The Zouj Beghal border crossing between Morocco and Algeria was exceptionally opened on Wednesday, July 30, to repatriate the body of a young Moroccan woman, which had remained on the Algerian side for nearly a year and a half. According to the Moroccan Association for the Assistance of Migrants in Difficult Situations in Oujda, the young woman drowned on an Algerian beach while attempting to migrate irregularly. Her body had been held in Algeria pending the completion of legal
Qatar Airways has announced an increase in flights to Casablanca as part of its expanded winter 2025 schedule. The airline will boost its service from four to five weekly flights, in response to growing demand and to enhance connectivity through its Doha hub, Hamad International Airport. Casablanca, Morocco’s economic capital and largest city, is among several key global destinations benefiting from increased frequency this winter. This move highlights Qatar Airways’ continued
With Donald Trump back in the White House, the U.S. government is preparing to fund projects by American companies in the Sahara, reviving a decision first made during Trump’s 2020 term but later put on hold under President Joe Biden.
With just three months to go before the UN Security Council's October deadline, the Western Sahara issue has entered a new diplomatic phase. «Senior Moroccan, American, and French officials met on July 29 in Paris to agree on a roadmap concerning the Sahara. Massab Boulos, Special Advisor to President Donald Trump for Africa, also took part in the discussions», a source close to the matter told Yabiladi. The Paris meeting came at the end of Boulos’s visit to Algiers, where he
Discussions between Morocco and representatives of the Trump administration are progressing at a steady pace, as evidenced by a meeting held in Paris on Thursday, July 31, between the two countries’ ambassadors accredited in the French capital. «The Moroccan Ambassador to France, Samira Sitaïl, was warmly welcomed today by U.S. Ambassador to France and Mrs. Seryl Kushner», announced the Moroccan Embassy in Paris on the social media platform X. The embassy described the
With the 2026 legislative elections approaching, the Unified Socialist Party (PSU) is calling on «progressive and nationalist forces» to join together in a broad popular front. Since Jamal El Asri took the helm in April 2023, the political bureau of this leftist party has argued that such a coalition could reshape Morocco’s political landscape and help build a «Morocco of tomorrow», one that confronts authoritarianism and corruption. The PSU has also condemned
A new study warns that Morocco’s Al Wahda Dam, located in the seismically active Rif Mountains, faces a 100% probability of at least one moderate earthquake (≥4 Mw) within the next 25 years. The forecast is based on a newly developed probabilistic modeling framework used by researchers to assess seismic risk.
Moroccan midfielder Mohamed Nassoh, 22, continues his rise in Dutch football following his transfer from Sparta Rotterdam to NAC Breda. Nassoh honed his skills at PSV Eindhoven’s youth academy, where he spent 14 years and made over 100 appearances for the club’s reserve side in the Dutch second division (Keuken Kampioen Divisie). He later moved to the Eredivisie with Sparta Rotterdam, featuring in 32 matches during the 2023–2024 season and scoring two goals, including one
With just six months to go before the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, Paul Mehdi Benhayoun is fine-tuning his training on the snowy slopes of the Alps. At 32, the French-Moroccan athlete is chasing an unprecedented goal: to become the first African biathlete to compete in the Winter Games, representing Morocco in a sport that remains virtually unknown across the continent, as he told Le Parisien. Born in Reims to a French mother and a Moroccan father from Fez, Benhayoun grew up in Bezannes, a
Imprisoned Rif Movement leader Nasser Zefzafi, currently held at Tangier 2 Prison, has made a heartfelt appeal to the «free sons and daughters of the Rif» living abroad. He is seeking their assistance in securing medical treatment for his mother «at a hospital in Europe». In a message shared by his brother on Facebook, Zefzafi revealed that his mother's «health condition is deteriorating» due to what he describes as «deliberate neglect at local
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