Society

Morocco has achieved notable progress in reducing poverty and improving human development over the past two decades. However, the persistence of social and regional disparities poses significant challenges to sustainable and inclusive growth. A recent report by the High Commission for Planning (HCP)......

A police officer in Meknes has been arrested in flagrante delicto for alleged extortion and corruption. The Meknes Judicial Police opened an investigation on Monday afternoon to clarify the facts related to the officer, who is suspected of attempting to extort money from an individual involved in a......

Morocco’s commitment to modernity is evident in its state-of-the-art stadiums and international sporting achievements. Yet, the chaotic reopening of the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat has sparked concerns about whether the nation’s infrastructure advancements are undermined by fragile......

The Anti-Racist Group for the Defense and Support of Foreigners and Migrants (GADEM) has voiced deep concern over the recent rise of hate campaigns on social media targeting Black non-Moroccan individuals. In a statement, GADEM strongly condemned the spread of hateful content online, which not only......

His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco has granted a royal pardon to 681 individuals as part of the Eid Al Mawlid celebrations, which the country is set to mark on Friday. The announcement was made in a statement by the Ministry of Justice. Royal pardons are a customary tradition in Morocco, especially......

Rabat, Morocco – A Rabat court on Wednesday sentenced feminist activist Ibtissam Lachgar to two and a half years in prison and fined her 50,000 dirhams in a case related to the publication of a photograph deemed offensive to religion. The verdict was delivered by the Rabat Court of Appeal. Lachgar,......

The mayor of San Salvador presented the symbolic key of the Salvadoran capital to Amina Bouayach, President of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and head of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), during the Global Human Rights Summit held from September......

Portuguese authorities have rejected 34 out of 38 asylum requests filed by Moroccan migrants who arrived on August 8 at Boca do Rio beach in Vila do Bispo, Algarve. The group, intercepted after traveling in a wooden boat, included 25 men, six women, and seven minors. Asylum claims deemed “unfounded” The......

Casablanca police, in coordination with the Souk Sebt Oulad Nemma precinct, arrested a 38-year-old night guard on Monday, September 1, suspected of abducting a girl under two years old. Initial investigations revealed that the child’s disappearance had been reported under suspicious circumstances.......

In Casablanca, Glovo delivery workers affiliated with the Moroccan Labor Union (UMT) have begun a 48-hour general strike, accompanied by a sit-in at 2:00 p.m. in front of the company’s headquarters in Casablanca Finance City. This marks the third protest by Glovo couriers in recent months, as frustrations......

Moroccan authorities have opened a judicial investigation into Abdelilah Ajjout, known online as “Moul Lhout”, following serious allegations of sexual harassment and the exploitation of minors. The influencer was referred on Thursday to the prosecutor’s office in Marrakech after three......

Western media often portrays Morocco through the lens of mystery and exoticism, reducing its nuanced realities to narratives that center European perspectives. This approach, rooted in Orientalist traditions, undermines critical engagement with Morocco’s internal dynamics and achievements. Deconstructing......

Modernity, marked by forces like globalization, secularization, and rationalization, has posed a profound challenge for the Muslim world: whether to resist, adapt, or reinterpret the global order through the lens of Islamic tradition. Over the past two centuries, Muslim scholars, reformers, and philosophers......