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The question of whether or not to include Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) in the total number of tourists visiting Morocco sparked a lively debate on Tuesday during the meeting of the Productive Sectors Commission in the House of Representatives, which was devoted to discussing the draft budget of the Ministries of Tourism and Crafts.
Speaking on Wednesday on the sidelines of the examination of the budget of his ministry before the Committee on the Interior and Local Authorities at the House of Representatives, Abdelouafi Laftit threatened to take legal action against any elected official who illegally appropriates collective lands or diverts funds from their sales.
The Marriott hotel group is strengthening its presence in Morocco with the arrival of five new brands and the announced opening of seven new establishments by 2027.
The municipality of Saint-Nicolas issued an order of uninhabitability of a dwelling occupied by a Moroccan family of five children, who have been threatened with eviction since then.
Lamine Yamal is making headlines on and off the field. Applauded for his exceptional sporting performances, the 18-year-old Spanish striker of Moroccan origin is also facing criticism for his clumsy interventions and the constant exposure of his private life in the press.
Following the adoption last Friday by the UN Security Council of a resolution on the Sahara validating the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco in 2007, Staffan de Mistura, the UN special envoy for Western Sahara, said on Wednesday that "it is now that the real work begins to reach a mutually acceptable solution to a 50-year-old conflict".
The government plans to impose an additional 2% tax on real estate transactions and business transfers carried out without a banking trace. The tax measure, included in the 2026 finance bill, aims to reduce the use of cash, strengthen transparency, and promote the bankarization of payments.
The UN Security Council voted on Friday, October 31, a resolution on the Sahara validating the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco in 2007. Khadija Mohsen-Finan, a specialist on the Maghreb and a member of the editorial board of the magazine Orient XXI, analyzes the impacts of this decision for Morocco, the Polisario Front and its ally, Algeria, which did not participate in the vote.
Christophe Lecourtier, the French ambassador to Morocco, described as "historic" the UN Security Council resolution dated October 31, 2025, validating the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara as the sole basis for resolving the conflict.
Moroccan prisons have a total of 95,685 inmates, including 1,598 foreigners, including French, serving sentences for drug trafficking offenses among others. This is indicated in a recent report by the General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration.
Major real estate scam in Casablanca. A real estate developer has managed to defraud more than 400 families as part of a residential project called "Casablanca Parc" in the Sidi Maârouf area.
With a qualified and less expensive workforce, and tax incentives, Morocco has become the El Dorado for European manufacturers who are struggling to make their production profitable in Europe.