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
Former Real Housewives of Orange County star Vicki Gunvalson has claimed that she and other cast members contracted parasites while filming the now-shelved season of Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip in Morocco. Speaking on the SiriusXM podcast Jeff Lewis Live, Gunvalson said her health issues, including bloating, fatigue, and constipation, began shortly after returning from the North African shoot. The season, filmed in 2023, was never released by Peacock following allegations of
A Lyon criminal court on Wednesday sentenced a 27-year-old man to one year in prison for burning a Quran outside the Errahma Mosque in Villeurbanne (Rhône). He was also banned from entering the city for two years. The defendant, who has been under psychiatric care since the age of 18, carried out the act during the night of June 1–2, just before the first morning prayer. According to AFP, mosque officials filed a complaint after being alerted by a witness who extinguished the
Transavia will add Oujda, in northeastern Morocco, to its winter schedule from Amsterdam Schiphol, with flights operating during the Christmas and Spring school holidays. The airline announced on Tuesday that it will operate the route twice weekly, on Wednesdays and Sundays, from December 10, 2025, to January 11, 2026, and again from February 4 to March 8, 2026, using its Airbus A321neo. Oujda becomes the latest Moroccan city connected to the Netherlands, with the route catering to families
The far-right Spanish party Vox has continued its hostile campaigns against Morocco, seizing on the royal pardon granted to more than 19,000 prisoners on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of King Mohammed VI's accession to the throne. Without providing any concrete evidence, the party alleged that Morocco is «exporting criminals to Spain», linking the pardon to what it described as rising insecurity in the country. Vox claimed that «Morocco is emptying its prisons of
The Polisario Front has responded to the Throne Day speech delivered by King Mohammed VI on Tuesday, June 29. In a statement, the movement said that «any consensual solution, one that allows all parties to save face, with no winners or losers, must be democratic, grounded in international law, and acknowledge the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination and independence, without recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara». «If Morocco is sincere and acting in
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