At least seven people, including a child, were killed and six others injured after a four-storey residential building collapsed around 3 a.m. on Thursday in Aïn Noqbi neighborhood in Fez, according to an update from 2M. Three of the injured were admitted to the intensive care unit at Hassan II University Hospital, while Civil Protection teams continued searching through the rubble amid fears that more than 10 people could still be trapped beneath the debris. ⛔️ انهيار
FC Barcelona announced on Wednesday that it had closed its youth training academies in Casablanca and Rabat, effective May 12. Without providing details on the reasons behind the decision, the Spanish club recalled that its first center in Morocco opened in Rabat in 2023, followed by a second academy in Casablanca in 2024. When launching its first academy in Morocco, FC Barcelona presented the initiative as part of its efforts to promote football development worldwide through youth training.
As the United Nations Security Council began reviewing the strategic assessment of MINURSO’s mandate in the Sahara last April, Morocco on Wednesday outlined in Rabat its reform-oriented vision for UN peacekeeping operations. Speaking in the presence of António Guterres during the second Ministerial Conference on Peacekeeping in French-speaking environments, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita called for UN mandates that are more closely aligned with realities on the ground.
The Polisario has chosen to respond anonymously to the anger voiced on social media by the U.S. ambassador to Morocco following a meeting with the head of MINURSO. According to a Sahrawi media outlet, «sources close to the Polisario Front believe these statements confirm Washington’s loss of neutrality and illustrate the failure of U.S.-led mediation efforts, insofar as the American position effectively rules out the option of a self-determination referendum.» Another media
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani received a Moroccan delegation on Wednesday led by Karim Zidane, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Investment, Convergence, and Public Policy Evaluation, according to the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI). Following the meeting, the Moroccan official reaffirmed «the commitment of His Majesty King Mohammed VI to strengthening the distinguished ties of fraternity and cooperation between the Kingdom of Morocco and the
The 24th edition of the Meknes International Animation Film Festival (FICAM 2026) came to a close on Wednesday, May 20, with the announcement of a list of winners shaped by the choices of a professional jury, young viewers and the public. Unveiled during the closing ceremony, the award-winning short and feature films underscored the power of animated cinema as a vehicle for universal messages, emotion and shared values. In the animated short film competition, the Jury Grand Prize went to
A 2023 graduate of Casablanca’s École supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Anas Belgazzar ultimately set his sights on animation, a medium that allows him to explore new forms of expression and creation. Discovered at the Meknes International Animation Film Festival, he is continuing the adventure at FICAM 2026 and beyond.
The Polisario is marking, this Wednesday, May 20, with great discretion, the 53rd anniversary of the launch of its armed struggle. The traditional military parade held in the «liberated territories», in Tifariti or Bir Lahlou, has not been possible since November 13, 2020. Worse still, no festivities were organized this year to mark the occasion, whereas in 2024, the Front held military parades in the Tindouf camps on Algerian territory. Brahim Ghali was present but did not speak,
On Wednesday, the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal sentenced Emirati citizen Saif Salem Saif Ali Al-Maqbali to three years in prison and fined him AED 5 million over a video that sparked widespread controversy after it included remarks encouraging marriage to underage girls in Morocco. The court also ordered the removal of the offensive video, the closure of the defendant’s online accounts, and the confiscation of the phone used in the incident, according to the Emirates News
Morocco’s and France’s foreign ministers announced on Tuesday in Rabat that a state visit by King Mohammed VI to France is «planned» and will be preceded by high-level meetings in the Moroccan capital next July, according to Jeune Afrique. Speaking to the press alongside his French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrot during a visit to Morocco to attend a ministerial conference on «peacekeeping in the Francophone space», Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita
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