Jalil Laaboudi
A 26-year-old Moroccan man managed to escape while being transferred to a detention center in Germany. Despite a major manhunt involving a helicopter, he traveled nearly 400 kilometers before being found the next day in Cologne. His deportation to Morocco has now been scheduled.
Moroccan travelers heading to Europe for a short stay could face longer waits at the borders starting Monday, September 7. The exemption allowing biometric checks to be temporarily suspended when queues become unmanageable is due to end.
Ceuta and Melilla will remain Spanish “until the end of time,” Pedro Sánchez promises. On the same day, Nizar Baraka asserts that Morocco will not retreat “a single centimeter.” The two partners are now publicly displaying completely opposing territorial positions.
The project for Morocco’s first offshore wind farm has reached a new stage. An international consortium has just been tasked with studying its feasibility over two years, with particular attention being paid to the Atlantic coast near Essaouira.
Eight years after Ismaïl’s death in an elevator fall in Argenteuil , the court sentenced the three defendants. In the case of TK Elevator, the judges went beyond the prosecutor’s demands by imposing the maximum fine allowed by law on the company.
Morocco now reportedly holds an advantage over Spain in a field that has become central to modern armed forces: drones. This is the assessment made by Francisco Bendala, a former Spanish lieutenant-colonel, who nevertheless acknowledges Madrid’s superiority in the air and at sea.
The three major Moroccan banking groups now have such an extensive presence across the continent that Morocco is presented as Africa’s second-largest regional banking power, behind South Africa. Attijariwafa bank, BCP and Bank of Africa generate an increasing share of their business outside the Kingdom.
Bangladesh has just approved a new order of 70,000 tonnes of phosphate fertilisers from Morocco. This is the third major decision in three weeks benefiting OCP Nutricrops, bringing the Moroccan purchases authorised since 12 August to 280,000 tonnes.
After scoring a remarkable hat-trick for Eintracht Frankfurt, Younes Ebnoutalib has found himself at the center of a duel between Morocco and Germany. Mohamed Ouahbi is said to have met the striker and promised him a call-up, while the German federation is also reportedly trying to convince him.
Spain could go so far as to reconsider its participation in hosting the 2030 World Cup if FIFA awards the final to Morocco. The possibility has been raised by the Spanish press as Rafael Louzán insistently demands the last match for his country.
Badr Hari was arrested again on Tuesday morning in Amsterdam. The Moroccan kickboxer is suspected of making threats and insults. This new arrest comes less than a year after his conviction for assaulting his former partner.
The medical repatriation of Younes, 6, who was hospitalized in critical condition in Sharm el-Sheikh, could have cost his family of Moroccan origin up to 80,000 euros. Following a major mobilization, Italy has decided to intervene and is now preparing his return to Turin.