
Morocco to Outlaw Hotels' Discrimination Against Single Women, Justice Minister Says
The draft Penal Code provides for sanctions against hotels that refuse access to women residing in the same city, warned Abdellatif Ouahbi, the Minister of Justice.

The draft Penal Code provides for sanctions against hotels that refuse access to women residing in the same city, warned Abdellatif Ouahbi, the Minister of Justice.

Marta, a young Spanish woman, shared on TikTok her travel experience in Morocco, claiming that the kingdom is a safe country that women can visit alone.

A young Cuban woman was arrested by customs at the airport upon her arrival in Morocco for not declaring the three luxury watches she was carrying in her luggage. She expresses her indignation on social media and calls for help.

Once close, the Moroccan and Algerian peoples "no longer know each other, no longer speak to each other, no longer love each other" because of the tensions between the two countries over the Sahara issue. This is at least the observation made by François Soudan, editor-in-chief of Jeune Afrique.

In Meknes, cases of fraud related to Omra or Hajj pilgrimage visas are multiplying. Suspected of being involved in visa scams for pilgrimage to Mecca, a teacher from the École Normale Supérieure was arrested and then placed in custody.

Morocco was the leading supplier of watermelons to Spain and France in 2023. 65% of Spanish imports and more than 45% of French imports of this fruit come from the kingdom.

The work to triple the Casablanca-Berrechid motorway and the Casablanca bypass motorway is progressing at a steady pace, Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM) has assured.

A draft law proposing the imposition of financial penalties to fight food waste is being studied in the Moroccan parliament.

Worried about the fate of their missing relatives in Libya, Moroccan families and civil society actors are calling on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad to intervene with the Libyan authorities.

Chinese companies are rushing to invest in the automotive industry, particularly in batteries for electric vehicles, in Morocco. Over the past few months, about a dozen Chinese manufacturers have announced the development of mega-projects in Tanger Tech.

The appeal trial of plastic surgeon Hassan Tazi and his co-defendants will open next week before the Casablanca Court of Appeal.

Nearly four years later, the American recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara in exchange for the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel continues to be the subject of criticism.