The Archbishop of Rabat, Cristobal Lopez Romero, has stepped back from his duties after several women accused him of sexual misconduct, prompting an investigation by the Vatican, according to testimonies collected by international news sources and people familiar with the case. At least five women have made allegations against the Spanish-born......
A Moroccan court has sentenced YouTuber Ayoub Bn Nsns to eight months in prison and fined him 20,000 Moroccan dirhams over a controversial video that sparked widespread public outrage during the Eid Al-Adha period. The ruling was issued by the Temara Court of First Instance, which found the content creator guilty of several offences linked......
Morocco’s House of Representatives has approved a new bill regulating the profession of adouls (Islamic legal notaries), advancing a major reform aimed at modernizing the profession while aligning the legislation with a recent ruling by the Constitutional Court. The legislation, formally known as Bill No. 051.26, was adopted during......
Internationally acclaimed Senegalese bassist Cheikh Ndoye has highlighted the deep cultural connections between African musical traditions after participating in one of the flagship artistic residencies of the 2026 Gnaoua Festival. Speaking during the event, Ndoye said that performing Gnaoua music gives him the feeling of being “at......
Morocco's Directorate of Treasury and External Finance (DTFE) has carried out a 600 million dirham (MAD) short-term cash placement as part of its ongoing strategy to actively manage the state's liquidity and optimize returns on temporary treasury surpluses. The operation, conducted on Monday, took the form of a one-day repurchase......
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is scaling up its transatlantic operations with additional special flights to the United States, responding to a sharp rise in demand from Moroccan football fans traveling to support the national team during a major international tournament quarter-final. The airline announced on Monday that it will strengthen its existing......
T2S Group Holding has received regulatory approval from Morocco’s Autorité Marocaine du Marché des Capitaux (AMMC) to proceed with its initial public offering (IPO) on the Casablanca Stock Exchange, paving the way for one of the country's significant healthcare technology listings of the year. The AMMC granted the......
His Majesty King Mohammed VI has sent a congratulatory message to Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika on the occasion of the country’s National Day, reaffirming Morocco’s commitment to strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation between the two African nations. In the message, the Moroccan Sovereign extended his warm congratulations......
Morocco’s House of Councillors will hold its annual plenary session on Wednesday, July 8, to examine the country’s public policies aimed at addressing climate change and assess the preparedness of public institutions and stakeholders to respond to its growing impacts. The session, scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m., will focus on......
A new professional body representing civil engineers has officially been established in Morocco, marking a structured effort to better organize and coordinate stakeholders across the country’s rapidly evolving construction sector. The National Association of Civil Engineers (ANIC) was founded on Sunday in Salé, during a constitutive......
The 38th edition of the Casablanca International University Theatre Festival (FITUC) has officially opened, bringing together students, performers and cultural institutions from several countries for a week dedicated to artistic creativity and intercultural dialogue. Held from July 4 to 9 under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, the......
France is set to widen its heatwave alert on Monday, with meteorological authorities placing 16 departments under an orange warning as exceptionally high temperatures continue to spread across much of the country. The latest forecast marks a significant increase from Sunday, when only seven departments in southern France were under the same......
Moroccan firefighting teams have brought a major forest fire under control in the Melloussa woodland of Fahs-Anjra Province after the blaze destroyed approximately 45 hectares of vegetation during an intense heatwave affecting the country. Emergency crews remained on site on Sunday to extinguish lingering hotspots and prevent the fire from......
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