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“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FIFA has apologized for how it handled its proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise project, confirming the initiative has been withdrawn at an emergency meeting held in Rabat on Wednesday, the football governing body said in a statement, in an episode that briefly rattled relations between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 […]
A visit by a senior Moroccan delegation to the US National Archives in Washington last April has brought renewed attention to the documentary record behind the 1786 Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Morocco and the United States, according to Medias24, which examined the holdings identified by the archive. The April visit, led by Minister […]
Morocco scored 70 points in the 2026 Trade Freedom Index, up from 67 a year earlier, placing the kingdom 93rd out of 175 economies worldwide and exactly at the global average, according to the index published by The Global Economy using data from the Heritage Foundation. Singapore topped the ranking with 95 points. The index […]
The ministerial meeting on supporting Al-Quds and its holy sites, held on Wednesday in Amman in the presence of ministers from several Arab and Islamic countries, emphasized the importance of the role played by Al-Quds Committee, chaired by King Mohammed VI, and Bayt Mal Al-Quds Asharif Agency, the executive arm of Al-Quds Committee. The communiqué […]
The FIFA Management Board has reaffirmed full support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino as the only official elected by the 211 FIFA Member Associations. The supportive standing was made during an emergency crisis meeting convened Wednesday in Rabat, Morocco. In turn, the FIFA President reiterated his full support for the FIFA Secretary General and the […]