Polisario militias have kidnapped about ten Mauritanian gold prospectors near El Malhate, despite the area being inside Mauritanian territory. «Elements of the Front carried out operations on Tuesday and Wednesday against Mauritanians engaged in this activity in their own country. They started by destroying tents, seizing vehicles, and then forcibly took more than ten prospectors to an unknown location in the Tindouf camps on Algerian soil», a Moroccan security source told
On Thursday, September 18, at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, President Donald Trump’s special advisor for Africa met with AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Youssouf. The talks focused on «our shared commitment to advancing peace, conflict resolution, and humanitarian aid across the continent», Massad Boulos wrote in a post on X. It was great to meet with H.E. Mahmoud Youssouf, Chairperson of the @_AfricanUnion, to discuss our shared commitment to advancing
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) has issued its memorandum on Bill 26.25, which deals with the reorganization of the National Press Council (CNP). In its opinion, the Council underscores the importance of safeguarding the independence of the bodies that oversee the sector, along with the protection of freedom of opinion and expression. On this point, it identifies self-regulation as the «most appropriate» tool.
The second edition of TOC Africa 2025 is taking place on September 17 and 18 in Tangier, under the theme «Trade, tariffs, and tensions… How to move forward?». Organized by Tanger Med in collaboration with TOC Worldwide, this event serves as a premier global gathering designed to invigorate the maritime and logistics sectors, according to a press release. The TOC (Terminal Operations Conference) editions are hosted in the «nerve centers of global trade: in Europe in
The Spanish Civil Guard intercepted nearly seven tons of hashish smuggled from Morocco in two consecutive operations last weekend in the Strait of Gibraltar. The smugglers threw the packages overboard while trying to escape, but security forces later recovered them, Spanish media reported. The first operation took place on Saturday off the coast of Tarifa (Cádiz), where a speedboat heading toward Ceuta was spotted. After a joint chase by marine units from Algeciras and Ceuta, the
The Maâmora Forest, between Rabat and Kenitra, will host the Morocco Backyard Ultra on September 19, 2025. This edition will bring together 50 endurance runners in a unique format where athletes must complete a 6.706 km loop every hour until only one remains. Since its first official edition in 2021, Moroccan athletes have shown remarkable progress, with men improving from 20 to 37 loops and women from 12 to 30, organizers said in a press release. This year’s race is particularly
Publicaciones recientes en las redes sociales convocan a marchas juveniles en Marruecos, los días 27 y 28 de septiembre de 2025, para exigir una mejor calidad en los servicios de educación y salud. Una plataforma llamada MoroccanYouthVoice lidera la movilización, promoviendo reuniones pacíficas y proporcionando instrucciones detalladas sobre la vestimenta para los participantes.
This week, Minister of Economy and Finance Nadia Fettah announced that the draft finance bill for 2025 includes measures to fully exempt pensions paid by basic retirement schemes from income tax by 2026. Responding to a written question from Driss Sentissi, president of the Popular Movement (MP) parliamentary group in the House of Representatives, she explained that the measure would be implemented in two stages: a 50% deduction on pensions beginning in January 2025, followed by full exemption
A protest is scheduled for Friday, September 19, at noon, in front of the government delegation headquarters in Cadiz, Spain. Organized by the Human Rights and Protection of Migrants and Refugees Association in Jerez de la Frontera, the demonstration will also involve the Andalusian Human Rights Defense Association. The rally is intended to express solidarity with lawyer and former minister Mohamed Ziane, who faces a three-year prison sentence. The organizers stress that their initiative
Recent social media posts are calling for youth marches in Morocco on September 27–28, 2025, demanding better education and health. A platform called MoroccanYouthVoice is leading the mobilization, emphasizing that the marches should remain peaceful and even providing detailed clothing guidelines for participants.