UK politicians from both the Conservative and Labour parties have welcomed the government’s decision to back Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara. They praised the move as a significant step forward for UK-Morocco relations and called for further collaboration across key sectors.
The primary court in Targuist, near Al Hoceima, has sentenced a German tourist to a six-month suspended prison term and fined him 2,000 dirhams. This verdict follows a widely publicized incident in which he partially amputated his own genitalia while under the influence of drugs. The case dates back to an event in a village within the commune of Abdelghaya Souahel, where a judicial investigation was launched at the request of the public prosecutor. The man was charged with drug
The curtain rose again this Monday in Créteil, a suburb of Paris, on the case that has haunted Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred for nearly a decade. The 40-year-old artist is appearing in court for an appeal on charges of rape and aggravated assault, attending the trial as a free man under judicial supervision. In the initial trial, he was sentenced to six years in prison for incidents that occurred in 2016 in a Paris hotel room. The victim, whom he met just hours earlier at a nightclub,
Announced as early as last April, the mutual recognition of driver's licenses between Morocco and Italy will come into effect tomorrow, Tuesday, June 3, and will remain in place until June 3, 2030. This initiative is the result of a bilateral agreement signed on March 27, 2024, which outlines the procedures allowing holders of a Moroccan driver's license to convert their document into an Italian license and vice versa, in accordance with specific provisions from the Italian Ministry of
Authorities in the city of Ceuta have introduced a series of regulatory measures to streamline traffic flow through the border crossing with Morocco, as part of preparations for Operation Paso del Estrecho (OPE), which runs from June 15 to September 15. According to local government sources cited by EFE, the new measures focus on the temporary waiting area at Loma Colmenar, located about 100 meters from the Tarajal border crossing. This area serves as a holding point for vehicles arriving from
During the UK Foreign Secretary’s visit to Morocco, which concluded with the UK endorsing Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara as the most credible solution to the conflict, a series of landmark agreements were signed with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita to strengthen cooperation across critical sectors and drive mutual growth and innovation. One of the key agreements is a government-to-government partnership between the UK Department for Business and Trade and Morocco’s
King Mohammed VI delivered a powerful message to the participants of the 2025 «Ibrahim Governance Weekend» Forum, which opened on Sunday, June 1, in Marrakech. In his address, read by royal advisor André Azoulay, the King outlined strategies to ensure Africa’s development. He called for a «paradigm shift in development financing (...) to devise innovative mechanisms and fully leverage the contributions of the African diaspora». He stressed that
Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh Ould El Ghazouani has rejected the Polisario’s request to reverse the decision to close the Lebriga region, located on the border with Algeria—a measure implemented by the Mauritanian army on May 21. «This refusal was communicated to the head of the Front’s delegation, which traveled to Nouakchott on Friday following mediation by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune», a source close to the matter told Yabiladi. The
Once again, Algeria has swiftly responded to a diplomatic shift in favor of Morocco on the Western Sahara issue. This time, it is the United Kingdom that finds itself in Algeria’s crosshairs after voicing support for Morocco’s autonomy plan—an initiative that has long been backed by numerous capitals as a compromise solution to a conflict that has dragged on for nearly half a century. In a particularly combative statement issued on Sunday, June 1, Algeria criticized the
Pending Congressional approval, Morocco’s order for 612 Javelin missiles was published in the U.S. Federal Register on May 27. This potential sale, valued at $260 million (or 2.61 billion dirhams), has already received the green light from the State Department, as announced by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency in a statement on March 19. «This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a Major
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