The chief of staff of the Spanish Army visited Melilla to examine the situation of the garrison, its equipment and its facilities. The visit comes less than three weeks after Spain’s highest-ranking military official visited Melilla and Sebta.
Three separate complaints were filed after the only Moroccan television channel available at the Belgian prison of Merksplas disappeared. The competent commission rejected them all: the removal had been decided by the package provider, not by the prison authorities.
Spain is deploying six F-18 fighter jets, a missile frigate and an air-defense unit in the south of the peninsula and in the Alboran Sea. The aircraft must be able to take off within fifteen minutes of detecting an unidentified aircraft.
FranceArriving in France in March 2002 at just two years old, a Moroccan man lived there for more than 24 years. After several criminal convictions, he was deported to Morocco on July 3. The Toulouse Administrative Court of Appeal has just rejected his request to suspend the measure.
MoroccoSeddik Errais, a Dutchman of Moroccan origin from Maastricht, is still incarcerated in Morocco four years after being acquitted in the La Crème café shooting case in Marrakech. The proceedings have since seen new developments, and he continues to proclaim his innocence.
WorldA virus previously known mainly in Australia has been detected in dead sardines in South Africa. As the die-offs spread, the episode is attracting attention in Morocco, where sardine stocks are already weakened. No cases have nevertheless been detected there.
MoroccoThe Moroccan passenger-car market is declining for the first time this year. But Chinese manufacturers are avoiding the slowdown: they achieved their best month ever in Morocco in August and now account for more than 15% of sales.
MoroccoAlgeria aims to welcome 8 million tourists a year by 2029. An important target for its tourism sector, but one that also helps measure the current gap with Morocco, where 14.1 million arrivals have already been recorded in the first eight months of 2026.
SportHakim Ziyech and Wydad have officially terminated their contract by mutual agreement. The player is expected to receive around 3.5 million dirhams, corresponding to two months’ salary, a loyalty bonus and housing-related expenses.
MoroccoAt 31, Mohammed Bouzoubaa launched TGCC in his home garage. Thirty-five years later, the shares he owns in the Moroccan construction giant are worth approximately $1.6 billion.
FranceThe Var prefecture refused to renew a 60-year-old Moroccan man’s residence permit and ordered him to leave France. It cited a conviction for drunk driving and malicious calls that had not resulted in a conviction. The judge suspends all of these decisions.
SpainSpanish economist Santiago Niño Becerra believes that Spain’s departure from Ceuta and Melilla is no longer a question of possibility, but of timing. According to him, the new geopolitical balance now favors Morocco.
WorldDonald Trump has openly attacked Spain over its border. His message comes as Madrid continues to struggle to emerge from the migration crisis in Ceuta, triggered by the massive arrivals from Morocco at the end of July.