Aboubakr Jamai, Dean of the Donna Dillon Manning School of Global Affairs at the American College of the Mediterranean, said ahead of Morocco’s elections that decision-making in the country lies "with the royal cabinet" rather than Parliament.
Euronews6h ago
Unemployment and poor public services fueled the border crisis at Ceuta and the Gen Z protests, but frustrated young people may stay away from the polls.
The New York Times•Aida Alami and Lynsey Chutel7h ago
Morocco held, and most of the continent is expected to follow, with three central banks expected to hike as energy costs threaten to reverse disinflation
Young voters are being courted with football slogans, promises of jobs and anti-Israel rallying calls.
BBC16h ago
After retiring from international football, the former Chelsea keeper reflects on a Senegal career that – according to him – included two African titles “I had to stay patient and try to have a cool head because everywhere else there was fire,” Édouard Mendy remembers. In the cauldron of the Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat, the Senegal goalkeeper was about to face a penalty against the hosts, Morocco, in stoppage time of the Africa Cup of Nations final. Mendy had just been shown a yellow card after a 17-minute delay where he and most of his teammates had controversially headed to their dressing room in protest at the referee’s decision to penalise El Hadji Malick Diouf after a Morocco corner. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Ed Aarons22 Sept
With just a day to go before legislative elections on September 23, young Moroccans are torn between hope and scepticism ahead of the crucial vote. Nearly 16 million Moroccans are set to elect their representatives to the National Assembly in the country’s first legislative elections since the Gen Z protests which swept through Morocco almost a year ago.
EPP leader Manfred Weber called on Morocco to take back all irregular migrants who entered the Spanish exclave in July and strongly criticized Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s handling of the situation during a visit to the autonomous city.
Euronews22 Sept
Young candidates hope the election can turn youth frustration into political participation.
Al Jazeera22 Sept
Football has been dragged into growing tensions over the influx of migrants from Morocco to the Spanish enclave Ceuta.
Al Jazeera21 Sept
Sira Rego, minister for Youth and Children, told 'Cadena SER' that the law protects unaccompanied foreign minors who refuse family reunion schemes.
Euronews21 SeptNina Ottevanger and her husband found a rundown Moroccan home with no bathrooms. They spent five months and about $86,800 renovating it into a hotel and surf school.
Countries: World, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Please refer to the attached file. The dynamical models indicate above-normal rainfall across most of northern and eastern Africa and the Middle East from October through December, consistent with previous strong El Niño episodes. Within this region, drier-than-normal conditions are expected to emerge across North Africa by December, but elsewhere the wet pattern is likely to persist through winter. The only notable change in the forecasts this month is that the predicted wet anomaly is somewhat less pronounced in East Africa, and the forecast has also turned drier for Yemen and Oman, because the positive phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole is struggling to become established, and a less positive IOD favors relatively drier conditions around the northwestern Indian Ocean during El Niño. Nevertheless, the pronounced El Niño forcing will remain the dominant (wet) influence. These rainfall patterns can support breeding in the northern Sahel through late summer breeding season. Small-scale breeding may begin in October along the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden coasts. Precipitation
ReliefWeb•Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations21 Sept
At least 10,000 of the 72,000 migrants who broke through fence from Morocco in July remain in the Spanish enclave.
Al Jazeera18 Sept
Spanish police in Ceuta on Friday morning started moving hundreds of migrants from the beaches of the Spanish enclave to a new tented area. Several thousand migrants remain in Ceuta after tens of thousands of people crossed the border with Morocco in late July.
Migrants are being moved to a fifth temporary reception space set up to deal with the crisis, which began in late July when more than 70,000 people crossed into Ceuta from Morocco.
Euronews18 Sept
Morocco's merit-based selection under Ouahbi fosters competition, ensuring players consistently perform at their best, impacting team dynamics.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team17 Sept
Real Madrid's French forward Kylian Mbappé is facing mounting criticism by Spanish and French conservative and far-right politicians for partially obscuring a t-shirt supporting residents of Ceuta, Spain's territory bordering Morocco grappling with a migration crisis. Mbappé said he wore the t-shirt rolled up to show solidarity with "all the immigrants who have lost their lives".
Morocco moved towards normalising relations with Israel in 2020 under the US-engineered Abraham accords
Real Madrid stars Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Junior and Ibrahima Konaté have sparked controversy in Spain after partially covering a pro-Ceuta solidarity message on their pre-match T-shirts. The incident has reignited debate over migration, Ceuta's recent migrant crisis and Spain's relationship with Morocco, with politicians and football figures divided over the players' actions.
Youth unemployment, living costs and public services are key issues before the September 23 vote.
Al Jazeera17 Sept