With a doctorate in nuclear physics, Nacim Haddad left CERN’s laboratories to become a singer of Moroccan popular music. Nine years after changing careers, he performs in Paris this Wednesday, then in Marseille on Saturday.
In Suriname, Maisha Neus proposes drawing on Moroccan law to protect dual-nationality footballers living in the Netherlands. Yet President Jennifer Simons had categorically rejected the idea six months earlier, citing national sovereignty.
Ten people work at the Moroccan company responsible for studies on the tunnel beneath the Strait of Gibraltar. This small team is coordinating, with its Spanish partners, an investment program worth 120 million dirhams planned for 2027.
MoroccoAn extradition agreement has been concluded with Morocco to hand over to France Félix Bingui alias "the Cat", one of the biggest drug traffickers in Marseille, arrested in March 2024 in Casablanca. Former French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, the new Keeper of the Seals, thanks Rabat.
MoroccoMoroccan watermelon exports have experienced a record decline in the first ten months of 2024, reaching only 113,500 tons, the lowest level since 2017. The persistent drought and cultivation restrictions in certain regions of the kingdom would explain this decline.
MoroccoMorocco is in talks with the EU with a view to a harmonious application of the OECD/G20 treaty on the automatic exchange of banking data for tax purposes.
SportAchraf Hakimi has for the first time spoken about his controversial divorce from Spanish actress Hiba Abouk, the mother of his two children. The Moroccan defender of Paris Saint-Germain confessed that this separation was "the most difficult thing" he had experienced in his life.
MoroccoWhile Morocco has increased its imports, coffee prices are following an upward trend due to several factors.
SportHakim Ziyech is considering making a significant investment in Morocco. The Moroccan international would plan to open a luxury restaurant in Marrakech.
SpainThe families of Mustafa Dris, 49, and Mohamed Abdeslam Ahmed, 40, two men from Sebta killed in Spanish waters by a Royal Gibraltar Police patrol boat in March 2020, continue to demand justice. A new hearing is scheduled for May 2025.
MoroccoMore than fourteen months after its launch, the study on the development of the merchant navy fleet is slow to deliver its results. The government is working to catch up on this delay.
MoroccoRoyal Air Maroc Cargo is working to strengthen trade exchanges with the American continent. New direct flights connecting Casablanca to São Paulo (GRU) and Toronto (YYZ) have been launched in this direction.
MoroccoWhile the tax amnesty aimed at regularizing undeclared liquid assets has resulted in an injection of 60 billion dirhams into the Moroccan banking system, the structural challenges related to banking liquidity persist.