War between Morocco and the Polisario? Omar Hilale responds to Algeria Omar Hilale, Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN, denied rumors spread by Algeria about an armed conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front on the Moroccan border. “There is no military war in the buffer zone, all there are are mercenaries and infiltrators who […]
Family drama in Kelaâ des Sraghna: a mother killed by her son A terrible family tragedy occurred Thursday evening in Douar Chorafa, in the commune of Chtaiba, near Kelaâ des Sraghna. A woman in her fifties was fatally struck in the head by her own son. According to sources close to the investigation, the young […]
Morocco: 2025 tax reform reduces tax on low wages Fouzi Lekjaa, Minister Delegate for the Budget, made a tax cut for low salaries, particularly those below 12,000 dirhams, as part of the 2025 finance bill. Presented last Friday to the House of Representatives , this reform aims to reduce the tax burden on civil servants, […]
Morocco opts for Alstom’s Avelia Horizon TGV Morocco has decided to award the contract for the supply of high-speed trains to serve the future Kenitra-Marrakech line to the French company Alstom. This contract would be part of the series of large contracts won by Emmanuel Macron during his recent state visit to Rabat, the total […]
Changes to be expected for the Morocco team’s next matches The coach of the Moroccan football team, Walid Regragui, is preparing to unveil, next Thursday, the list of players selected for the Atlas Lions’ next matches. Changes are expected for these matches against Gabon and Lesotho, counting for CAN 2025 qualifying. Several executives, absent during […]
Nothing will be left to chance for the Atlas Lions in Gabon The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has decided to send a mission to Gabon. Objective, to carry out a careful inspection of the hotel where the Atlas Lions will stay as well as the training grounds, before their match against the Panthers, scheduled […]
How many French prisoners in Moroccan prisons? A recent report from the General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR), presented as part of discussions on the 2025 budget, takes stock of the foreign prison population in Morocco. Thus, as of October 31, 2024, 1,643 foreign prisoners, including 87 women, would be serving their sentences […]
Tangier: 25 years in prison for the murder of a chicha café manager A man was sentenced to 25 years in prison by the Tangier Criminal Chamber of First Instance for the murder of a young woman, manager of a chicha café. The events took place last year. The accused, identified as HW, had to […]
2030 World Cup: 32 Moroccan cities ready to welcome the teams In total, 32 Moroccan cities will host the 2030 World Cup, which Morocco will organize jointly with Spain and Portugal, Fouzi Lekjaa, the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, recently announced. The development projects underway in the various cities of the kingdom will […]
A controversy surrounding Moroccan fossils exhibited in Switzerland The exhibition, underway since October 13 at the Dinosaur Museum in the commune of Pailhac in Switzerland, of seven fossils of the Ankylosaurus dinosaur (Spicomellus afer), discovered in Morocco in 2021, is sparking heated controversy. Titled “The Stars of the Jurassic”, the exhibition highlights these fossils more […]