The High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) has dismissed complaints filed by three opposition parties concerning a segment aired on 2M about the 2030 FIFA World Cup, which will be co-hosted by Morocco, Spain, and Portugal. Following its meeting on May 8, the Superior Council of Audiovisual Communication concluded that the broadcast did not contain any elements of prohibited or political advertising. The complaints—lodged by the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS), the
Built in 2005 in the lush parklands of Aix-les-Bains at the initiative of the Moroccan ambassador, the Mohammed V Fountain was created to commemorate the agreements that led to Morocco’s independence, negotiated in Aix-les-Bains in 1956. Now, this symbolic monument will be gracefully restored by the local Moroccan community, which has enlisted artisans skilled in traditional zellige tilework. Recognized as a major part of Aix’s heritage and listed as a historic monument since 2008,
Two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were moderately injured in a car accident on Wednesday in Morocco while participating in the 21st edition of the African Lion military exercise, currently underway in the country. Israeli media reported on Thursday that the IDF confirmed the incident, adding that the soldiers were transferred to a hospital for treatment. Their families have also been informed. African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual exercise, bringing together 50
The national team of Congo-Brazzaville will now be able to participate in the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup following the lifting of the suspension of the Congolese Football Federation (FECOFOOT) by FIFA. The decision was announced on Wednesday, May 14, by the FIFA Council Bureau after the required conditions were met. These included «the full restitution of control over the FECOFOOT headquarters, the Ignié technical center, and other federation facilities to the
French Member of Parliament Hanane Mansouri, representing the Union of Rights for the Republic (UDR), announced on Thursday that she will be filing a complaint after receiving an anonymous letter containing racist and anti-Semitic threats at the National Assembly. The letter read: «Watch out for the Algerians in Paris and greetings from Samuel Paty», Mansouri responded firmly on X, stating, «You will not intimidate me; I will continue to defend France’s
Salwa El Bardai, a member of the Justice and Development Party’s parliamentary group, raised concerns in a written question about a recent incident in which a woman gave birth on the sidewalk outside a closed health center in the Beni Rzine commune, Chefchaouen province. She denounced what she described as the «dangerous neglect» affecting health facilities in rural areas. El Bardai stressed that the woman received neither basic medical care nor humanitarian
On May 13, 2025, a Moroccan peacekeeper serving with the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was killed in a traffic accident during a logistical operation. A Congolese language assistant working for the same mission also lost their life, according to a statement from the Royal Armed Forces. The Moroccan peacekeeper, a member of the Moroccan Rapid Intervention Battalion deployed with the UN’s peacekeeping forces, was in a UN vehicle carrying six people when it
Originally scheduled for May 30 and 31, the Casablanca comedy festival Comediablanca will now take place a day earlier, on May 29 and 30, 2025, at the Mohammed V Complex. According to a press release issued by the organizers on Thursday, the updated schedule will see the Arabophone Gala held on May 29, followed by the Francophone Gala on May 30. This adjustment comes in response to the announcement of a major Wydad Athletic Club football match set for May 31 near the festival site. To
The public prosecutor in Orléans, Emmanuelle Bochenek-Puren, announced late Thursday afternoon that an investigation has been opened into «incitement to hatred based on religion». As reported by AFP, the judicial inquiry follows the discovery of stickers bearing Islamophobic and anti-leftist messages in the city center and on the university campus. The materials featured neo-Nazi and far-right references. The investigation is being handled by the judicial police, as several
The former Moroccan diplomat and human rights expert Halima El Warzazi has passed away at the age of 92, the National Human Rights Council announced. She served as a member of the Advisory Council on Human Rights (the predecessor to the current Council) from 2007 to 2011. Born on April 17, 1933, in Casablanca, El Warzazi was among the first Moroccan women to enter the diplomatic corps. After earning a degree in literature from Cairo University, she began her career as a Cultural attaché