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Morocco has launched a new construction tender for the outer shell of Grand Stade Hassan II near Casablanca, a key project in the country’s preparations for the 2030 World Cup that is expected to become the world’s largest football stadium with a capacity of 115,000 spectators. The National Agency for Public Equipment, acting on behalf […]
The family of Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old Moroccan man who died during a police intervention in the Italian city of Bologna, arrived in Casablanca on August 6 demanding the return of his body and a full investigation into the circumstances of his death. Fakir, who moved to Italy at the age of five, died on […]
Canada’s Aya Gold & Silver has acquired a package of mining licenses and exploration permits in Morocco, expanding its land position in the country and adding three new early-stage exploration projects to its growth pipeline. The company said the acquisition comprises three mining licenses and 18 exploration permits covering about 259 square kilometers. The deal […]
Libyan authorities have rescued 13 Bangladeshi migrants who were allegedly held captive by a criminal group in eastern Tripoli. The Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency in east Tripoli said on Thursday that security forces launched the operation after receiving intelligence that a criminal network had kidnapped newly arrived migrants and demanded ransom payments from their families. The […]
“Morocco has committed, in line with the royal instructions issued to the ministries of the Interior and of Foreign Affairs, to identifying unaccompanied minors to facilitate their return to their homeland,” a Moroccan diplomatic source said. In this regard, Morocco is ready to collaborate with its Spanish and European partners to repatriate unaccompanied minors, the […]
A Spanish open-source intelligence report concluded that an Algeria-based network played a central role in organizing the late-July rush of tens of thousands of people into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, turning what was initially presented as spontaneous desperation into a coordinated digital and physical operation. Security analyst José María Gil Garre’s investigation found that […]
Low-cost airline company Ryanair has unveiled its biggest ever Winter schedule in Morocco, offering 5.3m low-fares seats to/from 156 destinations, including 17 new routes. These include new connections from Rabat to major European cities such as Stockholm and Krakow, from Marrakesh to Wroclaw, and from Agadir to Milan, Nuremberg, Bratislava and Gdansk. Ryanair’s record Winter […]
Europe’s far right did not discover the meaning of the Ceuta migrant surge last month. It arrived with the meaning already written, then selected the images and fragments that fit its anti-Moroccan and anti-migrant narrative to serve electoral purposes. Within hours of the first crossings, familiar conclusions were simply transposed onto the events, including open-border […]
Bilateral trade between the UK and Morocco reached £5.3 billion in the 12 months through March 2026, rising 16.7% or £756 million from a year earlier, according to data from the UK Department for Business and Trade. British exports to Morocco posted the strongest growth, climbing 29.8% to £2.6 billion. Imports from Morocco increased at […]
FIFA has apologized for how it handled its proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise project, confirming the initiative has been withdrawn at an emergency meeting held in Rabat on Wednesday, the football governing body said in a statement, in an episode that briefly rattled relations between FIFA’s leadership and its member associations. The statement, released after the […]