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.
FranceLeaving for Syria in the company of his older brother and his best friend, a Franco-Moroccan managed to leave a Jabhat al-Nosra, affiliated with Al-Qaeda, katiba to return to France. After being sentenced to 4 years in prison, including 1 year suspended probation in the first instance and on appeal in 2017 and 2018, he publishes a confessional book to close this chapter of his life, but also "to raise awareness among young people who could be seduced by jihadist propaganda".
MoroccoBritish scientists have conducted a study on the star-shaped dune, Lala Lallia, formed 13,000 years ago, in Erg Chebbi, near Merzouga, in southeastern Morocco. A first.
MoroccoMathieu Kassovitz, the 56-year-old actor and director, settles his accounts with his colleague, the Franco-Moroccan actor Saïd Taghmaoui , whose insults he can no longer stand. He even proposes a boxing match to him.
MoroccoAs the month of Ramadan begins on March 11, Moroccans are struggling to agree on the issue of eating in public during fasting. An act that remains severely punished by the Penal Code.
MoroccoMorocco and the United Arab Emirates maintain good diplomatic relations. But the occurrence of an incident causes surprise among Moroccan internet users: a map of the kingdom without the Sahara.
MoroccoThe inhabitants of Essaouira, a city recently named the best tourist destination in Morocco for the year 2023, live in fear and anguish due to the invasion of wild boars. Concerned about the issue, the parliamentary group of the Party of Progress and Socialism in the House of Representatives calls on the Ministry of the Interior to act in order to put an end once and for all to this phenomenon.
MoroccoMoroccan singer Leïla Ghofrane did not hide her indignation following the exploitation of the story of the murder of her daughter, Hiba Al Akkad, in a film, reserving the right to take legal action against any cinematographic or artistic work that would allude to this case.
MoroccoCustoms agents at the port of Beni Ensar seized two hunting rifles and luxury watches on Saturday.
FranceAfter finding a bag containing cards and a nice sum of money on the ground in Vernon, Khaled, 46, a father of 9-year-old twins, unemployed, finds its owner thanks to mutual aid.
MoroccoIn Casablanca, the ban on car guards and street vendors has paid off. Life has changed on the corniche and at the Mausolée Sidi Abderrahmane.