Moroccan-Belgian Younes «El Magico» El Ballouti, the youngest brother of recently extradited drug lord Othman El Ballouti, has been jailed in Casablanca after Moroccan police arrested him in a Tangier shisha lounge. According to Belgian media, his arrest was linked to the use of a forged passport to travel discreetly. Unlike his brother, who was extradited from Dubai earlier this year, Younes had fled to Morocco beforehand. With multiple convictions in Belgium for international
The programming school 1337 took first place at the Moroccan Collegiate Programming Contest (MCPC), held from September 19 to 21, 2025, at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) campus in Rabat. The training of the institution’s participants was coordinated by Jalal Maaouni, a graduate of the same school, who mentored the four competing teams. «We have finally put an end to a frustration that has burned for seven years, always within reach, yet never in our hands. From the
In the high-profile trial over the alleged Libyan financing of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign, the Paris criminal court has sentenced twelve defendants, including Saudi businessmen, one of whose groups is actively investing in Morocco through a local subsidiary. This week, the verdict was announced: the former French president was handed a five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy. Among those convicted is Alexandre Djouhri, a French-Algerian businessman, who received a
This Sunday in New York, Algeria's Foreign Minister held talks with his «counterpart» from the Polisario Front. The discussions between Ahmed Attaf and Mohamed Yeslem Beissat centered on «the evolving situation in Western Sahara, in light of upcoming UN events at both the General Assembly and the Security Council», according to a statement from Algerian diplomatic sources. The meeting offered a platform to revisit the stances voiced during the General Assembly's debate,
The day after the first round of Gen Z protests on Saturday, September 27, in several Moroccan cities, participants and organizers warned against what they see as attempts at «political co-optation». On the GenZ 212 page, the administrators addressed the Unified Socialist Party (PSU) in particular on Sunday, following the participation of its former secretary-general, Nabila Mounib, in the sit-in held in Casablanca. In videos shared online, the MP is seen engaging with some
The Secretary-General of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), Abdelilah Benkirane, has spoken out on the recent Generation Z protests that were dispersed by police across multiple Moroccan cities. Speaking in Tangier on Sunday, Benkirane seized this moment of unrest to hark back to remarks he made on September 5, 2021, just days before the elections on September 8. In a video that made the rounds on social media at that time, Benkirane declared that Aziz Akhannouch «does not have the
The International Collective in Support of Moroccan Families Expelled from Algeria in 1975 (Cimea) will hold a press conference on Wednesday, October 1, at 12:00 PM, at the Swiss Press Club in Geneva, Switzerland. The event coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of the arbitrary expulsion of Moroccans from Algeria and will focus on the «presentation of a groundbreaking report prepared by Cimea, containing precise and documented data, made public for the first time» since the
The Support Committee for Ibtissame (Betty) Lachgar announced on Friday the launch of a «collective citizen forum for signatures» to demand the activist’s «immediate release». In a written statement, the committee denounced her continued detention, recalling that on September 3, 2025, Lachgar was sentenced in Morocco to 30 months in prison and a fine of 50,000 dirhams for comments deemed offensive to divinity. The organization expressed concern over the clinical
Journalist and writer Saïd Jedidi passed away on Saturday evening, his family confirmed to Le360. A pioneer of Spanish-language media in Morocco, he left a lasting mark on generations of listeners and viewers, particularly through his key role in Spanish-language television news. Born in Tetouan in 1947, Saïd Jedidi pursued higher education in England and Spain before returning to Morocco to join the Spanish-language section of Moroccan Radio and Television (RTM). He rose through the
New setting, new experience. That’s what the artistic co-directors of the Jazz à Rabat festival delivered in this 27th edition, now renamed and relocated to Hassan II Park in the capital. Through their affinities and collaborations, Majid Bekkas and Jean-Pierre Bissot continue to push the boundaries of jazz. By striking the right balance and upholding the same high standards as always, the duo brings every kind of music to the stage, from Gnawa to Balkan rhythms, and even rap.
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