Sébastien A.
While France tries to play a balancing act between Morocco and Algeria, it is having trouble normalizing its relations with these two Maghreb countries. Aboubakr Jamai, a Maghreb specialist and professor of international relations in Aix-en-Provence, discusses the causes.
The Luxembourg airline Luxair has launched its new air link Luxembourg - Marrakech. The inaugural flight was operated on Saturday, February 11, 2023.
Uncertainties hang over the visit of the President of the French Republic to Morocco. While rumors suggest his arrival on April 26, diplomatic sources say there is "nothing concrete for the moment."
While Morocco needs a considerable number of nurses in its hospitals, these health professionals, in search of better working and living conditions, are numerous to leave the kingdom to settle in countries like Canada and France. A "hemorrhage" according to physician and professor Jaâfar Heikel.
The Italian-Japanese automotive supplier Marelli (ex Magneti-Marelli) is working on the relocation of one of its Moroccan chains to its Châtellerault site, specialized in on-board electronics for vehicles, including GPS.
Weather conditions are very unsettled and disturbed at the beginning of the week. The Directorate General of Meteorology (DGM) forecasts locally heavy rains, strong gusts of wind and snowfall from Monday to Wednesday in several regions of the kingdom.
Morocco is accused of being behind the cyberattacks that targeted the website of the Algerian official news agency APS (Agence presse service).
The French tour operator Ôvoyages announces the opening of four new Ôclubs next summer in Morocco, a destination it intends to develop in its entirety.
In Morocco, the government claims to be waging an implacable fight against rising prices and speculation. Tons of food products stored in unauthorized warehouses have already been seized during inspection and price control missions in wholesale markets and businesses.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin should appear in court in Paris on February 16 for defamation against the Moroccan imam Hassan Iquioussen whom he had presented as a "delinquent, a separatist and a fugitive."
In Casablanca, the operation to uproot the century-old trees on Hassan Souktani Avenue, in the Gauthier district, is causing outrage among residents. Kenza Chraibi, president of the Sidi Belyout municipal district, sheds light on this operation launched on the night of February 9.
The Algerian sports commentator for beIN Sports, Hafid Derradji, says he is convinced that Morocco is heading towards the organization of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2025). He does not show the same optimism for his country.