Derb Ghallef is a global temple of informal trade, but its days in its current form are numbered. The new development plan for Casablanca plans to replace this maze with a modern shopping center of more than 7 hectares, radically transforming the face of the Maârif district.
A land affair is currently shaking the municipality of Casablanca. At issue is a large plot of land belonging to the municipality and intended for a public green space in Aïn Sebaâ, whose ownership has curiously been transferred to a real estate company. A judicial investigation could be opened.
The National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM) opened the new Tit Mellil–Berrechid highway to traffic on Thursday, November 27, 2025. This 30-km infrastructure, named A31, required an investment of 2.5 billion dirhams to improve mobility in Greater Casablanca.
The justice system ordered on Thursday the provisional detention of the influencer Soukayna Benjeloun in Casablanca. Known on social networks for having publicized what has been described as the "most expensive divorce in Morocco", she is the subject of legal proceedings initiated by her former husband.
Whenever her schedule allows it, Rachida Dati, the French Minister of Culture, enjoys spending good times in Casablanca, where she recharges at her father’s house.
Seven years after leaving the Kingdom, the Uber company has officially announced its return to the Moroccan market. The application has been operational again since the morning of Thursday, November 27. For this relaunch phase, the service is exclusively available in two cities: Casablanca and Marrakech.
In Morocco, a large-scale audit on contracts worth more than 75 million dirhams reveals irregularities in the rental of high-end vehicles within about thirty municipalities spread across three major regions of the kingdom.
The Casablanca Municipal Council has confirmed the maintenance of its policy of massive subsidies to the public transport sector, a measure aimed at ensuring the stability of fares for users.
The security services of Mohammed-V Airport in Casablanca carried out a sting operation this Saturday, arresting an Algerian national involved in a drug case . The man, who was about to board a flight to Algiers, was caught by the control devices as he tried to conceal drugs in his body.
The trial in the so-called “Villa California” case took a decisive turn this Thursday before the Casablanca Court of Appeal. The deputy public prosecutor delivered a damning indictment against Saïd Naciri, former president of Wydad , and former parliamentarian Kacem Belmir, asserting that the transfer of the property was based on all-out fraud.
The project of a fixed link between Europe and Africa , considered for more than forty years, continues to mobilize the Spanish and Moroccan authorities. Despite the colossal technical challenges, the two countries maintain their commitment to the construction of a submarine railway tunnel crossing the Strait of Gibraltar, with a commissioning horizon now envisaged around 2040.
The Italian mafia boss Patrizio Forniti, considered the boss of the Aprilia clan, and his wife, were arrested in Casablanca, Morocco. They were living in hiding with false Swiss passports after escaping a large-scale operation last year.