Amid growing international warnings over the escalating global water crisis, a new United Nations report has drawn attention to the alarming situation in Morocco, where droughts are becoming increasingly severe and frequent. The report offers a stark outlook for the country’s water future, placing Morocco among the nations most at risk of «extreme water scarcity» by 2050, unless urgent and decisive action is taken.
The Primary Court in Salé has fined a member of parliament, affiliated with one of the governing coalition parties, 25,000 dirhams after he was prosecuted for vandalizing public property. The charges stem from a traffic accident he caused while in a state of advanced intoxication. According to Assabah newspaper, the crash resulted in severe damage to an electric pole in the Bouknadel municipality, along with significant damage to the MP’s vehicle. The ruling has been appealed, and
The Spanish National Police have arrested a woman at the Ceuta-Morocco border checkpoint after discovering she was accompanied by two minors who had been reported missing and were subject to protection orders issued by Belgian authorities. The arrest came after it was confirmed that the woman was the subject of a European arrest and extradition warrant issued by Belgium, on charges of kidnapping, unlawful detention, and hostage-taking. Once her identity was verified, Spanish police took
A declaration of love to both ancestral and contemporary music, or proof that musical heritage thrives when embraced within a living, evolving dynamic. The duo Aïta mon amour captures all of this in their album Abda, named in tribute to the Moroccan region known as the cradle of aïta. At the 18th edition of the Jazzablanca Festival, the pair—Widad Mjama and Khalil EPI—offered their audience an experience that was both festive and transcendent. In a seamless symbiosis,
John Bolton is proposing a strategy to Algeria and the Polisario aimed at persuading former U.S. President Donald Trump to reverse his recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, a decision officially made on December 10, 2020. According to Bolton, securing Trump’s support for organizing a referendum on the territory would require giving him a «motivation», as he recently explained in an interview with a Spanish media outlet. Referring to Trump’s
In Spain, the People's Party (PP) held its 11th congress from July 4th to 6th. As the leading political force in both chambers of Parliament, the party presented participants with a document outlining its current priorities. On the issue of Western Sahara, the PP reaffirmed its general position, calling for «respect for international law and United Nations resolutions concerning Western Sahara». As a reminder, in its platform for the early legislative elections of July 23, 2023,
On June 27, elements of the Polisario launched projectiles on the city of Es-Smara. Since then, the group's leadership has come under pressure from the families of those involved in the attack, who are demanding to know the fate of their relatives. «The Polisario is truly at an impasse. It cannot publicly announce the death of its members, even though its so-called 'Ministry of Defense' has already claimed responsibility for the Es-Smara attack», a Moroccan security source
The 13th edition of the Night of Cinema and Human Rights took place on July 4th in Rabat, but notably without its traditional outdoor public screenings on the esplanade of the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco (BNRM). This year’s edition, held under the theme of citizenship, faced restrictions from local authorities, who banned the open-air segment while allowing the initial panel discussion to proceed earlier in the day inside the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. According to a
Arryadia, Moroccan sports channel, issued a statement apologizing for airing a commercial segment that featured a map of Morocco excluding the Sahara, during the kickoff of the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, which is being hosted by the Kingdom. The segment sparked a wave of criticism on social media. The channel clarified that the content was «produced by CAF» and was part of «the official international feed provided by the Confederation of African Football as
On the night of July 4th to 5th, gendarmes in the Landes region of southwestern France received an unusual call from a man traveling from Paris to Morocco. He reported that he had accidentally left his wife behind at a highway rest stop, without knowing exactly where or when. The 62-year-old woman was missing, and their 22-year-old daughter, who was also in the car, couldn’t help locate her, as she had been asleep during the stop. The man initially believed he might have stopped near
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