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Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) has asked Spain’s Ombudsman to open an investigation into alleged violations of the rights of Moroccan migrants in Ceuta, the council’s president Amina Bouayach said. Bouayach told Moroccan broadcaster 2M that she had sent a letter to Spain’s Defensor del Pueblo, the institution responsible for protecting fundamental rights, requesting […]
Morocco’s coastal and artisanal fishing sector generated more than 6.28 billion dirhams in marketed products by the end of July 2026, up 2 percent compared with the same period last year, according to the National Fisheries Office (ONP). The volume of products landed reached 551,547 tons, an increase of 5 percent year-on-year, the ONP said […]
Steel demand in Morocco is expected to rise 7 to 8 percent in 2026, reaching between 2.75 and 2.82 million tonnes, before crossing 3 million tonnes for the first time in 2027, driven by construction, autos, wind power and preparations for the 2030 World Cup, according to 7News Morocco. Domestic steelmakers, led by Sonasid, Maghreb […]
Far from the images of the mass border rushes at Ceuta and Melilla, a different migration story is unfolding in Algeria in the western Mediterranean. According to data released on August 12 by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Algeria has become the leading country of origin for irregular migration to Spain, well ahead of […]
Major international hotel chains are expanding their footprint in Morocco, drawn by sustained tourism growth and the prospects tied to 2030. Marriott, Hilton, Accor, Radisson and IHG are all reinforcing their presence in the Kingdom, which now counts 75 hotels and resorts in development totaling 10,606 rooms, according to the Hotel Chain Development Pipelines in […]
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) says it supplied 1.369 million metric tons of fuel to the local market in July 2026, with the estimated value reaching about $1.006 billion. The corporation said it received 1.378 million tons of fuel from local and international sources, including gasoline, diesel, LPG, kerosene and heavy fuel oil. Diesel accounted […]
Ongoing protests in Tunisia have reopened a question many observers have preferred to avoid, according to an analysis by Algerian writer Boualem Sansal. In Sansal’s analysis, published on le360, the real turning point came in August 2022, when Kais Saïed received the secretary-general of the Polisario Front with full state honors, a deliberate snub to […]
Morocco is marking this Friday the 47th anniversary of the recovery of Oued Ed-Dahab, marking the return of the southern region to Moroccan rule on August 14, 1979. The anniversary follows Mauritania’s withdrawal from the territory under the Algiers Agreement with the Polisario Front, after which tribal leaders from Oued Ed-Dahab travelled to Rabat to […]
Moroccan security forces have mounted an exceptional deployment across the country’s northern border region ahead of August 15, a date targeted by viral online calls for coordinated mass crossing attempts into the Spanish-controlled enclave of Ceuta (Sebta). National Police, Royal Gendarmerie and Auxiliary Forces have sharply increased checkpoints and inspections on roads and maritime access […]
A rare cross-party coalition in Spain has called for Morocco’s exclusion from co-hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup, treating the global governing body as if it were a family heirloom, even as the joint Spain-Portugal-Morocco bid succeeded largely thanks to African support secured by Rabat. Right-wing Vox, left-wing Sumar and Podemos, and elements of the […]