In the early hours of Thursday, June 5, the Tangier Court of Appeals upheld the original verdict issued on March 10, 2025, sentencing anti-normalization activist Redouane El Kastit to two years in prison. The ruling was based on posts he made on his Facebook account. El Kastit was prosecuted on charges of «insulting public officials during their duties» and «insulting an organized body» related to his social media activity. He was arrested on February 5 in Tangier, and
After injuring his knee at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach held in April in Australia, Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam has undergone surgery and begun the long road to recovery. In an Instagram post shared with his fans and followers on Wednesday, he announced that he had «TTA (Tibial Tuberosity Advancement) surgery», a procedure where the bony prominence at the front of the tibia (shin bone) is moved forward and secured in its new position. «After six weeks of waiting, my knee
Security operations led by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) to combat cheating during the national and regional baccalaureate exams for the 2024–2025 academic year, held between May 26–27 and May 29–June 2, resulted in the arrest of 118 individuals across the country. Among those arrested were 16 women and 12 minors, suspected of involvement in various acts of exam-related fraud. According to a security source, several of these operations were carried out
A Royal Armed Forces (FAR) drone strike on Wednesday, June 4, destroyed an Algerian-registered truck east of the Sand Wall near Bir Lahlou, killing all three occupants on board. The truck, which was returning from Mauritania, had entered the region from southern Algeria. It remains unclear why the vehicle entered this active conflict zone or what it was carrying. In response, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune convened a meeting of the High Security Council, as briefly noted in a
Algeria, once seen as a steadfast ally, is no longer enjoying unanimous support within the Polisario Front, especially among its more radical factions. This internal dissent was recently illustrated by a statement from Rachid Zineddine, the son of a prominent figure from Naama and a well-known journalist in the Tindouf camps. «We no longer want statements of solidarity or condemnation, we want weapons. If we had been armed, we could have avoided this situation. They [the Moroccans] have
In February 2020, Morocco and Pakistan agreed to revive their military cooperation through high-level visits and joint exercises. Five years later, Pakistan’s defense industry may establish a presence in the Kingdom—while India is already active on Moroccan soil.
Driss El Yazami, president of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), called for «an active international policy» to strengthen dialogue with global organizations and attract medical expertise, both national and foreign, to address Morocco’s healthcare worker shortage. Speaking at a study day organized by the Istiqlalian group on the migration of Moroccan medical professionals, he stressed the importance of a «territorial policy involving regions and
This afternoon, students disrupted a lecture by Saad-Eddine El Othmani at the Faculty of Humanities in Tetouan. The former head of government was there to present his new book, Depression... Towards a Deeper Understanding and Better Management. The protesters, from the radical left wing of the National Union of Moroccan Students (UNEM), which is dominated by Al Adl Wal Ihsane, expressed strong opposition to El Othmani’s presence. Despite their ideological differences, both Islamist and
Political and civic organizations within the Moroccan Front for Supporting Palestine and Against Normalization, along with the National Action Group for Palestine, have announced their participation in the global march calling for an end to the genocide and the lifting of the siege on the Gaza Strip. The march is scheduled to arrive in Cairo on June 12, with the return planned for June 20. At a press conference held on Wednesday, the National Action Group for Palestine stated that it had
A man was taken into police custody on Tuesday evening after committing an act of desecration at the Errahma Mosque in Villeurbanne, near Lyon, France. In the early hours of June 1st to 2nd, at around 3:45 a.m., the individual entered the place of worship, stole a copy of the Quran, burned it, and left it at the mosque entrance just minutes before the first morning prayer. The suspect, whose face was not concealed, fled after the act. A complaint was immediately filed, according to the
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