Hirak in Algeria

Morocco’s New Currency Rules Redefine What Amounts Travelers Can Take Abroad

A revised set of foreign exchange rules effective since early 2026 has reshaped what Moroccan travelers, businesses and students can take abroad, introducing new caps, mandatory paperwork and repatriation deadlines under the General Instruction on Foreign Exchange Operations, or IGOC, reports leseco.ma news outlet. For business travel, allocations are now indexed to corporate tax paid, […]

Morocco-COVID-19: Extension of night curfew, other preventive measures for two more weeks

Morocco will extend the nation-wide curfew and other preventive measures decreed on Dec.19 by two more weeks, starting this Jan.19 at 9 p.m., the government has announced in a press release. The government said the decision was made in view of the evolution of the epidemiological situation worldwide and the new developments, particularly the emergence […]

Spanish police rounds up Moroccan national over terrorism propaganda

Spanish police have arrested near Barcelona a Moroccan national accused of the apology of terrorism and anti-Semite behaviors, reports say. The man, living at Tarrasa near the capital of the Catalonia region, has been on security forces’ radar for over a year for frequent posts on social media of photographs and videos promoting terrorism and […]