Royal Air Maroc must pay €10,000 for carrying a passenger to Paris who was using another woman’s French passport. The airline challenged the penalty, arguing that the fraud was not obvious. The Paris Administrative Court has rejected its arguments.
A father living in the Netherlands fears he could be arrested on a future trip to Morocco. Although a Dutch court has already set child support, a Moroccan court is demanding additional payments. He has just obtained a suspension of that decision from a court in Amsterdam.
At Renault in Tangier, wages reportedly reach €1,700, according to a union official. In Saïdia, an ice cream shop employee earns €300 a month. A Belgian journalist travelled across Morocco to understand why the country’s industrial boom is not benefiting all workers.
MoroccoDespite the warm welcome given to Algerian supporters during the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco , relations between the two populations are undergoing constant erosion. Between the closure of land borders since 1994, the diplomatic rupture of 2021, and the influence of social networks, the historical link that united the two countries seems to be fading in favor of mutual ignorance.
MoroccoThe Bab Sebta border crossing has been experiencing significant congestion for several weeks, resulting in waiting times ranging from 5 to 18 hours for vehicles on the Moroccan side. This situation has led the Dignity and Citizenship Movement (MDyC) to announce the presentation of an official proposal to the Ceuta Assembly, requesting the Spanish government to conclude a bilateral agreement with Morocco to facilitate the flow of traffic.
FranceThe Paris police prefecture has issued a new decree banning any gathering of supporters on the Champs-Élysées avenue this Sunday, January 18, on the occasion of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final. This preventive measure, taken as the Atlas Lions are about to face Senegal, is provoking the protest of several Île-de-France elected officials who denounce a difference in treatment compared to other sporting competitions.
MoroccoThe Marrakech police prefecture proceeded, on Saturday, January 17, to the arrest of a 36-year-old VTC driver operating for the InDrive application . The man is suspected of transporting passengers without authorization, refusing to comply, and deliberately endangering the lives of others during a traffic stop.
FranceThe body of Ismaël Aali, a 20-year-old man, was found on January 6th in the Prin pond, in Loire-sur-Rhône, near Lyon. The judicial investigation, which is leaning towards a crime motivated by the victim’s origin, has led to the indictment and pre-trial detention of a 21-year-old suspect for racist murder .
MoroccoCivil Protection elements successfully rescued on Friday, January 16 in the afternoon, two Polish tourist climbers who were stranded on the heights of Oued Warga, in the commune of Tamanart. The two climbers, victims of physical exhaustion, were extracted safely from a particularly steep and rocky area.
MoroccoA security vulnerability has been detected in All in One SEO (AIOSEO), an optimization tool used by more than three million WordPress sites worldwide, including a large majority of media and state portals in Morocco. This vulnerability allows users with limited access rights to fraudulently access the site’s artificial intelligence functions, leading to risks of unauthorized exploitation and depletion of AI consumption credits.
MoroccoThe travel agency easyJet Holidays has published its "sunshine reliability index", placing Marrakech and Agadir in the global top 10 destinations most reliable for enjoying the sun during the Easter holidays. This study, based on the analysis of 25 years of climate data, confirms the attractiveness of the Moroccan tourism offer compared to the competition of the Red Sea and the Atlantic islands.
MoroccoThe Royal Gendarmerie of Aïn Sebaâ, in coordination with the services of Médiouna, put an end to the activities of an international drug trafficking network after a precise surveillance operation. The intervention resulted in the seizure of more than two tons of drugs and a significant quantity of hallucinogenic tablets.
SportThe Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) published, on January 16, 2026, a press release expressing its concerns about the organization of the Africa Cup of Nations final in Morocco . The organization denounces several logistical and security shortcomings affecting the preparation of the national team a few days before the match.