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.
The United States embassy in Rabat is preparing a football-focused tour in several Moroccan cities. The program will last one week, but the identities of the invited American personalities and the selected stops remain confidential.
Suspicions of a deal between Gianni Infantino and Morocco are now circulating within African football itself. Officials believe that Fouzi Lekjaa may have secured the 2030 World Cup final in exchange for his help in preserving African support for the FIFA president.
A retiree born in Morocco must continue repaying more than €10,600 to CAF after several extended stays outside France were discovered. Her Moroccan passport, which she had initially claimed not to possess, played a decisive role during the investigation.
Despite its proximity to Morocco, Israel says it will not sacrifice its relationship with Spain. Its representative in Madrid also assures that her country has “no doubt” about who controls Sebta.
Spain is strengthening its military presence on the islets it controls off the coast of Morocco. Spanish officials reportedly fear imminent Moroccan action amid heightened tensions between Rabat and Madrid.
Declassified Spanish reports establish a possible link between Pedro Sánchez’s trip to Algeria and the loosening of Moroccan controls during the migration crisis in Ceuta.
Spain should return Sebta to Morocco. This is the position defended by Howard W. French, former New York Times correspondent and a renowned specialist on Africa, who believes that Spanish sovereignty over the city rests on a historical anomaly destined to disappear.
Algeria announced this Thursday, September 10, that it was severing diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates. A spectacular decision targeting one of Morocco’s closest political and economic partners.
Admitted to a Master’s program at the University of Lille, a Moroccan man had his student visa rejected twice by France. Just days before the start of the academic year, the court suspends the second refusal and orders the administration to review his application within 48 hours.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo directly challenged Pedro Sánchez’s relations with Morocco before the Spanish Parliament. “If Morocco speaks, you’re out,” the opposition leader told the prime minister, whom he accuses of no longer being a “free” president.
Some 70,000 Sahrawis could obtain Spanish nationality through a law that is due to be submitted to Congress on Thursday. The PSOE has decided to support it, but some Socialists acknowledge fearing the consequences for relations with Morocco.