A Moroccan national had his naturalization application deferred for two years for housing his wife while she was in France illegally. He cited medical reasons and his wife’s subsequent regularization of her status. The Nantes Administrative Court upheld the decision on September 17, 2026.
Writer Najat El Hachmi has sharply criticized Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of Spain’s People’s Party, who wants to tighten the requirements for obtaining Spanish nationality. Born in Morocco and now a Spanish citizen, she denounces rhetoric that, she says, fuels prejudice against people from immigrant backgrounds.
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.
SportExpelled before the end of the first half against Real Sociedad after receiving two yellow cards, Selim Amallah wants to make up for it against Mallorca and regain the trust of coach Rubén Baraja.
SpainA man of Algerian origin was arrested in Ceuta as he was trying to reach Morocco by swimming. He would be involved in a homicide case in France.
FranceFrance’s decision to ban its athletes from wearing the Islamic veil during the Olympics to be held from July 26 to August 11, 2024 in Paris continues to provoke reactions. A Moroccan thinker and intellectual calls on Muslim communities around the world to file a complaint with the competent courts.
MoroccoThe trial of the famous plastic surgeon, Dr Hassan Tazi, owner of the Chifaa clinic, incarcerated for, among other things, human trafficking, abuse of weakness and fraud, continues before the Court of Appeal of Casablanca. Serious charges have been brought against his brother and his wife.
MoroccoMorocco and the United States started in September the preparations for the 2024 edition of African Lion, the annual military exercises co-organized by the two countries.
SportAccording to Sogécapital Gestion, a subsidiary of the Société Générale Maroc group, the co-organization of the 2030 football World Cup by Morocco should cost it nearly 52 billion dirhams.
SportAmber Leibrock, famous American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, has converted to Islam. She expresses her happiness to see that "everything" "guides her on a path" that "brings her" closer to God.
MoroccoThe city of Casablanca is tackling the fight against pests, including bed bugs , recently spotted in France.
MoroccoAn attempt to traffic nearly 40 kilos of drugs was thwarted on Friday morning by customs and police elements at the border post of Ceuta , in northern Morocco.
MoroccoIn Singapore, a Moroccan has opened a stall in a hawker center, where he offers meals rarely available in the country to customers.