Summer in Morocco means enjoying quick savory foods and drinks: fried beignets by the beach, fish tagines, and barbecues with family. Similar dishes can be traced back to the Almohad period. Let’s discover them together.
In the city of Granada, Spanish police have detained two men of Moroccan origin suspected of abandoning a 17-year-old minor. They have also been charged with facilitating irregular immigration, after the minor was brought by sea from Morocco by one of the men, who is his uncle. According to a press release issued by Spanish police on Tuesday, the two men—the minor's uncle and a family friend—concocted a plan to stage the minor's abandonment. They pretended to have found him
The Secretary-General of the Free Syrian Party, Fahd Al Masri, has called on Syrian President Ahmed Al-Charaa to designate the Polisario Front as a terrorist organization. In an open letter addressed to the head of state, which Yabiladi has reviewed, Al Masri praised the decision made on May 27 by the new Syrian authorities to shut down the Polisario’s offices in Damascus, which had been active since the 1980s. «We view this decision as a reward for our efforts over the past ten
Algeria has pledged $1 billion in aid to African countries, an announcement made on Tuesday, July 1, in Seville by Algerian Prime Minister Nadir Larbaoui during the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4). His predecessor, Aimene Benabderrahmane, had previously unveiled a similar aid package in February 2023 at an African Union summit in Addis Ababa. «I have decided to allocate one billion dollars to the Algerian Agency for International Cooperation for
Former Raja Casablanca president Mohamed Boudrika was sentenced on Tuesday, July 1, by the Ain Sebaa Criminal Court to five years in prison without parole and fined 600,000 dirhams. The businessman faced charges including issuing bad checks, forgery and use of forged documents, breach of trust, fraud, and the illegal acquisition and use of administrative documents. A former president of the Mers Sultan district under the banner of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), Boudrika was also
MPs from Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, and The Gambia announced yesterday in Dakar the creation of a new parliamentary alliance. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the closing session of the Senegalese National Assembly’s 2024–2025 ordinary session, according to a Nouakchott-based media outlet. «This initiative marks a significant evolution in the role of parliamentary action in Africa, shifting from a solely national legislative function to a tool for
On the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Morocco reaffirmed its commitment to fostering entrepreneurship that respects human rights, highlighting progress in social dialogue, corporate governance, and gender equality.
The national shipping company Africa Morocco Link (AML) is planning 9,000 crossings and deploying seven ships to accommodate the influx of Moroccans living abroad this summer. This logistical and human-scale ramp-up aims to ensure smoother connections between the ports of Tangier and the Andalusian coast.
Morocco’s under-19 national team participation in an international tournament in Poland at the end of June was overshadowed by the incident of five players fleeing, raising controversy and questions about the supervision and monitoring within the Moroccan delegation. In response, the National Authority for Combating Corruption in Sports called on Mohamed Saad Berrada, Minister of National Education, Primary Education, and Sports, to launch an urgent administrative investigation to
Morocco ranks 124th out of 188 countries in the new climate vulnerability index by the Columbia Climate School, which measures exposure to climate risks alongside financial capacity to respond. The index highlights significant challenges across the region, with many African countries, facing urgent needs for targeted climate funding to build resilience.