Cheb Khaled’s festive images in Rabat resurfaced at the worst possible moment in Algeria. As fires claimed at least 12 lives and plunged the country into mourning, his performance in Morocco triggered a fierce campaign on social media.
Harmattan AI does not plan merely to manufacture its systems in Morocco. The defense company is developing a new fixed-wing drone in Rabat, whose trials will be conducted at several Moroccan sites, including vast areas located in the south of the country.
A 29-year-old Moroccan woman wanted to join her sister, mother and grandmother in France on a long-stay visa. Her brother promised to accommodate her, and her grandmother had €14,000 in savings. The courts nevertheless upheld the refusal.
Trade negotiations between Morocco and Indonesia, launched in 2018, have remained frozen since 2019. The reason: the lack of mutual recognition of halal certifications. With this obstacle now overcome, Jakarta hopes to conclude a preferential agreement in 2027.
A Moroccan woman wanted to join her Belgian husband. Despite free accommodation and very low expenses, her visa was refused: the authorities believed that her husband might one day receive GRAPA. The Council for Alien Law Litigation has now overturned this reasoning.
After falling by 55.4 % in the first quarter, property transactions rebounded by 61.2 % in Rabat in the second quarter of 2026. Apartment and commercial premises sales recorded the strongest increases.
The African Development Bank has just brought the old project for a train linking Casablanca, Algiers and Tunis back into the spotlight. It has published the completion report for the study devoted to rehabilitating and modernizing this trans-Maghreb line.
As Spanish media discuss energy levers that could be used against Morocco following the Ceuta crisis, a power cut plunged the Congress Defence Committee into darkness as it met to hear Minister Margarita Robles.
At the height of the Ceuta crisis, José Manuel Albares and Nasser Bourita exchanged messages and spoke as many as 27 times in a single day. Morocco denied any responsibility for the mass arrivals, while Madrid now rules out the possibility that Rabat was issuing a warning.
Morocco is gradually advancing its interests vis-à-vis Spain by combining immigration, the economy, energy and territorial claims, without crossing the threshold of open conflict. This is the analysis of Samuel Morales, a Spanish lieutenant colonel specializing in so-called “grey zone” strategies.
The dispute between Morocco and British mining group Emmerson now has a complete schedule. The hearing on the tribunal’s jurisdiction and the merits of the case will take place from 17 to 26 July 2028. The company is claiming approximately 11 billion dirhams from the Kingdom.
The United Kingdom is preparing an agreement designed to facilitate its companies’ access to Moroccan public contracts, estimated at more than 400 billion dirhams over three years. The future arrangement would be the first British commitment of this kind with an African country.