognition of several international reports that praised the country’s strategy for the defiant terrorist threats.
