Karima Ouchan was growing up in the Netherlands when her father took her to Morocco. She remained there for twelve years, forced to perform household chores and deprived of her freedom. Her story was raised this week in the Dutch Senate during a debate on prosecutions for human trafficking.
Madrid is preparing the official request that would allow Ceuta and Melilla to join the European customs union. Spain’s foreign minister refers to a procedure lasting one to one and a half years. At Morocco’s border, the change still depends on the unanimous agreement of the 27 member states.
Morocco is expected to harvest 93 million quintals of cereals this year. For 2027, Bank Al-Maghrib is basing its forecasts on a return to 50 million quintals. Under this assumption, economic growth would slow from 4.4% to 2.9%, despite an expected recovery in non-agricultural activities.
MoroccoIn Marrakech, thieves are not only interested in phones or wallets. Two men suspected of carrying out multiple luxury cap thefts in the upscale neighborhoods of Guéliz and L’Hivernage have just been arrested.
MoroccoFinding an apartment in Rabat is becoming a challenge for many residents. Affordable housing is becoming scarcer at a time when rents remain high and food, transportation, and everyday expenses are already taking up an increasing share of household budgets.
MoroccoThe sophisticated system devised by NARSA to catch cheaters during the driving test will have to wait. The contract, estimated at more than 5 million dirhams, has just been declared unsuccessful.
MoroccoA few days after becoming one of the most widely shared faces of the events in Sebta, Moroccan national Jamal Jalil could be in for an unexpected sequel. A Spanish reality show has just presented him among its potential new contestants.
SportAs Wydad reportedly seek a way to part ways with Hakim Ziyech this summer in order to reduce their wage bill, the Moroccan player has no intention of leaving. At 33, he intends to honor the contract that still binds him to the club for one season .
SpainMilitary personnel assigned to Ceuta must interrupt their holidays and return to the city starting August 13. Some are currently in mainland Spain or abroad, in some cases after saving all year for a few days with their families.
MoroccoOn several beaches in M’diq-Fnideq, parasols and chairs continue to be offered for rent even though the operators concerned reportedly do not have the required permits. In the middle of the summer season, a parasol costs 30 dirhams and a chair 10 dirhams.
FranceLéon Debbouze, 17, wants to make football his profession. After a season with the PSG association’s U18 team, Jamel Debbouze’s son has just had a trial with Angers’ under-19 team, watched by his father.
FranceFrench 1,500-meter champion in the 1990s, Hassane R. is now subject to an OQTF. Born in Morocco, he arrived in France as a child and was never granted French citizenship. This former elite athlete has just been placed in a detention center following another conviction.
SportFC Barcelona has definitively withdrawn from its friendly match scheduled for 15 August in Tangier. The Catalan club is giving up an estimated 4.5 million euros in revenue, preferring not to take any risks with its team.