A four-story building collapsed on Thursday afternoon in the Bourgogne neighborhood of Casablanca. Videos shared online show the building crumbling to rubble in seconds, while firefighters and local authorities were present. The building, located at the intersection of Moulay Youssef and Hank streets, collapsed at around 2:30 PM. كارثة بالدار البيضاء انهيار عمارة بحي العنق سبب انهيار العمارة يرجح إلى الاشتباه في قيام
The city of Marrakech is having its own circus with «Marrakech fait son cirque», which returns from May 22 to 25, 2024. Organized by the Éclats de Lune collective, in partnership with the Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Communication, this event is part of Marrakech's designation as the «capital of culture in the Islamic world for the year 2024» by ICESCO. On Wednesday afternoon, the «Parade of Elephants» by Théâtre Nomade opened the
From November to December 2022, the High Commission for Planning (HCP) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly conducted a study on the socioeconomic situation of refugees in Morocco, based on a sample of 600 refugee households. The study, published a year and a half later, provides an overview of their living conditions, economic integration, access to social services, and daily challenges.
The Secretary General of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), Abdelilah Benkirane, said that he was pained by the willingness to organize the Mawazine festival despite «the difficult and disastrous conditions in which our brothers in Palestine are living, in light of the martyrdom and injury of more than 120,000 Palestinians, including more than 15,000 children». In a video shared online on Wednesday evening, May 22, Benkirane added that the organization of this festival is a
Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, elected on March 24, 2024, does not deviate from the line taken by his predecessors on the Sahara issue. A position reaffirmed at the UN C24 regional seminar held in Caracas, Venezuela, MAP reported on Wednesday, May 22. «Senegal would like to take the opportunity of this seminar to reiterate its constant support for the Moroccan autonomy initiative, which it considers serious, credible and in line with international law, the UN Charter and
The Minister of Economy and Finance Nadia Fettah Alaoui held a working meeting in Rabat with Ousmane Dione, the World Bank's new Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), in office since April 16, 2024. The two parties signed the Rapid Response Option (RRO) agreement with the World Bank Group (WBG), the ministry said in a statement. «An important milestone in the Kingdom's ability to respond quickly to emergencies and provide crucial support to its citizens», the
Brahim Ghali has replaced the heads of all six Polisario military regions, according to a former member of the Front who spoke to Yabiladi on condition of anonymity. The change coincided with the celebration of «Saharawi Army Day» on May 20. It was prompted by a number of considerations, such as the death of the former head of the 6th military region in a Royal Armed Forces (FAR) drone strike in November 2023. His predecessor suffered the same fate two months earlier. In addition
The European Union’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) has issued a new health alert, following the discovery of Echinococcus (fish-parasitic worms) in hake from Morocco during border controls in Spain. According to Spanish media, Spanish authorities immediately withdrew the product from the market, though they are unsure if other batches are still on sale. The European organization considered the issue serious and stated that the hake containing these worms came from Morocco.
Algeria and Morocco on Tuesday exceptionally opened their land borders, closed since 1994, to repatriate 15 Moroccan citizens who had emigrated to Algerian territory after serving sentences ranging from six months to two years for irregular migration, said Hassan Amari, president of the Moroccan Association for the Assistance of Migrants in Vulnerable Situations (AMAMS). Amari told Spanish news agency EFE that the Zouj Beghal crossing point was opened for the repatriation of these Moroccans.
Since Ukraine's new military mobilization law came into effect, Moroccan citizens with dual Ukrainian citizenship fear being conscripted into the combat zones against Russia. They have called on the Moroccan authorities to intervene.
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