A recipient of «bijstand» can continue receiving social assistance while an investigation is being conducted in Morocco. But these payments do not mean that their case has been settled: the municipality may later reclaim all or part of the money.
Morocco continues to be driven by a powerful investment cycle. But behind the major construction projects, the World Bank is identifying the first signs of a slowdown: in the first quarter of 2026, cement sales fell by 11 % year on year.
Road access to the future Hassan II grand stadium in Benslimane will be significantly upgraded. Among the planned works is the construction of three lanes in each direction on RP3308, between the Mohammedia-Est interchange and RN1.
In Marrakech, thieves are not only interested in phones or wallets. Two men suspected of carrying out multiple luxury cap thefts in the upscale neighborhoods of Guéliz and L’Hivernage have just been arrested.
Finding an apartment in Rabat is becoming a challenge for many residents. Affordable housing is becoming scarcer at a time when rents remain high and food, transportation, and everyday expenses are already taking up an increasing share of household budgets.
The sophisticated system devised by NARSA to catch cheaters during the driving test will have to wait. The contract, estimated at more than 5 million dirhams, has just been declared unsuccessful.
A few days after becoming one of the most widely shared faces of the events in Sebta, Moroccan national Jamal Jalil could be in for an unexpected sequel. A Spanish reality show has just presented him among its potential new contestants.
On several beaches in M’diq-Fnideq, parasols and chairs continue to be offered for rent even though the operators concerned reportedly do not have the required permits. In the middle of the summer season, a parasol costs 30 dirhams and a chair 10 dirhams.
Moroccans residing abroad transferred 61.5 billion dirhams to Morocco in the first half of 2026. Over the same period, the country’s energy bill reached 68.6 billion. A gap that did not yet exist a year earlier.
Since July 16, a new rule has applied to real estate transactions in Morocco. Sales, promises of sale, and special powers of attorney must now be drawn up as authentic instruments. Otherwise, the deed may be deemed null and void.
In Martil, residents of neighborhoods near the industrial zone are denouncing persistent odors that have become difficult to tolerate . Some families even say they have to leave their homes temporarily when the fumes become too strong.
Tahar Ben Jelloun says he cannot understand how tens of thousands of young people were able to head toward Ceuta without being stopped earlier by Moroccan law enforcement. For the writer, the strength of the security apparatus is precisely what makes this episode difficult to explain.