Four Moroccan researchers have designed an artificial intelligence system of just 229 KB that can identify twenty behaviors, people and objects in a classroom. The model runs on a microcontroller and can process images locally, without continuously transmitting students’ videos.
Born in Oujda, Touils moved to France at 18 and built his career as a painter on his own. After working in Lille and then in Dubai, the Moroccan artist is on the programme for the Moderne Art Fair, taking place in Paris from October 22 to 25.
Having arrived clandestinely from Morocco at the age of 9, Rania Kissi was abandoned by her father a year later and grew up in foster families. After experiencing homelessness, the young woman became a legal expert, activist and Paris councillor.
Algeria has ended the tenure of its consul in Oujda, Hicham Ferhati, who has now been sent to London. No successor in Morocco appears in the new series of appointments decided by Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Moroccan researchers tested an electronic voting system in Nador combining facial recognition, blockchain and offline operation. Tested with 300 participants, the system validated 287 votes. However, it is not an official project of the authorities.
Moroccans who have completed their prison sentences in Algeria are reportedly still being held in administrative detention while awaiting their return to the kingdom. More than 800 cases have now been recorded, and the situation has officially reached the Moroccan Parliament.
The African Development Bank has just brought the old project for a train linking Casablanca, Algiers and Tunis back into the spotlight. It has published the completion report for the study devoted to rehabilitating and modernizing this trans-Maghreb line.
The Nador West Med port is due to enter service in the fourth quarter of 2026. But the 104-kilometre motorway intended to connect it directly to the national network will not be fully completed until 2029, more than two years after the port complex opens.
Admitted to an engineering school after a preparatory program, a young Moroccan man saw his education abruptly interrupted. His work-study placement was terminated, his training halted and his housing lost. He was supposed to be able to re-enroll before 31 August 2026.
Flights to Morocco are subject to special rules at Transavia in Rotterdam. The cabin crew union considers them more demanding and wants to prevent them from accumulating within the same week.
A kafala established in Morocco may allow a child placed in care to obtain French nationality , provided it has been approved by a judge. The Court of Cassation has just reaffirmed this principle.
Chinese state-owned group CRBC will build the entire first section of the Guercif-Nador highway . It wins all three lots connecting Guercif to Saka, for a combined amount exceeding 1.82 billion dirhams excluding taxes.