Former Netherlands international Marciano Vink praises the Moroccan Football Federation’s progress in recruiting young dual nationals. He says Abdellah Ouazane and Ayoub Oufkir chose to represent Morocco because of its effective scouting strategy and the Atlas Lions’ sporting results.
Two buyers of Moroccan origin have been ordered to pay €96,000 for occupying a building in France for eight years while seeking to buy it. The sale was never completed, leading to a lengthy legal battle. The Saint-Quentin court ordered the return of the €150,000 paid to the notary, as well as the payment of occupancy compensation.
Response times for complaints, pensioners’ life certificates and remote access to administrative documents: MP Souad Frikech has demanded answers from Nasser Bourita about how Moroccan consulates operate. She wants to know what measures are planned to make procedures easier for Moroccans living abroad.
MoroccoOn the web, TikTokers and YouTubers - including Americans - are advising their followers not to go to Morocco and are citing the reasons. They say they have no intention of returning to the kingdom.
MoroccoStudies on the project to build a railway tunnel connecting Morocco to Spain under the Strait of Gibraltar are progressing normally, according to the National Company for Strait Studies (SNED).
MoroccoThe international tsunami response exercise NEAMWave 23 sees the participation of Morocco and other countries around the North-East Atlantic, the Mediterranean and connected seas (known as the NEAM region).
SportSwept away by the Rubiales affair, Jorge Vilda, former coach of the Spanish women’s national football team who won the World Cup in August, is the new coach of the Atlas Lionesses. How was the Madrid coach recruited by the Moroccan Federation?
SportAfter Lamine Yamal and Brahim Díaz, another dual national player is fueling the debate over the choice of his sporting nationality. Ilias Akhomach , a Spanish international with the youth categories, is also on the radar of the Moroccan Federation.
MoroccoThe investigation opened into the case of injections that caused blindness in patients at the August 20, 1953 hospital in Casablanca, and entrusted to the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ), is yielding its first conclusions.
FranceThe imam of Bordeaux, Tareq Oubrou, spoke about the Hamas attack against Israel that left 1,200 dead on each side. He denounces "a terrorist act contrary to Islamic canonical law".
MoroccoIn its compilation entitled "The Moroccan Woman in Figures 2023", the High Commission for Planning (HCP) reveals statistics on the status of Moroccan women, noting among other things that 52% of Moroccan women continue to be victims of domestic violence.
SportThe Moroccan national football team will face Côte d’Ivoire in a friendly preparation match for the Africa Cup of Nations scheduled for early next year. Walid Regragui’s men will likely be without Sofyan Amrabat and Hakim Ziyech, who are injured.
FranceRenaissance deputy Belkhir Belhaddad (1st constituency of Moselle) has decided to file a complaint against Rassemblement national (RN) deputy Laurent Jacobelli (8th constituency of Moselle) who called him a "thug" during the visit of Olivier Véran, Minister Delegate in charge of Democratic Renewal and government spokesperson, to Hayange (Moselle), on Friday.