The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to South Africa’s Navi Pillay, a human rights champion who headed the Rwanda genocide tribunal and last year accused Israel of genocide in Gaza, the prize committee said. “This year’s laureate has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity, and…
Morocco’s newly elected Parliament opens its first legislative session Friday, with lawmakers looking to King Mohammed VI’s address for the priorities that will frame a five-year term beginning while the country’s next government is still being assembled. The King will chair the opening at Parliament at 3:45 p.m. and…
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) heard the dispute between Morocco, Senegal and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Lausanne on Thursday, as Senegal challenged the decision to strip it of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title and award the final to Morocco. At the heart of the case are two competing
The European Parliament on Thursday backed a resolution calling for a coordinated European Union strategy to address the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network, strengthen scrutiny of its financing and assess whether individuals or entities linked to the movement meet the criteria for inclusion on the bloc’s…
Morocco’s coastal city of Mohammedia will host the inaugural Fdala Atlantic Triathlon on Oct. 10 and 11, bringing a new triathlon event to the city between Casablanca and Rabat. Organized by Smart Sport Consulting under the auspices of the Royal Moroccan Triathlon Federation and in coordination with local authorities…
Women candidates faced widespread online abuse during Morocco’s 2026 parliamentary election campaign, with defamation, gender-based insults and unverified information among the most frequently documented forms of violence, according to a new monitoring study. Conducted by the National Observatory for Protection from…
President of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Gianni Infantino highlighted on Thursday in Cape Verde the progress made by Morocco in football infrastructure, citing the Kingdom as one of the African countries where projects have been carried out as part of efforts to promote football on the…
Morocco hosted 15.7 million tourists from January to end September 2026, up 5% compared to the same period in 2025, standing for 717,000 additional arrivals, according to the Ministry of Tourism, Handicrafts and Social and Solidarity Economy. This momentum sped up in September with over 1.5 million tourists hosted, an…