A 29-year-old man killed his mother and two siblings and seriously injured a third in a knife attack inside the family home in Azilal early Thursday morning, April 9. The suspect, who had previously been admitted to a psychiatric hospital last August, is believed to have carried out the assault while showing signs of mental disturbance. The injured sibling, who has a physical disability, was rushed for treatment. Following the incident, security forces secured the scene and launched a search
A 6,400-year-old woman from Morocco has been brought back to life through a facial reconstruction, offering a glimpse of what she may have looked like thousands of years ago. The individual was discovered at the Skhirat-Rouazi site, a major Middle Neolithic occupation combining a necropolis and settlement remains. The reconstruction was carried out by Ancestral Whispers, a collective specializing in cranial and facial reconstruction, blending art and science to recreate human faces from
CAF president Patrice Motsepe dismissed any suggestion of bias toward Morocco, stressing the body’s neutrality following the controversial 2025 AFCON final. «Under no circumstances will any single country in Africa be treated more preferentially or more favourably than any other. That will never happen», he said, expressing confidence that CAF would emerge «more united among the 54 nations in Africa». Speaking on Wednesday in Dakar during his first visit to
Do a thesis topic and the research elements belong to the doctoral student or to the supervisor? The complexity of these legal aspects creates a gray area where both researchers and thesis supervisors sometimes appropriate or claim the data collected and the results. The scientific output itself then gets lost in the haze of administrative ambiguity.
The Professional Association of Wholesale Liquid Gas Distributors in Morocco has declared a 48-hour halt in gas distribution to protest the authorities' inaction on resolving the profit margin crisis threatening the sector's viability. Association President Mohamed Benjelloun warns that without a meaningful response, this suspension could be extended.
Bayern Munich has set its sights on Moroccan international Ismail Saibari for the upcoming summer transfer window, impressed by his stellar performance with PSV Eindhoven, as reported by "Foot Mercato". The 25-year-old has just wrapped up an outstanding season, helping his team secure the Dutch league title. As PSV prepares to navigate the transfer market, both in terms of acquisitions and potential exits, Saibari emerges as a prime candidate for a move. This season, the attacking midfielder
The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, is in Dakar today, Wednesday, nearly a month after the African Champion title was stripped from Senegal and awarded to Morocco. Motsepe had announced at the end of March that he would visit both Senegal and Morocco to stress the importance of «collaborative efforts to advance African football», amid growing criticism of the CAF. The CAF President touched down late Tuesday night at Blaise Diagne
This Wednesday, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) announced its vigilant oversight of the trial involving 18 Senegalese fans and a French-Algerian national, all facing charges of hooliganism after the violence that disrupted the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final. The CNDH's monitoring efforts include scrutinizing incidents, narratives, and discussions, especially those circulating on digital platforms, while also observing the trial proceedings in both the initial and appellate
The Royal Gendarmerie in the M'jatt community of Chichaoua province arrested an Islamic education teacher in his thirties on Monday. The teacher, employed at a local secondary school, is under investigation for allegedly sexually exploiting his students, according to local media. The investigation was triggered by a complaint lodged by a student's parent at the Royal Gendarmerie center in M'jatt. The parent accused the teacher of sexually exploiting their son and another student, both of
In 2025, Morocco solidified its status as a dominant force in the cucumber market, emerging as a primary supplier to Spain by capturing a substantial portion of the country's total cucumber imports. As per available data, Moroccan cucumbers represented a striking 71.71% of Spain's imports in that year, amounting to 18,240 tons out of a total of 25,440 tons. This underscores the significant foothold Moroccan cucumbers have secured in the Spanish market. Spain's total cucumber imports in 2025