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Morocco selects Nabil Ayouch’s Everybody Loves Touda for 2025 Oscars

The feature film Everybody Loves Touda, directed by Nabil Ayouch, has been chosen to represent Morocco at the 2025 Oscars in the Best International Film category, announced the Moroccan Cinematographic Center (CCM). Everybody Loves Touda was selected by a committee chaired by CCM representative Tariq Khalami, and included producer Souad Lamriki, producer and director Layla Triqui, producer and director Asmae El Moudir, producer and director Driss Mrini, producer, director, and actor Driss

Paralympic Games : Morocco wins 15 medals, including 3 golds

Moroccan champions shone brilliantly at the 17th Paralympic Games, which concluded in Paris on Sunday. This marks Morocco's best-ever medal haul, surpassing the 7 medals won in Beijing and Rio de Janeiro, and the 11 in Tokyo. This year, the national champions earned 15 medals, including 3 gold, 6 silver, and 6 bronze. Gold medals were claimed by Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi in the marathon (T12), Aymane El Haddaoui in the 400m (T47), and Mouncef Bouja in the 400m (T12). Silver went to Fatima

Spain rejects asylum request of Sahrawi claiming persecution by Morocco

The Spanish Ministry of the Interior has rejected an asylum request from a Sahrawi national with Moroccan citizenship, who identifies as a «Polisario activist» and claims to be «persecuted by Morocco». According to Iberian media reports, the applicant, Abdessalam Abdellah Khalifa, 29, arrived at Madrid airport on a flight from Casablanca. In his application, he alleged that he had «been tortured by the Moroccan authorities» and that members of his family

Tebboune wins landslide victory for second term in Algeria

Abdelmadjid Tebboune is unsurprisingly securing another term at the El Mouradia Palace, a position he first assumed in December 2019. He officially won the early presidential elections held on September 7, with 94.65% of the vote, according to provisional results announced by the President of the Independent National Elections Authority (ANIE) on Sunday. His two opponents, the only ones permitted to run, split the remaining votes: Islamist Abdelaali Hassani Cherif, the candidate of the

Ministry deploys emergency resources to restore traffic after Morocco floods

Significant resources have been urgently deployed by the Ministry of Equipment and Water to restore traffic following the floods and torrential rains impacting the southern regions of the kingdom. In a press release, the ministry announced that it had dispatched nearly 200 personnel and 96 earthmoving machines to the provinces of Zagora, Ouarzazate, Tinghir, Tata, Midelt, Taroudant, Guelmim-Assa Zag, Figuig, and Chichaoua. As of Sunday at 3 p.m., 22 roads had been reopened, including 4

Kickboxing / WAKO Pro : Morocco's Karim Ghajji defends and retains world title

Kickboxer Karim Ghajji retained his Wako Pro (-78 kg) world title with a points victory over Spain's Alex Fernandez in El Jadida on Saturday evening. This unanimous victory by the judges, at the end of an explosive fight lasting 5 rounds of three minutes each, is synonymous with the 16th world title for the French-Moroccan athlete. «This world title is the fruit of good preparation and good input from my coaches. I dedicate it to the Moroccan people», asserted Karim Ghajji in a

Heavy thunderstorms expected in Morocco this Sunday

Locally heavy thunderstorms are expected this Sunday in several provinces of Morocco, the General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) announced. Showers (20 to 35 mm) are expected this Sunday from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Tinghir, Zagora, Al Haouz, Azilal, Errachidia, Midelt, Tata, and Ouarzazate, the DGM noted in an orange weather alert.

Moroccan Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi sets world record, wins gold in T12 Marathon at Paralympics

Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi crossed the finish line in an impressive 2h 48min 36sec, breaking the previous world record of 2h 54min 13sec. Her fellow Moroccan, Meryem En-Nourhi, secured second place with a time of 2h 58min 18sec, while Spain’s Elena Congost took third with a time of 3h 00min 48sec. In the men’s T12 marathon, Morocco’s El Amin Chentouf, the defending champion, claimed the bronze medal, clocking his season’s best time of 2h 24min 35sec. Tunisian Wajdi

11 dead, 9 missing after torrential rains in Morocco

Eleven people have died, and nine others are missing following heavy torrential rainfall in 17 prefectures and provinces of Morocco, according to a provisional report from the Ministry of the Interior on Sunday. Seven deaths were reported in the province of Tata, two in Tiznit, and two other victims, including a foreign national, in Errachidia, stated Interior Ministry spokesman Rachid El Khalfi in a press release. Nine people remain missing in the provinces of Tata, Errachidia, and Taroudant,

Morocco partners with Chinese textile giant SUNRISE : 4.1B MAD investment to create 11,000 jobs

Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch held talks on Saturday in Shanghai with Lei Xu, Chairman of the SUNRISE Group, a global leader in the textile industry with offices in several Asian countries. The meeting, attended by the Minister of Investment, Convergence, and Evaluation of Public Policies, Mohcine Jazouli, and the Director General of the Moroccan Agency for Investment and Export Development, Ali Seddiki, took place on the sidelines of Akhannouch’s visit to China, where he is

Morocco PM visits Gotion High Tech Factory in Hefei

Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch visited the Gotion High Tech factory in Hefei, China, on Friday and inquired about the progress of works at the Kenitra gigafactory during a working meeting with the group's chairman, Zen Li. On the sidelines of his trip to Beijing to represent King Mohammed VI at the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), Akhannouch also visited Gotion High Tech's «United Cell Line» gigafactory, considered the «signature» factory of

Moroccan tennis star Malak El Allami makes history at US Open Juniors

Malak El Allami, an 18-year-old Moroccan tennis player, has achieved a historic milestone by reaching the finals of the 2024 US Open Juniors doubles tournament. Partnering with Norway's Emilie Sartz Lunde, El Allami secured her place in the final after defeating the Czech duo of Krejcova and Katerina in the semifinals. The Moroccan-Norwegian pair triumphed over their Czech opponents with a convincing score of 6-3, 6-4. This victory marks the first time a Moroccan tennis player has ever reached

Navantia marks milestone in construction of Moroccan patrol vessel

On Friday, September 6, Spain's state-owned Navantia Group announced the keel-laying ceremony for the deep-sea patrol vessel commissioned by the Royal Moroccan Navy. The event was attended by the Colonel Major of the Moroccan Navy, Mohammed Sallouh, and the President of Navantia, Ricardo Domínguez, according to a media outlet in Cadiz. This milestone marks the start of construction on the slipway, while fabrication of the next blocks will continue in the various workshops. The Moroccan

British MP pushes London to align with France on Sahara position

Supporters of Morocco are rallying within the British Parliament. According to a document from the House of Commons consulted by Yabiladi, Conservative MP Andrew Murrison submitted two written questions regarding the Western Sahara issue to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government on Thursday, September 5. Murrison inquired if the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth, and Development had begun evaluating the possibility of aligning the UK's support for Morocco's autonomy

Morocco dominates Gabon 4-1 in CAN 2025 qualifiers

The Moroccan national football team defeated Gabon 4-1 in the Morocco-2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers (Group B), held on Friday at the Grand Stade d'Agadir. The Atlas Lions opened the scoring through Hakim Ziyech (10th minute), who converted a penalty awarded to Abdessamad Ezzalzouli. Gabon had a chance to equalize in the 16th minute, but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a penalty. A second penalty, awarded to Morocco following a foul on Soufiane Rahimi, allowed Ziyech (26th

Morocco thwarts over 45,000 irregular migration attempts so far in 2024

The Ministry of the Interior has reported that a total of 45,015 attempts at irregular migration have been thwarted since the beginning of 2024, thanks to the resilience of border and coastal surveillance systems. According to data from the department, 11,323 attempts were foiled in the M'diq prefecture and 3,325 in the province of Nador during the month of August, involving various nationalities. Similarly, the security services dismantled 177 migrant smuggling networks, while 10,589

Morocco credits Polisario exclusion for summit success with China and Indonesia

On condition of anonymity, Moroccan diplomats accuse Algeria of imposing the Polisario at African Union summits with its international partners, using «false documents» and «recourse to violence», reports La Razon. At the recent Africa-Japan Forum, held from August 23 to 25 in Tokyo, «since the Japanese organizer does not recognize the pseudo 'SADR' and has never invited it, Algerian diplomacy resorted to fraud and the use of false documents, in addition to

«Ombres de mon passé» : 40 years of black and white photography by Noureddine El Warari

The «Ombres de mon passé» exhibition by Moroccan-American artist Noureddine El Warari will be held at the Espace Rivages of the Fondation Hassan II pour les Marocains Résidant à l'Étranger from September 12 to 29, 2024. The event, which opens on Thursday, September 12 at 6:30 p.m., will showcase the work of a multidisciplinary photographer, master printer, and lecturer at Santa Monica College. Noureddine El Warari, who has resided in the United States