Moroccan international Munir El Haddadi could leave Sevilla FC. While the player has been able to make his way into the Moroccan national football team, he is no longer in the good graces of the Andalusian club’s coach.
The tension does not subside between Morocco and Spain following the reception of Brahim Ghali, leader of the Polisario Front. The latest reaction is that of the president of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), Aziz Akhannouch, who indicated in an interview that Morocco, intrigued by the attitude of Madrid, needs a clear position in order to restore trust in relations with this country.
Alongside the various diplomatic statements, the Istiqlal party has strongly criticized the decision of Spain to host the leader of the separatists, Brahim Ghali, with the Spanish Popular Party. In a letter addressed to Pablo Casado, the Moroccan political formation has lambasted this stance of the Spanish authorities which it considers "hostile and unfriendly" towards Morocco.
Morocco, which has been steadily strengthening and modernizing its army for years, with the support of the United States, which has moreover recognized its sovereignty over the Sahara, would constitute a threat to Spain.
The embassies of Israel and Morocco in Madrid will organize this Monday, the Jewish Passover and the end of the Ramadan fasting month. A first joint commemoration since the restoration in December of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Moroccan international Youssef En-Nesyri is one of the players who arouse the interest of several European clubs for having had a good season. The Sevilla FC player is on the radar of several clubs including Tottenham.
The Torremolinos investigating court ordered the provisional detention on Friday of a 25-year-old Moroccan, arrested for stabbing his ex-girlfriend in Benalmádena.
Morocco takes note of Spain’s decision not to have informed it of the presence of the Polisario leader on its territory and will "draw all the consequences" from it, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad said.
The Spanish High Court of the Audiencia Nacional has formally denied reports of a probable hearing of Brahim Ghali , the Polisario leader, who was admitted to a hospital in Logroño, near Zaragoza, under the assumed name of Mohamed Ben Battouche, of Algerian nationality.
Arancha Gonzalez Laya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain, reacted to the upcoming hearing of Brahim Ghali . The magistrate Santiago Pedraz Gomez, the investigating judge in Madrid, had issued a summons for the hearing of the Polisario leader following a complaint filed by El Fadel Breika, one of their dissidents, for "kidnapping, arbitrary detention and torture" in the Tindouf prisons. Initially scheduled for May 5, it has been postponed to Friday, May 7.
One of the two Moroccan suspected jihadists arrested in Bolaños de Calatrava (Ciudad Real) in May 2020 was sentenced to two years in prison for indoctrination. The second was released. The prosecution had requested three and a half years in prison against them.
The Spanish government said on Tuesday that the holding of this year’s Marhaba Operation will depend on the epidemiological situation in Spain and Morocco.