A video showing a minor being forced to drink alcohol has sparked widespread outrage on social media, prompting rights groups to call for urgent intervention to investigate the incident and identify those involved. Human rights organizations said the footage circulating online amounts to a “fully fledged crime.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday that the Moroccan capital, Rabat, hosted an official ceremony on May 20, 2026, to unveil a bust of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into space, marking the 65th anniversary of the first crewed spaceflight. The ceremony was held at the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Rabat, providing an opportunity to celebrate a landmark human achievement that opened new horizons for scientific and technological
The Spanish government is strengthening its military presence in Melilla. «The armed forces are prepared and ready to intervene at any time» in the area, Spain’s Ministry of Defense says. The statement comes at a particularly sensitive moment, marked in particular by Morocco’s military rearmament and growing concerns over the security of southern Europe, OK Diario reported on Thursday. «Morocco has significantly increased its investment in weapons, drones, air
Eight migrants managed to enter Ceuta over the past few hours, taking advantage of the Eid al-Adha celebrations, according to Spanish security sources. The same sources said some of the migrants reached the city by swimming, while others succeeded in crossing the double border fence separating Ceuta from Morocco at various points along the 8.2-kilometre land border, without being detected by surveillance cameras. They added that the Sudanese migrants made their way to the Temporary Stay
A merchant ship has found the two French nationals who had been missing off the coast of Tangier since Sunday. They were in good health when located off Asilah, according to Agence France-Presse, citing the National Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center. According to an official at the center, the ship was able to locate them "thanks to the message sent to all vessels entering the search area. After that, it was necessary to confirm their identities." The Moroccan center assisted the
The Spanish National Police have arrested eight people after dismantling a criminal network operating between the provinces of Cádiz and Álava, specializing in smuggling drugs from Morocco to France through Spain using drones. Police said in a statement that investigations launched last year as part of an operation dubbed “Horus” revealed that members of the network had been using fixed-wing drones to fly shipments of hashish and cocaine from Morocco into Spain across
A recent study by France’s National Institute for Demographic Studies has revealed that Morocco has entered a new phase of demographic transition, after recording the lowest fertility rate in its history in 2024.
Moroccan international Chadi Riad won the UEFA Conference League on Wednesday with Crystal Palace after the English side defeated Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in the final in Leipzig. A second-half goal from Jean-Philippe Mateta secured Crystal Palace’s first-ever European title, capping off a historic period for the club under coach Oliver Glasner. Born in Palma de Mallorca to Moroccan parents, Chadi Riad is a central defender who represents Morocco internationally. The 22-year-old joined
The criminal chamber in charge of financial cases at the Marrakech Court of Appeal on Tuesday acquitted Mohamed Larbi Belkaid, the former mayor of Marrakech and a member of the PJD, as well as MP Younes Benslimane, a member of the RNI, in the case involving contracts awarded as part of preparations for COP22. The court thereby overturned the first-instance ruling handed down in January 2026, which had sentenced the two officials to two years in prison, fined them 20,000 dirhams each, and
Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed around twenty new consuls to its missions in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. According to a list seen by Yabiladi, Mohamed El Hassani Idrissi has been named Morocco’s consul general in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria. Despite the severance of diplomatic relations between Rabat and Algiers in August 2021, Morocco has kept its three consulates in Algeria open, in Algiers, Sidi Bel Abbès and Oran, to provide
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