Morocco claimed their third consecutive win in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, beating Niger 5-1 in Casablanca on Friday night. A lively first half and the impact of the substitutes marked the match, strengthening the Atlas Lions’ hold on top spot in their group.
Morocco sold more than twice as many goods to the United Kingdom as it bought from the country in September 2026. The latest British statistics show £156 million in imports from Morocco, compared with £73 million in exports to the kingdom.
Another disappointment for travelers planning to visit Morocco over the Christmas holidays. Volotea has just canceled around 100 more flights at Lille Airport, including services to Marrakech and Agadir, following an initial wave of 700 cancellations in October.
FranceA 49-year-old Moroccan woman who says she worked up to 17 hours a day for 500 euros a month collapsed Thursday at the Bobigny court. Her former employers were standing trial on charges of exploitation amounting to modern slavery.
SpainDoes Morocco have compromising information about Pedro Sánchez? Asked on Spanish television Thursday evening whether the kingdom might have leverage over him, the prime minister responded with humor, referring to UFOs and the contents of his mobile phone.
FranceMorocco could become a uranium supplier to French nuclear power plants. OCP is in talks with EDF and Orano on an industrial partnership that would produce the fuel from Moroccan phosphate, with a first plant planned as early as 2028.
FranceA 22-year-old Moroccan refused three times to board flights to Morocco after being stopped at Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport. A French court has reinstated his two-year ban on returning to France, which a lower court had overturned a few months earlier.
BelgiumBad news for Rym Fikri’s Belgian fans. The Moroccan singer’s concert, scheduled for Friday, November 13, 2026, in Brussels, has been canceled. The show had already been postponed in October 2025, leaving her audience waiting for more than a year.
FranceSeven years after winning €691,522 in cash and prizes on TF1’s “Les 12 Coups de midi,” Paul El Kharrat has revealed how he used his fortune. The 27-year-old, whose father is a former Moroccan track-and-field champion, has invested in property, among other things.
WorldMorocco features prominently in the November issue of the Algerian army’s magazine, El Djeich. Amid accusations of sabotage, drug trafficking and references to Western Sahara, the publication repeatedly mentions the Kingdom while warning of external threats.
MoroccoIn Morocco, occupants of some state-owned homes can become their owners. An order signed on October 26 by Fouzi Lekjaa, Minister of Economy and Finance, and published in the Official Bulletin on November 9, gives the director of the State Domains authority to approve these sales.
SportMorocco face Niger on Friday, November 13, 2026, in a 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. The Atlas Lions return to the Mohammed V Complex in Casablanca for a match being shown live on television in Morocco and France.
FranceSeriously ill and dependent on the daily help of her two French children, a Moroccan woman who has lived in France since 2016 had been denied a residence permit and ordered to leave the country. The Versailles Administrative Court of Appeal has now ordered that she be granted legal status.