Last night, the Criminal Chamber of the Casablanca Court of Appeal ruled to summon several prominent figures to testify in the high-profile «Sahara Escobar» case on July 10. According to al3omk news website, among those summoned is famous Moroccan singer Latifa Raafat, the former wife of the main defendant, Malian drug trafficker Haj Ben Brahim. The court also called on Abdelwahid Chaouki, a current Member of Parliament for the Authenticity and Modernity Party, as well as the
The National Agency for Water and Forests issued a new nationwide alert today, warning of a heightened risk of forest fires between June 27 and July 4, 2025. The bulletin notes that several regions across the country will face varying levels of fire danger. The agency stated that this alert is part of its proactive strategy to prevent and manage forest fires. It was developed using precise scientific data, taking into account the type and flammability of forest cover, climate forecasts, and
From Geneva, civil society actors issued a call during a recent meeting urging the United Nations to ensure protection for Sahrawis in the Tindouf camps by granting them official refugee status, a right denied for the past 50 years due to the Polisario Front and Algeria’s determination to use the camp population as leverage in their ongoing conflict with Morocco.
Morocco is preparing to welcome Syrian President Ahmed Al-Charaa in the coming weeks. «On the agenda for this official visit: talks with King Mohammed VI and the reopening of the Syrian embassy in Rabat», a well-informed source told Yabiladi. It’s worth noting that Syria’s diplomatic mission in Morocco has been closed since July 2012, following Rabat’s decision to expel the last ambassador of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. «Cooperation agreements are
The Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) has reaffirmed its support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative for Western Sahara. During its General Assembly meeting on Wednesday in San Salvador, the institution expressed its backing for «the autonomy plan proposed by the Kingdom of Morocco as the only serious, pragmatic, and credible solution to the Sahara conflict», while also reaffirming its support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, according to MAP. PARLACEN called on
US Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina has introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives calling for sanctions on the Polisario Front and proposing its designation as a foreign terrorist organization. Wilson, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, shared the news this Thursday on his account on X, writing: The Polisario is a Marxist militia backed by Iran, Hezbollah and Russia providing Iran a strategic outpost in Africa and destabilizing the Kingdom of
On Thursday, June 26, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned France for conducting an identity check that amounted to racial profiling against Karim Touil, a French citizen of North African descent. This ruling marks a first for what is often referred to as «the homeland of human rights». Touil had been stopped three times within ten days without any «objective and reasonable justification». The judges concluded there was «a presumption of
The decision by the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of National Education in Al Fida-Mers Sultan to reject the inclusion of two texts addressing the suffering of the Palestinian people in the sixth-grade Arabic language exam (June 2025 session) has sparked widespread controversy. Many view the move as an affront to the unifying national values of Moroccans and a step toward reinforcing «educational normalization with the Zionist entity».
Morocco is expected to experience an intense heatwave in the coming days, with temperatures rising significantly, about 8 to 15 degrees Celsius above seasonal averages across several regions of the kingdom. Houcine Youabed, Communications Officer at the General Directorate of Meteorology, explains which areas will be affected by this heatwave and offers advice on how to mitigate its potential impacts.
Following reports circulating on social media about the arrest of Moroccan drivers in Mali, an official source at the Moroccan embassy in Bamako has confirmed the incident and provided further details. On June 22, the embassy was informed through its own channels about the detention of six Moroccan drivers and their assistants, a total of 12 people, by the gendarmerie in the town of Diéma, approximately 350 kilometers from Bamako. They were traveling in six trucks. Upon receiving this
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