The primary criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal in El Jadida has sentenced a married driver working with the InDrive transportation app to two months in prison. The verdict follows a complaint filed by a woman in her twenties who accused him of raping her inside his car. However, the court later dropped the rape charge due to a lack of evidence and instead convicted him of engaging in sexual relations outside marriage, according to Assabah newspaper. The Royal Gendarmerie in Sidi Bouzid
Alkmaar and Dijk en Waard, two neighboring municipalities in the Dutch province of North Holland where the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) won some of its strongest results in 2023, several Dutch Moroccans say their votes for Geert Wilders stemmed not from ideology but from frustration just ahead of general elections. «We’re Moroccan, but we also voted for Wilders», Josef, a local resident told a Dutch regional daily newspaper Noordhollands Dagblad, hurrying to the doctor
Author Rim Battal is set to unveil her debut novel, «I Will Look Myself in the Eyes» (Bayard, 2025), on Thursday, October 30, at Espace Rivages, the headquarters of the Hassan II Foundation for Moroccans Living Abroad in Rabat. Drawing from personal experience, the novel delves into «the weight of social and familial expectations through the tale of a young Moroccan woman compelled to obtain a virginity certificate». This literary gathering will be guided by poet
Morocco will host the 93rd INTERPOL General Assembly from November 24 to 27, 2025, in Marrakech, bringing together ministers, police chiefs, and senior law enforcement officials from nearly 200 countries. Held under the theme «Connecting the World for a Safer Future», the meeting will address global security challenges such as cybercrime, terrorism, violent extremism, and organized crime networks. The event is expected to attract over 1,500 delegates, making it one of the largest
The Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) and the National Confederation of Tourism (CNT) held a workshop on Monday under the theme «Morocco & The American Traveler: Strategy in Action», bringing together more than 100 tourism operators. According to a statement, the event aimed to «prepare Moroccan professionals to better understand the characteristics of a high-potential American market, adapt their offerings accordingly, and structure an operational
Host of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco will once again set the stage for Africa’s premier football event, having previously hosted it in 1988. At that time, the Kingdom was not chosen through a formal bidding process but rather stepped in to rescue the tournament originally awarded to Zambia, which later withdrew. Algeria, the initial favorite to take over, ultimately had its hosting rights revoked.
The Moroccan government has unveiled Bill No. 54.25, drafted by the Ministry of the Interior, which proposes a revision of the organic law on political parties, in force since 2011. The document, obtained by Yabiladi, introduces several new measures, notably the requirement for new parties to include at least four women among their twelve founding members. The bill further stipulates that «founding members must reside across all regions of the Kingdom, with representation of at least 5%
On Monday, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita received in Rabat a delegation from the Italian parliamentary intergroup, which came to express its support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative in the Sahara. The working visit will continue in Morocco until October 28. Following the meeting, Ettore Rosato, the coordinator of the delegation and Secretary General of the Azione Party, told the press that the purpose of the visit was to reaffirm his group’s support for the Sahara autonomy plan.
Morocco, often called a geologist’s paradise, holds some of the world’s most remarkable dinosaur fossils, from the Spinosaurus and Atlasaurus to the Anza footprints. Yet, despite this wealth, only a few museums strive to make this prehistoric heritage accessible to the public.
Just days after Steve Witkoff, the U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, announced that the U.S. is striving to broker a «peace deal» between Morocco and Algeria within the next two months, Massad Boulos, the senior advisor to the President for Arab and African Affairs, expressed optimism about resolving the Western Sahara issue. He stated, «Once a permanent solution to the Western Sahara issue is achieved, resolving the conflict between Algeria and
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