Morocco emerges as the safest destination in Africa in 2026, according to the global HelloSafe index. Ranked 42nd worldwide, the Kingdom stands out for its stability and management of digital and environmental risks.
Jean-Claude Dassier has been removed from CNews and Europe 1 after making comments deemed intolerable on imprisoned foreigners. The commentator had suggested rejecting them into the Mediterranean, leading to his immediate suspension until further notice.
Columnist Jean-Claude Dassier sparked a heated controversy on CNews by suggesting that foreigners imprisoned in France should be “put in the Mediterranean.” His comments, targeting Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia in particular, led to a referral to Arcom.
Agirc-Arrco is launching a major verification campaign targeting 400 000 retirees residing outside France by 2030. Due to the lack of automatic civil-status data exchanges, pensioners in Morocco will have to periodically provide a life certificate to maintain their payments.
Morocco establishes itself as French travelers’ favorite non-European destination for summer 2026 . With bookings up 17.7%, the kingdom ranks fourth overall, just behind the Greece-Spain-Italy trio.
The resurgence on social media of a statement by former MP Omar Balafrej, describing Morocco as a “poor country” compared with its Maghreb neighbors, has reopened the debate over national wealth. Although the video dates back to 2018, current IMF and HCP data confirm the persistence of a GDP gap with Algeria and Tunisia, as well as a notable worsening of internal inequalities.
The Moroccan government has recently decided to more strictly regulate the importation of foreign dates , a measure intended to protect local producers but which is causing great concern in Tunisia.
The announcement of the restoration of import quotas on Tunisian dates in Morocco marks a sudden halt to trade between the two countries. This decision, taken in the middle of a record harvest season in Tunisia, weakens a sector that has historically been dependent on the Moroccan market to sell its volumes.
Faced with several years of drought and a decline in its yields, the Moroccan olive oil sector is embarking on a spectacular recovery in its production for the 2025-2026 campaign. This rebound, driven by a 78% increase in volumes, allows the Kingdom to regain a position of strength within the Mediterranean basin after a cycle of water stress that was particularly trying for farmers.
After their defeat in the quarter-finals against Nigeria, the players of the Algerian national team left Moroccan territory on Sunday evening. This departure, organized from Rabat airport, highlighted the logistical complexities linked to the breakdown of diplomatic relations between the two neighbors, forcing the delegation to call on a third-party company to return to Algiers.
The border police at the Tanger Med port arrested, on Saturday, a 29-year-old French national. The man, of Tunisian origin, was the subject of an international arrest warrant for drug trafficking .
Admitted fault is half forgiven? The Tunisian television channel "El Hiwar Ettounsi" officially apologized to the Moroccan public on Wednesday evening. The issue: the broadcast of a report reporting imaginary malfunctions during the Tunisia-Uganda match in Rabat, described as a "serious professional error" by the channel’s management.