Laila M.
Admitted to CY Tech for the 2026 academic year, a young Moroccan must join the school by Monday, September 28, at the latest. But the French consulate in Rabat has refused him a visa, and a court has just rejected his emergency request to suspend the decision.
The Bab el-Mandeb crisis is redirecting some of the world’s maritime trade toward the Strait of Gibraltar. With Tanger Med and the upcoming opening of Nador West Med, Morocco lies directly on the route taken by ships now sailing around Africa.
The four Moroccan F-16s that arrived in France made the journey in a configuration designed to maximize their range. Fuselage-mounted tanks, underwing tanks and two transport aircraft: the deployment reveals the resources mobilized to make up for the absence of a Moroccan tanker.
The Melilla government announces legal action against Yahya Yahya, former senator for Nador and former mayor of Beni Enzar. In a video that went viral in Spain, he promises a bloody response if Felipe VI visits Sebta and Melilla.
Presented in 2020 as the first aircraft in a future Moroccan spy plane fleet, the Gulfstream G550 registered as N527GA was due to be delivered as early as 2021. Six years later, the US aircraft register indicates that it still belongs to L3Harris.
Marsa Maroc has obtained authorization to invest 80 million euros in nine Spanish port terminals. But nine months after signing the agreement with Boluda, the deal remains stalled in Madrid, notably due to concerns expressed in the Canary Islands.
A taxpayer claimed to be a tax resident in Morocco and had failed to declare more than €28 million in capital gains in France. An investigation reconstructed his movements: 170 days in France, compared with just 15 in Morocco.
Since 2016, US arms programs for Morocco have amounted to $12.728 billion. F-16s, Apache helicopters, Abrams tanks and missiles account for most of this amount, with deliveries spread over several years.
The Popular Party and the Socialist Party voted on Thursday, alongside left-wing parties, for a resolution condemning the deaths of three Polisario members in an attack attributed to Morocco in June. The text was adopted by a committee in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands; Vox abstained.
The Court of Cassation has ordered a third trial for Mohamed Lamine Aberouz. However, the Franco-Moroccan will not be retried for the double murder in Magnanville: his guilt on that count is final, and his life sentence remains applicable.
The United States Consulate General in Casablanca is seeking a company to prepare meals for the seven Marines responsible for its security. The contract could last five years and requires a sufficiently varied menu to accommodate the military personnel’s dietary habits and restrictions.
TUI will open a route between London-Gatwick and Tangier in summer 2027. The group will also increase its capacity to Marrakech and Agadir from Belgium, while Fès and Essaouira are among the new routes under consideration.