Born in a village in the Rif and arriving in the Netherlands at the age of ten unable to read or write, Ahmed Marcouch will be honored in Arnhem on Friday, October 16. The Moroccan-born mayor is one of eight recipients of a new award recognizing their contributions to Dutch society.
Morocco has major advantages that could make it a green industrial production hub on Europe’s doorstep. But a European study published on Wednesday, October 14, identifies three obstacles that could hold back its ambitions: financing, energy infrastructure and Brussels’ new trade rules.
A French-Moroccan man made repeated trips to Morocco to visit his daughter, who was born in 2020 and has health problems. The CAF is seeking repayment of €4,125 in social benefits. Despite his explanations and his doctor’s approval, the court upheld the debt.
MoroccoAdored in Morocco for his global hits, Saad Lamjarred is once again facing the French justice system for rape allegations. Already convicted at first instance in Paris, the star will appear before the Var Assize Court this Monday to answer for acts dating back to a summer evening in Saint-Tropez, risking up to 15 years in prison.
MoroccoOnline travel forums, true goldmines of information, regularly see discussions bloom about the misadventures and scams encountered on vacation, particularly in Morocco.
SportThe Atlas Lionesses have already succeeded in reaching the quarter-finals, but the hardest part is just beginning. This Monday in Manila, the Moroccan national team will face Spain, the second-ranked nation in the world, with the hope of overturning the hierarchy to secure a historic place in the last four.
MoroccoA suspicious odor emanating from a dwelling has shattered the tranquility of the Al Manzah neighborhood in Had Soualem this Sunday. The alert given by the neighborhood has led to a macabre discovery, with the security forces finding the lifeless bodies of three members of the same family inside the home.
MoroccoThe Marrakech tourist hot air balloon companies have resumed operations after several months of suspension. This resumption is taking place within a strengthened regulatory framework, while several new companies are still awaiting authorization to enter this lucrative market.
MoroccoThe American giant Uber has officially reactivated its services in Morocco this Thursday, November 27, after an absence of seven years. The application is now operational in Casablanca and Marrakech, a news that immediately provoked an outcry from professionals in the taxi sector, who denounce a return made without consultation.
MoroccoA customer thought she had prevailed against her bank after a favorable first judgment in February, but the courts decided otherwise on appeal. The Rabat Court has just overturned this decision, ordering the borrower to repay a loan of nearly 600,000 dirhams that she had never received, as the funds had been misappropriated by a notary.
SportThe African champions have written a page of history by getting out of the group stage, but the hardest part is yet to come. The Moroccan women’s national futsal team continues its preparation in Manila with a huge goal: to beat Spain on Monday to secure a place in the semifinals of the first World Cup in the discipline.
MoroccoA routine workday turned to tragedy in the province of Sefrou. Two farmers were violently charged by a wild boar as they were working in their fields on Friday evening, an attack that cost one of them his life and left the other in critical condition.
MoroccoThe Morocco presents the Atlantic Africa Gas Pipeline as a major infrastructure for regional integration and supply to Europe, but a recent analysis depicts a much darker economic reality. According to the North Africa Risk Consulting (NARCO) firm, this mega-project connecting Nigeria to Morocco would be a financial sinkhole whose amortization would require nearly three centuries.