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Morocco is confronting a systemic vulnerability to climate shocks that is reshaping its economic and social landscape, according to a report published by L’Economiste daily. The newspaper reports that once-rare drought cycles now follow one another at an unprecedented pace, driving a sharp decline in freshwater reserves and a critical reduction in dam reservoir levels, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tanger Med port authorities have adopted a firm-ticket system, requiring passengers to hold a confirmed departure date and time before accessing the port, as part of this year’s Marhaba operation for Moroccans returning from abroad, La Vie Eco and other local media reported. The measure, already in place for five years at the ports of […]
Morocco’s new code of civil procedure takes effect August 24, replacing the current text and introducing significant changes to how civil trials unfold in the kingdom, from how court documents are delivered to how appeals are handled, according to Medias24. One of the most concrete changes concerns notifications: articles 77 and 216 require parties to […]
The latest migration crisis in Ceuta has given Spain’s neo-Nazi far right a fresh opportunity to mobilize against Morocco and Muslims, with the group Nucleo Nacional taking its anti-Moroccan rhetoric from social media and demonstrations into the streets of the Spanish enclave. Nucleo Nacional, which has emerged from a network of neo-Nazi, Falangist and far-right […]
Morocco will celebrate National Day for Moroccans Living Abroad on August 10 under the theme “MRE at the Service of Morocco’s 2030 Projects,” the ministry responsible for the diaspora announced, framing the occasion as part of King Mohammed VI’s continued attention to the Moroccan community abroad. As in previous years, celebrations will be held across […]
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 […]
More than 2.74 million Moroccans settled abroad arrived in the kingdom by August 3 as part of this year’s Marhaba operation, a 0.45 percent increase from the same period last year, according to Omar Moussa Abdellah, Marhaba operation supervisor at the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity. Speaking on Radio Tanger-Med, Moussa Abdellah said 287,518 vehicles […]
Anti-migrant demonstrations spread across parts of Spain over the weekend in the wake of the mass crossings into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, with far-right activists and protesters increasingly directing their racism at Moroccans. At the port of Algeciras on Sunday, hundreds of Moroccan families travelling from France, the Netherlands and other European countries passed […]