The Moroccan government has announced an investment plan for the religious supervision of Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) . It aims to financially support Islamic associations and strengthen cultural ties, particularly in Europe and Canada.
Morocco announced on Tuesday, November 4 the creation of a new national holiday set for October 31. This decision, which is accompanied by a reorganization of the schedule of royal speeches, is presented as a consequence of the "historic turning point" in the Sahara issue .
The Moroccan automotive market continues its strong growth in 2025. Cumulative sales at the end of October recorded a strong increase, confirming the recovery of a sector driven by the diversity of the offer and the demand from individuals.
A heated controversy is raging at a French mission school in Rabat . Parents of students are denouncing the use of a poetry anthology in the school curriculum, claiming that the book contains sexually explicit and inappropriate passages for minors.
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.
A judicial investigation has been opened in Tanger concerning the theft of jewelry of which an elderly woman would have been the victim, while she was hospitalized in a private clinic in the city center. The case, which would involve members of the medical staff, is causing a strong controversy over patient safety.
The National Airports Office (ONDA) has officially launched the construction process of the future large terminal of Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca. A call for tenders has just been published for this infrastructure project, one of the largest ever undertaken in Morocco, which aims to transform the platform into a major international air hub.
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.
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.
Marrakech confirms its status as the locomotive of national tourism. The airport of the ochre city is about to experience a particularly busy week of activity, illustrating the good health of the sector which is based on a long-term national investment strategy.
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.