Morocco is hosting the best teams and federation officials on the continent for the draw of the 35th Africa Cup of Nations on Monday in Rabat. But Walid Sadi, president of the Algerian Football Federation, will be conspicuous by his absence.
Morocco, which will host the next AFCON, has unveiled the official logo of the competition. The inclusion of the zellige is not fortuitous.
Morocco is consuming more and more Tunisian dates. Last December, the Kingdom of Morocco became the leading importer of this fruit, absorbing nearly 20% of Tunisian exports.
Morocco expects to strengthen cooperation with the United States with the return of Donald Trump to the White House. Rabat hopes that the US president, who had recognized the Moroccanness of the Sahara during his previous term, will proceed, as he had announced five years ago, to the opening of a US consulate in Dakhla.
Originally from the Maghreb, especially Morocco, bissara is the trendy soup of 2025. It owes its reputation to its many virtues.
Due to tensions arising from their differences on the Sahara issue, Algeria, the protector of the Polisario, and Morocco have intensified their arms race to the point of becoming the biggest spenders in North Africa.
The land border post of Zouj Bghal between Morocco and Algeria has been exceptionally opened, in order to allow the repatriation of several young Moroccans who were candidates for irregular migration and were detained in Algerian prisons.
As Ramadan approaches, dates, a fruit widely consumed during this fasting period, are at the heart of a trade dispute between Morocco and Algeria. In one of the markets in Casablanca, Moroccan merchants demonstrated against the import of Algerian dates.
The majority of French people have a good image of Morocco. On the other hand, Algeria’s prestige has plummeted.
France and Algeria are going through a turbulent period. Paris denounces a "posture of hostility" on the part of Algiers, and Emmanuel Macron will soon bring together the ministers concerned "to assess the follow-up and the measures to be taken."
Abdelilah Benkirane, a figure of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) and former Moroccan Prime Minister, made statements that should not please Algeria.
Morocco is betting, to strengthen its diplomacy, on its intangible heritage composed of many ancestral know-how that Algeria often tries to appropriate.