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The Moroccan national team faces Senegal this Sunday, January 18 at 8:00 PM at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final. Although the tournament is taking place on its soil, the Moroccan selection is administratively considered as the away team for this match and should, as such, wear its white kit.
Spectators present at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex will have to prepare for a particularly cool evening this Sunday, January 18. Weather forecasts confirm a continuous drop in temperatures and very humid air for this continental clash.
A feminist activist from the SCUM collective carried out a protest action at the Grévin museum in Paris on Saturday, January 17, targeting the wax statue of King Mohammed VI. The operation aimed to denounce the incarceration of Ibtissame "Betty" Lachgar , a Moroccan activist convicted of blasphemy, whose state of health is considered critical by her supporters.
The Moroccan Observatory for Consumer Protection has called on the National Office of Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA) to intensify its inspections following the seizure of more than nine tons of non-compliant olive oil . The organization stresses that the opening of 58 legal proceedings is a positive step, but remains insufficient given the scale of fraud in this strategic sector.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has officially responded to the criticisms made by the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) regarding the organization of the final against Morocco . The continental body assures that it has applied a uniform treatment to all the selections and rejects any breach of the security, accommodation or sporting fairness protocols.
The Moroccan national team faces Senegal this Sunday, January 18, in the final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat. The match, which marks the end of the continental competition, will kick off at 8:00 PM.
Despite the warm welcome given to Algerian supporters during the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco , relations between the two populations are undergoing constant erosion. Between the closure of land borders since 1994, the diplomatic rupture of 2021, and the influence of social networks, the historical link that united the two countries seems to be fading in favor of mutual ignorance.
The Bab Sebta border crossing has been experiencing significant congestion for several weeks, resulting in waiting times ranging from 5 to 18 hours for vehicles on the Moroccan side. This situation has led the Dignity and Citizenship Movement (MDyC) to announce the presentation of an official proposal to the Ceuta Assembly, requesting the Spanish government to conclude a bilateral agreement with Morocco to facilitate the flow of traffic.
The Paris police prefecture has issued a new decree banning any gathering of supporters on the Champs-Élysées avenue this Sunday, January 18, on the occasion of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final. This preventive measure, taken as the Atlas Lions are about to face Senegal, is provoking the protest of several Île-de-France elected officials who denounce a difference in treatment compared to other sporting competitions.
The Marrakech police prefecture proceeded, on Saturday, January 17, to the arrest of a 36-year-old VTC driver operating for the InDrive application . The man is suspected of transporting passengers without authorization, refusing to comply, and deliberately endangering the lives of others during a traffic stop.
The body of Ismaël Aali, a 20-year-old man, was found on January 6th in the Prin pond, in Loire-sur-Rhône, near Lyon. The judicial investigation, which is leaning towards a crime motivated by the victim’s origin, has led to the indictment and pre-trial detention of a 21-year-old suspect for racist murder .
Civil Protection elements successfully rescued on Friday, January 16 in the afternoon, two Polish tourist climbers who were stranded on the heights of Oued Warga, in the commune of Tamanart. The two climbers, victims of physical exhaustion, were extracted safely from a particularly steep and rocky area.