
Morocco Leads Maghreb in Children's Rights, Ranks 54th Globally
Morocco stands out as the best performing country in the Maghreb in terms of children’s rights. This is revealed by the ranking of a foundation based in the Netherlands.

Morocco stands out as the best performing country in the Maghreb in terms of children’s rights. This is revealed by the ranking of a foundation based in the Netherlands.

If there’s one thing that many people don’t know about Jordan Bardella, president of the Rassemblement national (RN), it’s that he has Maghrebi origins. His paternal grandfather lives in Morocco and works as a carpenter, having married a woman from an Algerian family in his first marriage.

Achraf Hakimi tops the list of the most expensive Arab players in the world, according to the latest Transfermarkt ranking. Moroccan players dominate this list.

The Moroccan team is at the top of the ranking of the most expensive Arab teams in terms of market value.

Targeted by calls for a boycott, the concert of Tunisian rapper Balti in Rabat is at risk of being canceled. Many Internet users blame him for having displayed a Polisario flag alongside those of the Maghreb countries in support of Algerian singer Soolking, who was prevented from performing in Morocco.

While Algeria, Tunisia and Libya are working on the creation of a new Maghreb bloc without Morocco, Rabat is aiming for increased integration with the rest of the world. For its part, Mauritania continues to play the card of neutrality.

The Algerian, Tunisian and Libyan presidents will hold their first "between Maghreb brother countries" meeting on Monday on Tunisian soil. Morocco and Mauritania have not been invited to this summit.

The recent statements by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on the Sahara and the Maghreb Union bring a certain hope to Moroccans and Algerians - especially those living on the borders between the two countries - but they could well be disappointed.

In his latest periodic interview with the Algerian press, the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, discussed the creation of the Maghreb bloc and the issue of the Sahara, while extending a hand to Morocco, a neighboring country with which Algeria, the protector of the Polisario, unilaterally severed diplomatic relations in August 2021.

The Polisario, protected by Algeria, accuses France of obstructing the restoration of peace and stability in the North-West African region, and denounces its blatant complicity with Morocco, which hinders the unity of the peoples of the Greater Maghreb and cooperation and integration between its countries.

Maghrebians are the first foreigners to be expelled from France in 2023 in accordance with the instructions of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron.

"Alone", the second novel by journalist and columnist Nesrine Slaoui, plunges the reader into the universe of a Maghrebian woman in France, what she experiences and can endure at 30 and 15 years old.