Rabat is becoming the refuge for French retirees suffocated by the cost of living. With a monthly budget of 900 euros, these seniors now afford the luxury of home help and dining out, trading the difficult ends of the month in France for a permanent "vacation life".
The Rabat administrative court has just created a formidable precedent for local authorities. By cancelling a citizen’s taxes over more than a decade due to the lack of an assessment commission, the court has reminded that the administration cannot tax without strictly complying with the law.
Clément Besneville disappeared in Rabat in April 2024 , leaving behind all his personal effects. Faced with this mystery, the French National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office has opened a preliminary investigation, suggesting a complex criminal trail behind this shattered life project.
Rabat, Marrakech and Casablanca are in the top 10 of the Africa Pulse 2025 ranking on purchasing power. This grouped performance validates the stability of Moroccan indicators, while South Africa retains the top four places in the continental ranking.
Rabat will host the final of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) and several decisive matches, making the capital a strategic hub for the tournament. Faced with this concentration of major deadlines, tourism professionals have launched an intensive program to ensure a welcome and services up to international standards .
The administrative capital stands out from the rest of the country due to the strength of its real estate market . While the national average remains more moderate, Rabat recorded the strongest price increase in the Kingdom in the third quarter of 2025, accompanied by a spectacular surge in the volume of transactions.
A routine administrative procedure has turned into a legal headache for a resident of Rabat. When she came to pick up a birth certificate at the Hassan district office, she was met with an unexpected refusal: the administration does not know her sex and now requires a court decision to settle the matter.
The national urban land market is regaining color with a general increase in prices and transactions in the third quarter of 2025. But this statistical improvement masks a very contrasting geographical reality, where the surge of certain cities like Tangier is accompanied by the marked decline of other hubs like Oujda.
Seven years after leaving the Kingdom, the Uber company has officially announced its return to the Moroccan market. The application has been operational again since the morning of Thursday, November 27. For this relaunch phase, the service is exclusively available in two cities: Casablanca and Marrakech.
In Morocco, a large-scale audit on contracts worth more than 75 million dirhams reveals irregularities in the rental of high-end vehicles within about thirty municipalities spread across three major regions of the kingdom.
The tragic death of a newborn, occurring after an unexpected birth on the Rabat-Salé tramway , has taken a political turn. Member of Parliament Abdellah Bouanou has referred the matter to the Minister of Health to understand why the mother was denied access to a public hospital when she was about to give birth.
An unusual scene disrupted the journey on line 2 of the tram connecting Rabat to Salé this Wednesday. A pregnant passenger gave birth to her child inside a tram around seven o’clock in the morning, as she was trying to reach a hospital facility in the capital.