
Morocco Unveils Plan to Overhaul Urban Transport Management
Abdelouafi Laftit, Minister of the Interior, is working to implement a new model for managing urban transport, in order to reorganize the sector and ensure its more rational functioning.

Abdelouafi Laftit, Minister of the Interior, is working to implement a new model for managing urban transport, in order to reorganize the sector and ensure its more rational functioning.

Moroccan customs authorizes Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) to bring their vehicles into Morocco under the temporary admission (TA) regime. This customs regime allows the importation of a vehicle without paying customs duties, under certain conditions. However, beware: the rules are clear regarding the transfer of these vehicles.

A 42-year-old French national of Algerian origin was arrested on Friday in Casablanca by the judicial police. Suspected of being involved in a drug trafficking and money laundering network, he was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the French judicial authorities.

Drama in Témara. A fire broke out in a dwelling following a violent explosion of a gas cylinder, causing the death of five children.

Algerian food products are experiencing huge success in Morocco despite persistent tensions between Rabat and Algiers.

Moroccan singer Dounia Batma appeared in a video for the first time since her release. She recently left the Oudaya prison in Marrakech, after serving a one-year prison sentence in the "Hamza Mon Bb" case.

In order to strengthen its presence in the United Kingdom, the national airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) plans to launch a direct line between Casablanca airport and London-Stansted airport.

We know a little more about the dangerous terrorist project thwarted this week in Morocco. The investigation conducted by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) reveals a possible involvement of Algeria in this terrorist plan carried out by this pro-Daesh cell that was receiving its orders directly from a senior official of the organization operating from the Sahel.

Abdelouafi Laftit, the Minister of the Interior, has given firm instructions to the governors of the provinces and prefectures to initiate the procedures for ascertaining, imposing and collecting the tax on undeveloped urban land.

Substantial fines will be imposed on people engaged in "Self-construction" projects in case of late declarations of the cost of their work.

Morocco is far ahead of Algeria and Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania in the 2025 Soft Power Index published by Brand Finance.

A police commissioner from the city of Aït Melloul was arrested in flagrant corruption. A judicial investigation is underway to shed light on this case.