Parliament Legislative Year: King Mohammed VI to Deliver Speech on Friday

Rabat – King Mohammed VI will preside over the opening of the first session of the fifth legislative year of Morocco’s 11th Legislature on Friday, at the Parliament in Rabat. According to a statement from the Ministry of the Royal Household,...

France in limbo

Last night, Israel and Hamas agreed to a peace plan proposed by Donald Trump, paving the way for the release of hostages and an end to two years of war in Gaza. Welcome to Rapporteur. This is Eddy Wax, with Nicoletta Ionta in Strasbourg. We love...

Maghreb on Fire: Morocco’s Brewing Arab Spring

Morocco is burning—and not because of summer heat or football fever. The country once hailed as the most stable place in Northern Africa is trembling under the weight of its own contradictions. The protests now sweeping Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier,...

HRC60: Civil society presents key takeaways from the session

On 12 March 2025, Secretary-General António Guterres launched the UN80 Initiative. This comes at a time of unprecedented erosion of international human rights law and institutions, and an unprecedented need for respect for human rights and...

Externalizing Borders: Morocco’s Place in Europe’s Migration Strategy

Picture the Straits of Gibraltar at dawn: Spanish patrol boats scan choppy waters, tracking overcrowded dinghies bound for Europe. In Rabat, diplomats confer behind closed doors on new mobility partnerships. In Brussels, EU ministers debate...

Summer Wrap: Morocco's water consumption, scarcity and salvaging measures

Morocco’s longstanding water shortage tightened further in 2025, as dam reserves dropped to nearly a third of capacity, rainfall fell well below historical averages and the government moved to prioritize drinking supplies over irrigation while...

Greta sarcastically asks Trump for anger management advice

Trump's comments came after Thunberg was deported from Israel to Greece on Monday following her illegal detention in international waters by the Israeli navy [FREDRIK SANDBERG/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images] Greta Thunberg and Donald Trump...

65 Years of Power: The Explosive Legacy of the CDR anniversary in Cuba’s Revolutionary Defense

The CDR anniversary marks 65 years of grassroots mobilization, community defense, and social transformation in Cuba — a model of popular sovereignty and resistance. Related: Cuba Reaffirms Support for Western Sahara’s Self-Determination at UN On...

Akdital denies receiving public investment aid, reaffirms self-financing model

HESPRESS English – Morocco News Hespress ENMonday 6 October 2025 - 19:00 Moroccan healthcare group Akdital said it has never received any form of government or public funding for its investments, stressing that all its projects were financed...

Gen Z protests enter 10th day in Rabat

Demonstrations led by Morocco’s Generation Z continued for a tenth consecutive day in the capital, Rabat, as young protesters demanded better access to healthcare and education, along with stronger efforts to fight corruption. Dozens of...

The turtle and the pilot fish: How the EU and Italy can help each other in the Mediterranean

Summary Since taking office, Giorgia Meloni has focused on expanding Italy’s energy, economic and security footprint across the “Wider Mediterranean”, through initiatives such as the Rome Process and the Mattei Plan. Meloni aims to redefine...

Timeline of Morocco’s Youth Protests

Rabat — Protests embroiled Morocco since the early weeks of September. They aim for widespread reform, spanning from employment to corruption to healthcare, and resulted on Friday in a call for Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch to step down and...

Moroccan Sahara: facts versus clichés

Historical context and international politics A development model embodied in infrastructure and projects (key data) Local governance: Sahrawis with real institutional roles Cultural identity and heritage protection International recognition and...

Setting the Record Straight: Response to The Economist

The Economist’s recent article, “Morocco is practising a strange sort of colonialism,” misrepresents Morocco’s presence in the Sahara region by reducing a complex political and developmental reality to a tired trope. By invoking the tired...

‘A gift from heaven’: the TikTok traders of Mauritania’s meteorites

By night, Lamine Hanoun works as a hospital guard in Bir Moghrein, near Mauritania’s border with Morocco-occupied Western Sahara. By day, he twiddles his phone, checking TikTok and Facebook, which he uses to sell meteorites to the rest of the...

Gen Z212 Protests Continue Across Morocco Ahead of King’s Address

Rabat– Protests organized by the Gen Z212 movement continued across Morocco this afternoon, with thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets in more than 20 cities to demand social, economic, and political reforms. Social media videos showed...

The Future of U.S.-Africa Trade

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: A U.S.-Africa trade agreement expires, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda begin implementing a peace agreement, and Gen Z protests rattle Morocco. Sign up to receive...

Morocco The 2030 Odyssey

In December and January, the Kingdom of Morocco will host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, a major continental tournament. It will also serve as a full-scale rehearsal for another event taking place in five years' time: the World Cup, co-hosted...

Separatist groups try to hijack Morocco’s Gen Z protests with calls for unrest in the Sahara

As youth-led protests demanding health and education reform ripple across Morocco, separatist networks tied to Algeria and the Polisario Front are seizing on the unrest to push their own agenda. Over the past week, suspicious accounts on social...

Who is Greta Thunberg? Why Israel detains her on Gaza flotilla, know about her India connection

Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla and detained climate activist Greta Thunberg. From launching school strikes in Sweden to UN speeches, Nobel Peace Prize nominations, and support for global causes, here’s why Greta Thunberg remains...