Rumors circulating on social media promise an easy passage to Ceuta for New Year’s Eve , but the reality on the ground will be quite different. The Moroccan authorities have triggered a lockdown plan for the prefecture of M’diq-Fnideq to prevent any collective intrusion attempt.
Lamine Yamal opened up like never before in a long interview with the American TV show ’60 Minutes’ on CBS. The prodigy winger of FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team looked back on his beginnings, his personal life, and addressed the issue of his choice of sports nationality without beating around the bush.
The Chafarinas Islands have been under Spanish administration since the 19th century, but their future seems increasingly uncertain in the eyes of Madrid. Located just a few kilometers from the Moroccan coast, this archipelago is the subject of historical claims by Rabat, which could take advantage of major legal ambiguities in the Spanish texts to support its demand.
The Atlas Lionesses have already succeeded in reaching the quarter-finals, but the hardest part is just beginning. This Monday in Manila, the Moroccan national team will face Spain, the second-ranked nation in the world, with the hope of overturning the hierarchy to secure a historic place in the last four.
The African champions have written a page of history by getting out of the group stage, but the hardest part is yet to come. The Moroccan women’s national futsal team continues its preparation in Manila with a huge goal: to beat Spain on Monday to secure a place in the semifinals of the first World Cup in the discipline.
Chaimae El Grini , the young Moroccan whose swim to Ceuta had become viral on social media, is back in the country.
France and Spain took advantage of a moment of weakness in Morocco, then led by Moulay Abdelaziz, successor to Moulay Hassan who died in 1894, to establish their colonial domination over the kingdom.
The Lamine Yamal case is closed, but the analysis of his sports choice continues to be debated. Nasser Larguet, former technical director of Moroccan football, believes that the Kingdom lost the battle for the FC Barcelona prodigy due to a late start, leaving the Spanish federation free to secure the player.
Morocco would be willing to renounce its claims on the Canary Islands if Spain agreed to recognize the Moroccanness of the Sahara, transfer control of the airspace of this territory to it, accept the delimitation of maritime borders with the archipelago, and allow Morocco to have rights over Mount Tropic.
The experiment tried by Manuel Pellegrini against Gérone has fallen short, but it has had the merit of clarifying the hierarchy in midfield. By wanting to spare Sofyan Amrabat at the start of the match after the international break, the Betis coach has inadvertently underlined the extreme dependence of his team on the Moroccan international.
In his memoirs published this week under the title "Reconciliation", the King of Spain Juan Carlos I looks back on his friendship with King Hassan II of Morocco and recounts how their relationship helped maintain stability between the two countries for decades. He notably reveals the pragmatic position of the Moroccan monarch on the cities of Ceuta and Melilla, located on the North African coast.
Entrepreneurs from Ceuta and Melilla express their frustration with the inaction of the Spanish authorities to relaunch the commercial customs. They point the finger at the lack of willingness of Morocco, which claims the two autonomous cities and considers them as occupied territories.