Lifelong singlehood is rising sharply in Morocco, with more than one in ten women remaining unmarried by age 50, according to the High Commission for Planning’s latest social indicators. The rate of permanent celibacy at 50 reached 12.4% among women and 9.7% among men in 2024. Three decades earlier the figures were just 0.8% and […]
Gabon authorities have detained several state officials in connection with the ferry disaster in which at least 21 people have died. A ferry known as Esther Miracle carrying 161 people from Libreville to Port-Gentil sank when it capsized in calm waters on March 9 close to the coastal village of Nyonie. Authorities launched rescued operations. […]
María Catalina Del Real Mihovilovic, president of Chile-Morocco Parliamentary Friendship Group, reaffirmed in Rabat on Tuesday the group’s full support for UN Security Council Resolution 2797 on the Moroccan Sahara, following talks with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Speaking to the press after the meeting, Del Real Mihovilovic noted that Resolution 2797 enshrines Morocco’s autonomy plan […]
