The draft UN resolution on the Western Sahara issue, presented by the United States, has caused a political upheaval within the Polisario Front. In response, the Front quickly announced the «expansion» of its proposal, which it had initially submitted in 2007 as a counter to the Moroccan autonomy initiative, despite not being prompted to do so by any party.
By the end of the 21st century, the Sahara Desert could receive up to 75% more summer rainfall than it does today, according to a recent multi-model study. Led by researcher Thierry Ndetatsin Taguela from the University of Illinois Chicago, the analysis, based on 40 climate models, compares the periods 2050–2099 and 1965–2014, projecting a notable increase in precipitation across North, East, and Central Africa, while West Southern Africa is expected to experience drier
A 17-year-old Senegalese goalkeeper, Cheikh Touré, was found dead in Ghana after falling victim to a scam network that deceived him with false promises of football trials in Morocco. In a statement issued on Saturday, October 18, the Senegalese Ministry of African Integration, Foreign Affairs, and Senegalese Abroad confirmed that the tragedy occurred on Friday, October 17. Preliminary investigations suggest that Touré was ensnared by a fraud and financial extortion network that
The 2026 finance bill has allocated 157.17 billion dirhams to defense, marking a 17.8% increase compared to the 2025 budget, which was 133.5 billion dirhams (13.5 billion dollars). This rise follows a trend observed in Morocco over several years: 11.5 billion dollars for defense in 2022, 12 billion in 2023, 12.4 billion in 2024, and 13.5 billion in 2025. The 2026 finance bill also plans for the creation of 5,500 budgetary positions for the National Defense Administration, making it the
The Finance bill for the year 2026, presented this Monday, October 20, before both Houses of Parliament by the Minister of Finance and Economy, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, outlines the creation of 36,895 budgetary positions. The 2026 Finance bill allocates 13,000 new jobs to the Ministry of the Interior, followed by the Ministry of Health with 8,000 positions. The National Defense Administration ranks third with 5,500 new recruits for the 2026 fiscal year. The Ministry of Finance will benefit from
The group of Istiqlal deputies, an integral part of the government majority, challenged the Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, on Monday during an oral question session at the House of Representatives. They questioned her about the persistent rise in consumer prices. In response, the minister, a member of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), attributed this surge to «successive and complex international crises that do not concern only our country». She
The new commander of AFRICOM, General Dagvin Anderson, is currently visiting Morocco. On Monday, October 20, he met with Abdellatif Loudiyi, the Minister Delegate in charge of National Defense Administration, in Rabat. The discussions focused on «the commitment to strengthen the strategic partnership between Morocco and the United States, embodied by the 2020-2030 defense cooperation roadmap, signed in Rabat on October 2, 2020. Both parties reaffirmed their desire to consolidate military
The trial of the driver who tragically struck and killed 13-year-old Aymen during the Morocco-France World Cup semi-final in 2022 is set to commence this week at the Hérault Criminal Court. On that fateful night, the accused fatally hit the young boy of Moroccan descent in the La Mosson neighborhood of Montpellier, an area already facing socio-economic challenges, igniting unrest in the community. According to AFP, investigators revealed that just before the incident, the driver was
On Sunday, October 19, armed elements of the Polisario Front expelled around a hundred gold prospectors from the Karzaze region, located east of the Sand Wall, near the Mauritanian border. During this operation, the equipment of the prospectors, who were mostly Mauritanians and Sudanese, was also seized, reports a media outlet based in Zouerate. This incident comes five weeks after the Polisario militias abducted several Mauritanian gold prospectors in the El Malhate region, even though it
The head coach of Morocco's under-17 national team, Nabil Baha, revealed the roster of 21 players set to compete in the upcoming U17 World Cup, which will take place from November 3 to 27, 2025, in Qatar. After clinching the title of African champions at the U17 Africa Cup of Nations on home soil, the young Atlas Lions are eager to emulate the success of the under-20 squad, who just claimed the U20 World Cup in Chile. Reflecting on the remarkable triumph of Mohamed Ouahbi's team, Nabil Baha
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