Morocco has taken measures to ensure the participation of Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) in the political process. The Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, provides an update.
As the conclave to elect the future Pope is set to open on Wednesday, May 7, and his name is mentioned among the cardinals with the highest probability of being elected, the Archbishop of Rabat renounces being elected Pope.
Doctors of Maghrebi origin are targeted by a racist tweet whose author is an unsuccessful candidate in the legislative elections. They do not rule out the idea of filing a complaint.
Since the contested election of its president, there is a very bad atmosphere at the Es-Salam mosque in Toulouse. The case is being brought before the courts.
Political actors or potential candidates for the 2026 elections in the Casablanca-Settat and Marrakech-Safi regions are trying to block the demolition of slums, illegal constructions and dilapidated buildings, as well as rehousing operations, in order to preserve their electoral constituencies, or even their electorate.
The Ministry of the Interior has decided to strengthen its control over development projects across the country. This initiative follows worrying observations concerning deliberate delays in the implementation of these projects, with the aim of inaugurating them as the 2026 legislative elections approach. The objective? To exploit these achievements as an electoral campaign argument.
While they have agreed on a "truce" until the beginning of 2026, the three parties in the governing coalition, the National Rally of Independents (RNI), the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), and the Istiqlal party, are already sharpening their weapons for the next legislative elections in Tangier in order to compete for the five seats allocated to the electoral district.
While some countries fear the return of Donald Trump to the White House, others, like Morocco, welcome the election of the new President of the United States who had recognized the Moroccanness of the Sahara in December 2020, at the end of his first term, and announced the opening of an American consulate in Dakhla.
The election of Donald Trump in the United States could mark the beginning of a new era in relations between Rabat and Washington. During his first term, the new US president had recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara.
After managing to obtain three elected representatives in the parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region (Dutch-speaking wing) following the legislative elections of June 9, could the Fouad Ahidar Team repeat the feat in the municipal elections on October 13?
Questioned by a parliamentary group on the right of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) to participate in elections in Morocco, Abdelouafi Laftit, Minister of the Interior, responded bluntly.
After decreeing the American recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara under his administration in December 2020, former US President Donald Trump could definitively end the Sahara conflict if he won the November 2024 elections. At least that’s what George Lombardi, his main advisor, thinks.