Gang-raped and impregnated : Woman with mental disability seeks justice in Aghbala

A 24-year-old Moroccan woman with a mental disability was gang-raped in the village of Bouidmouma in Aghbala, leading to an eight-month pregnancy and a judicial investigation. Her family, living in extremely difficult conditions, is seeking justice as the accused repeatedly fail to appear in court.

Morocco's multidimensional poverty halved : Significant regional disparities persist

A new map of multidimensional poverty in Morocco, released by the High Commission for Planning, reveals a significant decline in the poverty rate, from 11.9% in 2014 to 6.8% in 2024. Despite improvements across all regions, spatial disparities remain marked, particularly between urban and rural areas.

Moroccan survey reveals growing wealth gap : Middle class falls behind as poverty declines

Between 2014 and 2022, Morocco's households saw an increase in average annual expenditure, with rural areas experiencing slower growth compared to urban areas. Social disparities worsened, with the poorest and wealthiest groups seeing improvements, while the middle class faced stagnation in living standards.

Spanish court denies Moroccan asylum claim, cites poverty not valid reason

A Moroccan association says Ait Faska’s Holocaust memorial «exploited locals’ poverty»

After Ait Faska’s Holocaust memorial was demolished, Monday, by the local authorities in Al Haouz, the Moroccan Association for Human Rights issued a communiqué, accusing the NGO behind the project of «exploiting locals’ poverty».

An Indian technology to help Morocco fight against poverty ?

The Moroccan government is planning to get inspired by India’s all-in-one biometric ID system to group all the social assitance services in one single payment.

UNICEF and Morocco Advocate for Early Childhood Development at the UN

Sahel : Young people in Tindouf are massively joining terrorist groups

In 2012, the Polisario’s former «Minister of Defense», Lamine Ould El Bouhali had declared to a Spanish daily newspaper that a huge number of young Sahrawis had joined terrorist groups in the Sahel. Five years later, the phenomenon has escalated in a worrying way that was displayed through the Front’s media platform. Details.

UNESCO : Can education decrease poverty ?

Global poverty could be reduced through universal, primary and secondary education, according to UNESCO. On the basis of that fact, the UN has put in place a program to eradicate global poverty by 2030. Meamwhile, the UNESCO's Institute for Statistics published a new set of data showing that this very ambitious objective is hard to be maintained. Details.