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This year, the Ministry of the Interior has already initiated legal proceedings against 300 local elected officials involved in financial crimes. This approach is part of a policy of moralizing public life and promoting transparency.
Neo Motors Morocco unveils the Dial-E , the first electric utility vehicle designed and assembled in Morocco and approved in Europe. This vehicle marks a revolution in the Moroccan automotive industry.
A French priest is suspected of having committed sexual violence on minor refugees in Casablanca. An investigation has been opened.
King Mohammed VI’s outstretched hand to Algeria after the UN Security Council resolution on the Moroccan Sahara has relaunched the debate on the economic cost of the non-Maghreb. For decades, the region has been depriving itself of several growth points and a real lever of shared economic sovereignty.
Morocco has managed to reduce the areas dedicated to illegal cannabis cultivation to 20,627 hectares in 2025, compared to 134,000 in 2003, a decrease of 85%, according to updated data from the Ministry of the Interior.
In addition to specialized brands, halal is now making its way into the major fast-food chains in France. But they are not all adopting the same strategy. While some have opted for 100% halal, others offer a partial offering, and others like McDonald’s do not plan to change their policy.
The number of contentious cases reached 129 in 2024, compared to 137 in 2023, representing a decrease of 5.8%, according to the management report of the Foreign Exchange Office for the year 2024.
After eight months of investigation, the police finally arrested a 25-year-old man, accused of robbing the Bouygues store in Esquirol, Toulouse on Saturday, February 8, 2025, and taking away mobile phones worth a total of 32,000 euros, which he transported to Morocco to be sold on the black market.
A 32-year-old woman, who has been in a relationship for four years with a national of the Gulf countries within the framework of a customary marriage celebrated on the basis of the Fatiha, has been arrested and placed in detention. She will be presented this Tuesday before the investigating judge at the court of first instance in Marrakech.
By the end of August 2025, the Moroccan police forces seized a total of 446 tons of narcotics, including 385 tons of cannabis resin and 61 tons of kif plants, as well as 788 kg of cocaine, 1.04 kg of heroin, and 1,259,662 psychotropic tablets, according to the latest report from the Ministry of the Interior.
Massad Boulos, advisor for Africa and the Middle East to President Donald Trump, assured that "there are no secret negotiations" between Morocco and Algeria, contradicting the statements of Steve Wittkof, another advisor to the US president, who recently announced a "peace agreement" between the two countries within 60 days.
The Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, spoke about the recent adoption by the UN Security Council of a resolution on the Sahara in favor of Morocco, admitting that his country was "on the verge of voting" for this text.