Morocco is short of workers to harvest its avocados. Growers are discussing with the authorities the possible recruitment of foreign workers. The option is being considered as the sector, which already employs 10,000 people, plans to export 100,000 tonnes this season.
Fouzi Lekjaa takes over as head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, replacing Nadia Fettah. The new government led by Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, appointed Friday by Mohammed VI, retains Nasser Bourita and Abdelouafi Laftit in their posts.
A 33-year-old Moroccan man who has lived in France since 1999 faced deportation to his country of birth despite having five French children and expecting a sixth. The Cergy-Pontoise administrative court has now overturned his removal order, despite several criminal convictions.
MoroccoThe Spanish authorities have managed to intercept a total of 117 off-road vehicles and sports cars stolen in Canada and destined for Morocco over the past six months.
FranceThe judicial epilogue in the case of the young Aymen, fatally mowed down in Montpellier during the 2022 World Cup, is now known. The public prosecutor’s office announced that it would not appeal the conviction of the driver to eight years in prison, a decision explained directly to the victim’s family.
SpainThe far-right party Vox presented a motion on Wednesday to the Senate Culture Committee to request the banning of the Eid al-Adha celebration. An initiative described as "shameful" by the Socialist Party (PSOE), which sees it as a xenophobic drift contrary to the values of coexistence in Spain.
MoroccoThe United Nations Security Council is expected to adopt a new resolution on the Western Sahara tonight, marking a notable evolution in its approach to the negotiation process. The text renews the mandate of the UN mission while redefining the basis of the discussion, placing the Moroccan initiative at the center of future talks.
MoroccoFaced with difficult living conditions, the Moroccan actress Aïcha Mahmah is making an appeal. Rather than tributes, she is asking to obtain a decent home, adapted to her needs.
MoroccoThe authorities in Marrakech have decided to suspend the activity of the restaurateurs installed on the famous Jemaa El-Fna square for a period of one week in order to accelerate the ongoing development work.
MoroccoA British man has decided to climb Mount Toubkal, the highest point in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, to raise funds for a charity where his wife used to work, but also to mark the first anniversary of her death.
MoroccoThe services of the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII) and the Foreign Exchange Office have uncovered a sophisticated network of illegal currency transfers abroad. More than 90 million dirhams would have been diverted abroad over the past three years.
MoroccoThe project of a tunnel between Spain and Morocco, and by extension between Europe and Africa, could become a reality. The feasibility study commissioned by the Spanish Society for Studies on Fixed Communication through the Strait of Gibraltar (SECEGSA) to the German company Herrenknecht, world leader in the field of tunnel boring machines, has confirmed that the infrastructure, although extremely complex, is technically viable.
MoroccoMorocco is on the verge of acquiring formidable American weapons from Lockheed Martin for its Royal Air Force.