In preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations they will host this summer, the players of the Moroccan women’s national team displayed their ambitions in a friendly match on Friday. On the pitch of the Père Jégo stadium in Casablanca, the Moroccans prevailed over their Tunisian counterparts.
Anne Trontin, mayor of Montpont-en-Bresse, in Saône-et-Loire, had to record the marriage of a septuagenarian French woman, a militant of the Rassemblement national (RN), with a Tunisian undocumented immigrant.
Morocco is at the top of the countries importing Tunisian dates over the past five months, according to official Tunisian sources. The kingdom imported 22.8% of the total Tunisian exports of this much-prized fruit during the month of Ramadan.
Gérald Darmanin, the French Minister of Justice, believes that the expulsion of foreign prisoners in France to their home countries, particularly Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, to serve their sentences there would help solve the problem of prison overcrowding.
The British low-cost airline Easyjet informs its customers bound for Morocco and other countries such as Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia and Jordan that, with the approach of the Easter period and its traditional flows of travelers, reinforced security arrangements now frame air links to the United Kingdom.
In the UK, major clothing brands have turned to suppliers in Morocco, Turkey and Tunisia, leading to the closure of several dozen factories and the loss of a thousand jobs.
Algerian dates are causing concern in Morocco. The product has been the subject of a boycott campaign by consumers since the beginning of Ramadan.
While Moroccan producers are concerned about the "unfair competition" of imported products from several Arab countries, Morocco once again maintains its position as the leading importer of Tunisian dates.
Morocco is far ahead of Algeria and Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania in the 2025 Soft Power Index published by Brand Finance.
In 2024, Moroccan tourism recorded good performance. Morocco not only exceeded its pre-Covid-19 level, but also outperformed its direct regional competitors, such as Tunisia and Egypt.
Saudi Arabia is imposing a restriction on visas for Moroccans, Algerians, Tunisians, Egyptians and ten other nationalities wishing to travel to its territory.
20 years ago, storks were numerous in migrating to Africa, specifically Morocco, Tunisia and Mali at the end of the summer to spend the winter there and even feed. Today, it is rarer to observe them.